HARARE – Physwell Madhanzi struck two minutes from time to hand Dongo Sawmills their first home win of the season against Whawha at Vengere Stadium yesterday. Shadreck Mugurasave had lost seven matches going into the match. An off colour Whawha helped their cause as they never threatened as they even failed to register a single…
HARARE – ZPC Kariba coach Sunday Chidzambwa has hailed the standard of the Castle Lager Premiership ahead of his team’s clash against Tsholotsho this afternoon at Nyamhunga Stadium. Chidzambwa said although there is a big difference since he last managed in the top flight 16 years ago, he was particularly impressed by the standard of…
MUTARE – How Mine held off a late Buffaloes onslaught to force a deserved one-all draw in an evenly contested Castle Lager Premiership encounter here yesterday. Watungwa-watungwa had taken the lead in the third minute through a Farai Banda penalty after a goal bound Lloyd Katongonmara was hacked from behind by Tapuwa Kumbuyani. Luke Masomere’s…
HARARE – Financial services giant CBZ Bank Limited has come on board as the official kit sponsor for the Sables for today’s Rugby Afrique Division 1A Championship match against Tunisia at Prince Edward School. “This sponsorship is for this year. We had initially not put rugby on our radar this year but this was a…
BULAWAYO – Highlanders failed to be beat 10-man Triangle in a Castle Lager Premiership match here yesterday. Hwange-based referee Hardlife Ndazi controversially dismissed Triangle defender Charles Rukwanhi for a second bookable offence 22 minutes into the game. Rukwanhi got the first yellow card after bringing down Knox Mutizwa. Before the free kick could be taken,…
HARARE – Poor conduct by local referees was thrust into the spotlight again after the Premier Soccer League (PSL) Disciplinary Committee castigated match officials who handled the Dynamos vs Tsholotsho match last month. Referee Thomas Masaa failed to take action against DeMbare midfield enforcer Stephen Alimenda for allegedly assaulting Tsholotsho medic Sibusisiwe Mthunzi during a…
HWANGE – Defending champions Dynamos had to come from behind to collect a point away to Hwange at the Colliery yesterday. The coalminers were first to get on the score board through defender Munyaradzi Mungadze 10 minutes into the match. DeMbare equalised six minutes after the break through forward Dominic Chungwa but could not find…
HARARE – Dynamos midfielder Stephen Alimenda has been labelled a ‘barbaric sexist’ by the Premier Soccer League (PSL) Disciplinary Committee after he verbally abused and assaulted Tsholotsho’s female medic Sibusisiwe Mthunzi. The incident happened last month during a league match at Rufaro Stadium which ended 0-0. Mthunzi sustained a bruised cheek following the incident but…
HARARE – Poor officiating hogged the limelight once again when CAPS United beat log leaders Chicken Inn 2-0 in a Castle Lager Premiership match here yesterday. Chicken Inn coach Joey Antipas could barely contain his anger after referee Jimmy Makwanda put up a controversial display that put a dent to his team’s charge at the…
HARARE – Local professional golfer Julius Kamalizeni says he could have been as good as World Number One Rory McIlroy had it not been for Zimbabwe’s “inefficient” golfing system. A relatively late bloomer, a then 33-year-old Kamalizeni was the toast of the opening round of the World Amateur Team Championships, the Eisenhower Trophy in Stellenbosch,…
