HARARE – Benjamin Lock kept his hopes of a home soil tournament victory alive after dismissing France’s Roman Bauvy yesterday at Harare Sports Club. The Florida State University student stormed into the semi-finals of the Zimbabwe F1 Futures tennis tournament after accounting for Bauvy in a tightly-contested quarter-final 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. That victory set up…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s hope of changing their fortunes at the Toyota Junior Golf World Cup has not been going according to plan as they currently occupy last place ahead of today’s final round in Nagoya, Japan. St John’s College’s Kieran Vincent has, however, been the only bright spark of the Zimbabwean team which has so…
HARARE – Sensei Samson Muripo believes So-Kyokushin fighter Tangayi Mhlanga will illuminate the 2015 Grand Prix Barcelona that takes place on Saturday in Spain. Mhlanga left the country for the European nation on Wednesday and is set to showcase his great arsenal of techniques at the Pabellon Deportivo La Bastida. He will contest in the…
HARARE – New Zimbabwe Under-18 assistant coach Graham Kaulback is upbeat about helping the side raise their game ahead the 2015 Craven Week that takes place in South Africa in July. The Zimbabwe Sevens and Old Georgians’ scrum-half takes charge of his first training session today at Gateway High School since replacing Brandon Brider who…
HARARE – Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries (PHD) leader Walter Magaya yesterday told the hugely mismanaged and out-of-sorts Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) that “he is there to support the players and not to settle the association’s debts.” Magaya has recently been bailing out national teams financially so that they could fulfil their assignments. He is,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s top rugby playing girls’ schools are set to converge at Royal College this weekend for the third edition of Under-16 girls’ Rugby Invitational Tournament. Defending champions Vinona High School will be hoping to carry their form from last year which saw them beating Mabvuku High school 5-0 in the final to scoop…
HARARE – Despite having a poor 2014/15 season with the bat, Cephas Zhuwao remains committed to the Harare-based franchise this coming season. The left-handed batsman is currently making waves in the United Kingdom where he is playing Division A cricket for Budleigh Salteron’s in the Devon Cricket League. The Glen View bred cricketer last Saturday…
HARARE – Local tennis players Benjamin and Courtney Lock experienced mixed fortunes during yesterday’s second round of the ongoing Zimbabwe F1 Futures Tournament. Benjamin struggled to overcome Portugal’s Vasco Mensurado 7-6(2), 6-2 in the second round to storm into the last eight of the $10 000 event. In the first round, the Florida State University…
HARARE – The suspended 14 Zifa councillors are hopeful the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) will come to the rescue of the local game. Zifa president Cuthbert Dube and his henchman CEO Jonathan Mashingaidze on Monday flexed their muscle by wielding the axe vice-president Omega Sibanda and board members finance Bernard Gwarada. Four regional chairmen…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s national football yesterday failed to train in preparation for Sunday’s 2016 African Nations Championship (Chan) qualifier against Comoros. The Warriors are scheduled to take on the Indian Ocean island side in the preliminary round of the tournament to be staged in Rwanda next January. Warriors coach Calisto Pasuwa on Monday named a…
