HARARE – Drag racing looks set to continue its dominance on the local motorsport scene after another spectacular show on Sunday at the second round of the Telecel 2015 Drag Racing Series held at Donnybrook Raceway. Three thousand five hundred plus fans thronged the venue to watch the 60 competitors battle it out on the…
HARARE – Kevin Derere hopes to become the first black-Zimbabwean jockey to win the OK Grand Challenge since Nkululelo Sibanda rode Century Star to victory in 2008. Derere will lead Thriller In Manila into the starting gate for the 27th edition of the OK Grand Challenge that will be run over 1 800 metres at…
HARARE – Graystone Stud bred Yer-Maan lived up to pre-race expectations after producing a top ride to land the 2015 OK Grand Challenge main race over 1 800m here yesterday. With champion jockey Quinton Riddle holding the straps the six-year-old gelding rediscovered the form that saw him win the Castle Tankard last month to clinch…
HARARE – Dav Whatmore, the Zimbabwe cricket team coach, says limited overs captain Elton Chigumbura’s batting was a revelation in the just ended tour of Pakistan. Zimbabwe were whitewashed by the South Asian country; losing both the Twenty20 and One Day Internationals matches. The locals became only the first Test-playing nation to visit Pakistan after…
BULAWAYO – Elijah Mabhunu managed to win the third edition of the Old Mutual Nkulumane 10km Fun Run in a time of 29:50:23. In the ladies category, 27-year-old Olivia Chitate made it three in a row when she won the race in a time of 33:40:71. The two athletes were rewarded $1 000 each for…
HARARE – Zimbabwe top tennis player Takanyi Garanganga put up an impressive performance but bowed out in the quarter-finals of the Italy F12 last week. The Zimbabwe Davis Cup player was knockout of the last eight by Switzerland’s Yann Marti after suffering a 6-4, 6-2 defeat. On his way to the quarter-finals the Mbare-born player…
HARARE – The oldest jockey in Saturday’s OK Grand Challenge Grade 2 race proved that like wine he is getting better with age and now hopes to cap off a fairy tale season by bagging the Triple Crown. Thirty-eight-year old champion jockey Quinton Riddle steered Yer-Maan to victory during the 27 running of the OK…
HARARE – Hillcrest College were the biggest winners of the schoolboy rugby fixtures played over the weekend after walloping Gateway High School 60-5. Gateway’s first XV rugby team has been at the receiving end of some pounding in recent weeks none bigger than the 155-0 loss to Prince Edward School last weekend. Elsewhere, Falcon College…
MUTARE – Buffaloes thumped Whawha 3-0 in an intense and tension filled contest that saw the Mutare-based soldiers move onto 11th place on the Castle Lager Premiership log yesterday. Watungwa broke the deadlock four minutes from the break through a Farai Banda penalty while Vincent Makaha added a second in the 68th minute. Lloyd Katongomara…
HARARE – With four runners in Saturday’s OK Grand Challenge Grande2 race at Borrowdale Race Park, Gokhan Terzi is hoping for a good outing for his stable. Super Trouper, Merhaba, Rock The Country and Got A Hold On Me will be representing Terzi’s yard in the big race with a purse of $40 000 and…
