HARARE – Ngezi Platinum coach Clifton “Somalia” Kadurira refused to accept his side as favourites to win the Zifa Northern Region Division One championship despite their perfect start to the 2015 season. The platinum miners are currently top of the log standings with 23 points, four ahead of second placed Black Rhinos. Kadurira’s charges are…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Under-18 coach Godwin “Jaws” Murambiwa is hopeful national selectors will extract a competitive side for the 2015 Craven Week that takes place in South Africa in June and July. A host of schoolboy rugby’s emerging talent from across the country is set to converge at Falcon College in Esigodini this weekend for…
HARARE – The Mighty Warriors will go into this weekend’s 2016 Rio Olympic Games second round qualifier away to Zambia with their spirits high after receiving financial assistance from Walter Magaya. The Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) leader agreed to finance the team’s travelling expenses and upkeep while in Lusaka. The match takes place at…
HARARE – The future of defender Stephen Makatuka at CAPS United is in further doubt after he failed to show up for training during this past week. With the Green Machine currently reeling under serious financing constraints, it seems Makatuka has followed the footsteps of striker Roderick Mutuma, who quit the club two weeks ago….
HARARE – Zimbabwe crashed out of the Cosafa Cup when they put on a shambolic display against Namibia last night as players crossed swords with Zifa before the match over bonuses. The Warriors had appeared on course for a quarter-final berth against neighbours and holders Zambia heading into last night’s match where they just needed…
HARARE – Calisto Pasuwa, the Zimbabwe Under-23 team coach, says he might end up playing in goals this Sunday against Swaziland as the Young Warriors’ player crisis continues. As of yesterday, only Hwange goalkeeper Takabva Mawaya was among the 17 players in camp for the first leg of the 2015 African Under-23 Championship qualifier scheduled…
LAHORE – Bemused players said they hoped to take the focus off security and put it back on cricket after authorities mounted an unprecedented operation to guard insurgency-hit Pakistan’s first home international in six years. Thousands of police officers and paramilitary soldiers have been deployed and helicopters will be buzzing over Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium, which…
HARARE – Veteran jockey Quinton Riddle, who broke his ribs earlier in the season, felt a sense of sentimental relief after he helped Yer-maan gallop to victory at the 53rd Castle Tankard at Borrowdale Race Park on Saturday. The South African trained six-year-old gelding was against the odds having opened betting on 8/1, with seven…
HARARE – Zimbabwe junior tennis player Mehluli Sibanda lived up to expectations at the just ended Namibia 18 and Under ITF tournament boy’s category at Central Tennis Club Jeanine and Suzelle Davin Str in Windhoek. Sibanda reached the finals before going down to Damon Kesaris of South Africa 6-1, 6-0. In the semi-finals, Sibanda struggled…
HARARE – Reagan Wasmuth, Davin Cocker and come-back kid Sean Mitchell had phenomenal rides at the Zimbabwe Motocross Club Championships held at Donnybrook on Sunday. One of the most passionate riders out there, Cocker is always a serious factor at every national event and his influence shone in the 85cc. Well-travelled Mitchell, who has been…
