HARARE – Zimbabwe’s poor service delivery problems came to the fore when the Uhuru Cup final between Dynamos and FC Platinum was abandoned after a power shortage at the National Sports Stadium yesterday. With DeMbare leading 1-0 courtesy of Ronald Chitiyo’s 15th minute strike, referee Pedzisai Chadya had no choice but to stop the match…
HARARE – Zimbabwe top tennis player Takanyi Garanganga (pictured) is targeting to qualify for this weekend’s St. Joseph’s/Candler Savannah Challenger ATP Challenger Tour which carries a $50,000 purse at the Franklin Creek Tennis Centre in the United States. Garanganga received a first round bye of the qualifiers and will now face Facundo Mena of Argentina…
HARARE – Bulawayo Golf Club’s Jack Allard will lead a four-man team set to represent Zimbabwe at the All Africa Junior Golf Challenge in Lusaka, Zambia from May 3 to 9. Also making up the team is 16-year-old David Amm, Bekithemba Ndlovu, and Falcon College’s Kieran Vincent. Tafadzwa Nyamukondiwa has been selected as a non-travelling…
HARARE – Zimbabwe top basketball player Vitalis Chikoko made an impressive debut for Serie A side Grissin Bon Reggio in Italy earlier this week. The former Prince Edward School power forward made a 13-minute appearance against Dinamo Sassari, making four blocks and winning five rebounds. That sensational spell earned him a place in the Serie…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s leading amateur golfers failed to rise to the occasion at the Africa Zone VI Golf Championships at the Uganda Golf Club, finishing a distant third. However, it was a different story for the hosts who ran out winners, breaking South Africa’s dominance in the tournament that has stood for 16 years. Uganda…
HARARE – Top junior golfer Jack Allard shot a brilliant seven-under-par 65 to lift the Loxton Classic on Wednesday at the Bulawayo Golf Club. He had earlier shot a morning score of 76. Behind the 19-year-old was Justin Kersten who carded identical rounds of 71 and 71 for a gross score of 142 in the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe tennis player Benjamin Lock starred in a 6-1 loss to University of Virginia while playing for his school Florida State University at Scott Speicher Tennis Centre in Tallahassee last Friday. Lock, who is ranked number 98 in the United States, beat 20th ranked Mitchell Frank, 6-3, 6-4 to register the only win…
LONDON – A World Cup star, a national hero in his prime, but Brendan Taylor gave it all up to play for Nottinghamshire on the back of earning a reported $250 for his recent World Cup campaign. The 29-year-old’s decision to retire from international cricket at the World Cup, having smashed 138 off 110 balls…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has dithered in coming up with a solution to the abandoned Uhuru Cup final between Dynamos and FC Platinum. Saturday’s final was stopped after 65 minutes with DeMbare leading 1-0 courtesy of Ronald Chitiyo’s 15th minute strike at the National Sports Stadium. There was an electricity blackout at…
JOHANNESBURG – South African football has become a global brand, thanks to a host of foreign talent that has graced the local league whether on the playing field or on the administration side. Since the end of apartheid, players from across the continent and some from Europe, Asia and the Americas have flooded Mzansi leagues,…
