HARARE – Zimbabwe’s top squash player Ishmael Mubure held his own at the Squash Point PSA Open in Belgium over the weekend. The 28-year-old finished third out of a pool of 32 players. The four-time Mashonaland Closed Squash champion had earlier received a first round bye before beating Belgium’s Jan De Smet 3-1 with scores…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s top rugby playing schools enjoyed a fairly decent outing in the various tours in South Africa in preparation for the schools rugby league that kicks of next month. Falcon were in a class of their own at the St Dunstan’s Easter Rugby Festival and if their performance is anything to go by…
HARARE – Southern Region Division One Soccer league log leaders Bulawayo Chiefs continued with their good start to the season after beating Hwange Under 20 2-0 over the weekend. The Bulawayo outfit is yet to taste defeat this campaign after two rounds of action. Chiefs started their season on a positive note beating Casmyn 3-0…
HARARE – Mighty Warriors coach Rosemary Mugadza blamed goalkeeper Chido Dzingirai for conceding two soft goals after her side was knocked out of the 2015 All Africa Games final qualifier by Ghana on Sunday. Dzingirai conceded a long range shot from Diana Ankoma in 19th minute before scoring an own goal in the second half….
MUTARE – A sieve of a defence, an immobile midfield, a blunt strike force and a technical department at its wit’s end. That was, and even then, a conservative description of CAPS United’s performance against Triangle at Gibbo Stadium on Sunday. Triangle, as its fans aptly put it, had its lame ducks for slaughter running…
HARARE – A late Dominic Chungwa goal was all defending champions Dynamos needed to collect maximum points against stubborn new boys Flame Lilly on Sunday. The reigning champions should consider themselves lucky to bag maximum points after the league novices matched them man-for-man throughout the match. Only a lapse in concentration by the prison wardens’…
HARARE – Dynamos and ZPC Kariba will resume their rivalry when they clash in the Independence Trophy semi-final at Rufaro Stadium this afternoon. Teams that finished in the top four in the 2014 Castle Premiership season were invited to play in this year’s edition of the Uhuru Cup, which also sees CAPS United and FC…
BULAWAYO – There was drama at Barbourfields Stadium yesterday after disappointed Highlanders fans staged a demonstration against coach Bongani Mafu following the defeat to Chapungu. This was Chapungu’s first win in the 2015 Castle Lager Premiership season, and did not go down well with the Bosso fans. “Mafu! Mafu! Izwa amazwi ami. Lapho bebizwa abanye…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe karate team finally left for Japan yesterday via South Africa to take part at the 46th All Japan Karate Senshuken Taikai tournament scheduled for this weekend. The two-day tournament will run from April 18 to 19 in Shizuoka. Initially, the Zimbabwe Karate Union (ZKU) intended to send five fighters to the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe-BORN South African golfer Dean Burmester described his come from behind win to lift the Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open on Sunday as simply “surreal.” The 25-year-old Nyanga-raised golfer edged Adilson da Silva of Brazil on the final hole of the tournament, by one stroke, to finish with a total 16-under-par. The duo had…
