LONDON – Atletico Madrid beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 on penalties to progress to the Champions League last eight after winning their last-16 second-leg tie 1-0. The Spanish champions had trailed 1-0 from the first encounter, only for Mario Suarez’s 27th-minute strike to take the game into extra time at the Vicente Calderon. However, it was…
LONDON – Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim said Arsenal “lacked respect” after Arsene Wenger’s decision not to shake hands with him or congratulate his side after their 3-1 first-leg victory. The principality side were on the brink of elimination from the Champions League after Arsenal overwhelmed them in their last-16, second-leg tie at the Stade Louis…
HARARE – Laurelle Brown has given Triathlon Zimbabwe a glimmer of hope as the country battles to find a national elite athlete to replace retired Chris Felgate. Felgate, a veteran of two Olympics, retired three years ago with a second place finish in the Troutbeck Africa Cup championships after competing for close to two decades…
HARARE – Harare City coach Taurai Mangwiro says his side is ready to mount a serious challenge for the 2015 Castle Premiership title when the league kicks off on Friday. The Sunshine Boys, who are in their fourth year in the top flight league, welcome newly-promoted side Tsholotsho FC at Rufaro Stadium for their first…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe Test captain Brendan Taylor yesterday revealed why he had chosen to walk away from Zimbabwe Cricket after signing for English County side Nottinghamshire. The 29-year-old wicketkeeper batsman signed a three-year Kolpak deal with Nottinghamshire and will not be allowed to play for his country during the duration of the contract. Taylor…
HARARE – Just before the dust had settled after last weekend’s match, CAPS United and Dynamos clash again this afternoon in the third instalment of the Harare derby inside four weeks. The two teams clash in the semi-final of the Zimbabwe National Army Commanders Charities Shield at Rufaro Stadium this afternoon. DeMbare and Makepekepe have…
HARARE – So Zifa finally decided to score an own goal on themselves by having us expelled from the Fifa World Cup 2018. Our hopes have been shattered, our dreams stolen from us and our future emasculated by a Zifa secretariat run by one Jonathan Mashingaidze. Mashingaidze, stands accused of sleeping on the wheel and…
HARARE – Africa is shocked at how a country as rich as Zimbabwe is failing to settle a $67 000 debt that has seen the national team expelled from the 2018 World Cup and dimmed the future of the country’s fledgling stars. Some have laid the blame on the Cuthbert Dube-led Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa)…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Golf Association (ZGA) has named a provisional squad to represent the country at the forthcoming Africa Zone VI Golf Championship set for Uganda in April. The continental event will be hosted at the par-72 Uganda Golf Club (UGC) Kitante course and Zimbabwe’s team is made up of 10 leading amateurs on the…
HARARE – South Africa have confirmed their participation for the Schweppes Water Troutbeck ATU Triathlon African Cup where at least 120 athletes from some of Africa’s road cycling powerhouses will battle for honours. The international event set for March 28 will be held in the resort town of Nyanga. It will run concurrently with the…
