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HARARE – Zimbabwe rising female tennis player, Rufaro Chirewa maintained her impressive record in international tournaments after finishing second in the doubles of the just ended Nairobi International Junior Championships IV in Kenya. The 17-year-old former Chisipite Senior School student partnered with Poland’s Karolina Silwanowicz  as they reached the final before going down to Belgium’s…

HARARE – Dynamos chairman Kenny Mubaiwa has revealed that contract negotiations with striker Roderick Mutuma and midfielder Tafadzwa Rusike are likely to yield nothing. The Glamour Boys and the two players have been deadlocked in meetings with the players’ representative Edzai Kasinauyo since the start of the year. The negotiations have, however, not reached any…

HARARE – Tonderayi Masunga shot a one-under-par 143 to be crowned champion of the annual Julius Robinson Trophy at Wingate Golf Club at the weekend. Playing off a handicap of 1, Masunda thrust himself in the driver’s seat of the 36-hole tournament with a fiery start that saw him sign for a first round four-under-par…

HARARE – Flame Lily coach Nesbert “Yabo” Saruchera says he will retain the bulk of the squad that won the 2014 World Navi Northern Region Division One title in the Castle Premiership. Saruchera’s charges won the second-tier division ahead of second-placed Gunners and third-placed Mushowani. With their triumph, the Zimbabwe Prison Correctional Service (ZPCS) side…

HARARE – Half centuries by Zimbabwe Under-19’s Adam Keefe and William Mashinge were in vain as the side lost their second one day match against Namibia Under-19 by 40 runs yesterday. With yesterday’s win at Old Hararians Sports Cub, the visitors have now levelled the three-match series 1-1 after losing the first match on Sunday…

HARARE – Poor planning by the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) is likely to hamper the national Under-23 side quest to qualify for this year’s African Championships and the 2016 Rio Olympics. The Young Warriors are scheduled to take on Swaziland next week in the first leg of the African Championships to be staged in Democratic…

HARARE – The Zimbabwe Football Association’s (Zifa) Human Resources (HR) practices have been put into question as the association continues to battle against a ballooning debt that now stands at $6 million. On Friday, Zifa president Cuthbert Dube was visited by the Deputy Sherriff as they wanted to attach property at his Old Alexandria Park…

HARARE – Zifa president Cuthbert Dube threatened to stop personally funding the association after the Deputy Sherriff attempted to attach property from his home in Harare yesterday. The court bailiffs raided Dube’s Old Alexandria Park home yesterday morning armed with a writ of execution over a $281 985 debt the association owes Pandhari Lodge. The…

HARARE – How Mine coach Luke Masomere is delighted on how his team is shaping up ahead of the 2015 Castle Premiership season having acquired some “quality” signings in this current window period. Chikurupati have been busy in this current window and have tied some decent deals in the key departments as they aim to…

HARARE – Rising Zimbabwean tennis star Rufaro Chirewa progressed to the doubles semifinals of the ongoing Nairobi International Junior Championships IV in Kenya. The 17-year-old former Chisipite Senior School student partnered with Poland’s Karolina Silwanowicz to beat Oumaima Aziz from Morocco and India’s Snehal Mane 6-3, 6-2 to storm into the semis. In the first…