HARARE – Cara Black and her Colombian partner yesterday progressed to the Australian Open mixed doubles quarter-finals after a hard fought second round win. Flanked by Juan Cabal of Colombia, Zimbabwean Black dismissed Sweden’s Robert Lindstedt and Lisa Raymond of the United States 6-4, 5(14) – 7 (12). The pair will meet either the duo…
HARARE – FC Platinum’s opponents in the African Confederation Cup preliminary round, Kenyan side Sofakapa FC, have stepped up their preparations for the tie. The platinum miners, who are Zimbabwe’s sole representative in Confederation of African Football (Caf) inter-club competitions in 2015, travel to Kenya for the first leg on the weekend of February 13-15….
HARARE – CAPS United defender Steven Makatuka yesterday finally pitched up for the club’s pre-season training to give the club a boost, quashing rumours linking him with a move away from the club. Makatuka, alongside striker Dominic Chungwa and defender Ronald Pfumbidzayi, missed the team’s first week of pre-season training and had been reportedly eyeing…
HARARE – Highlanders yesterday completed the signing of teenage goal-machine Thomas Chideu on a three-year contract ahead of the 2015 season. The 18-year-old former Prince Edward School star spent three months in England in 2013 on an exchange programme and reportedly attracted interest from Barclays Premiership club Sunderland after banging 34 goals in 14 matches…
HARARE – It has emerged that champions Dynamos have approached ZPC Kariba regarding the signing of defender Dennis Dauda – the country’s reigning Player of the Year. Club manager Richard Chihoro made contact with ZPC officials and the players’ management team yesterday to enquire about the possibility of signing the highly-rated defender ahead of the…
HARARE – Tatenda Mapingire did not celebrate with any vigour when he helped Flame Lily win promotion into the Castle Premiership for the 2015 season. The Zimbabwe Prisons Correctional Service (ZPCS) side won the World Navi Northern Region Division One League when they beat ZRP FC 2-0 in the last match of the 2014 season….
HARARE – Castle Premiership champions Dynamos have now appointed former midfielder Naison Muchekela to be David Mandigora’s second assistants judging by recent events. Earlier reports had suggested that former Dynamos captain Murape Murape, who ended his playing career last season, had been earmarked to be one of Mandigora’s assistants together with Tonderai Ndiraya. But yesterday…
HARARE – Zimbabwean teenage tennis ace Tadiwa Chinhamo was in scintillating form at the 7th Fujairah International Tennis Championship at the United Arab Emirates, where he won gold in both his singles and doubles events. Partnered by Syrian Karim Allaf, Chinamo won a gold medal for the under-18 doubles competition after defeating the South Africans…
HARARE – Sensei Samson Muripo has hailed So-Kyokushin fighter Tangai Mhlanga for defying odds to be crowned the African Champion in Johannesburg on Saturday. Mhlanga proved a force to reckon with at the inaugural WFKO Championships, winning the Championship belt that came with it an all-expensive-paid for trip to Russia to compete in the World…
HARARE – Harare Sports Club chairman Donald Mangenje says Zimbabwean domestic rugby will resume this year despite the absence of a principal sponsor – while concerted efforts to secure finding are being made. The Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) last Thursday held an emergency meeting with clubs over plans to revive the country’s national league, which…
