JOHANNESBURG – The Africa Cup of Nations kicks off today with a match featuring hosts Equatorial Guinea and Congo Brazzaville and will be followed later by the Burkina Faso versus Gabon encounter. This edition promises to provide a bumper soccer tournament with most teams claiming a stake at the continent’s most prized competition. This is…
LONDON – Equatorial Guinea will kick off the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations today, only two months after stepping in as hosts. Original hosts Morocco had asked to postpone the event because of their fears over the spread of the Ebola virus but their plea was rejected by the Confederation of African Football. The opening…
HARARE – Zimbabwean tennis ace Cara Black’s desire to keep playing on against the odds of advanced age, injuries and family commitments is not going according to plan. Black got her year off to the worst possible start after going down in the first round of the WTA Shenzhen Open last week. Flanked by her…
HARARE – One of the best Zimbabwean rugby players of the modern era, Sables vice-captain Jacques Leitao, could be lost to the game in this country due to relocation — despite the player himself vowing he is still committed to playing. Leitao, 32, is moving to Malawi to pursue business interests and yesterday relinquished the…
HARARE – Police yesterday questioned unnamed Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) staffers over contempt of court charges with the aim of obstruction of justice in the continuing labour dispute against former employee Andrew Muzamhindo. The Deputy Sheriff in December pounced on ZC and seized its Outside Broadcasting Van as well as staff vehicles after the association lost…
HARARE – Dynamos have now resigned themselves to losing star midfielder Devon Chafa during this pre-season transfer window after the champions granted the out-of-contract player a clearance yesterday. Highly-rated midfield enforcer Chafa is being linked with a move to either How Mine or Harare City. The 24-year-old former Kiglon star, who was a part of…
HARARE – I was thinking of something to write this week, and then decided to just pen a little feel-good piece to you readers, thanking you for your continued support and patronage in the just-ended year, and promising you better sports coverage in the New Year and beyond. As we start a brand new year,…
HARARE – FC Platinum’s preparations for the African Confederation Cup were dented after their scheduled friendly match against Zambian side Power Dynamos at the weekend was called off. The platinum miners were set to host the Zambians at Mandava Stadium to fine-tune for their preliminary round tie against Kenyan side Sofapaka FC next month. Norman…
HARARE – Zimabwe’s Under-19 cricket team struggled at the eight-team Cricket South Africa (CSA) Franchise Cubs Week in Stellenbosch, recording just one win from five outings. The young side recorded their only victory of the tournament when they beat the Warriors by two wickets. Kieran Geyle (4/19) and Dylan Hondo (3/23) caused the most damage…
HARARE – The Premier Soccer League (PSL) was holding a pre-season executive meeting last night, with indications that several stadia across the country will be deemed unfit to host top-flight games in the new season. PSL chief executive Kenny Ndebele last night said stadia used by both promoted clubs and old ones will undergo inspection…
