HARARE – Harare City coach Masimba Dinyero says playing the Chibuku Super Cup final at Mandava Stadium against FC Platinum is a good omen for the Sunshine Boys. The struggling council-owned side take on the platinum miners this Sunday in Zvishavane hoping to win their first piece of major silverware since promotion into the top-flight…
LONDON – Qatar is “ready” to help organise the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations even though it has not received an official request, the head of the Gulf country’s Football Association said. The 2022 World Cup hosts had not been “officially asked to host” the continental tournament after Morocco was stripped of the right to…
HARARE – I have long thought of myself as immune to Zimbabwe Cricket spitefulness since one night – nine years ago – when a wonderful opportunity presented itself for ZC to hit back at this problematic journo, they probably thought, in the hardest way to do so. I’d penned a series of hard-hitting ones for…
HARARE – Sport Minister Andrew Langa says government has so far availed over 10 million dollars for the refurbishment of facilities for the African Union Sports Council Region Five Under-20 Youth Games that kick of next month. At least 1600 athletes are expected to descend on Bulawayo for the games, set to run between December…
HARARE – FC Platinum captain Petros Mhari has warned his teammates against complacency when they take on struggling Harare City in the Chibuku Super Cup finals at Mandava Stadium on Sunday. The Zvishavane miners are currently enjoying a good run of form in the Castle Premiership and have already secured a top four finish while…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Football Association’s (Zifa) 53 Livingstone offices was yesterday left bare after the Deputy Sherriff attached the association’s remaining property over a debt owed to former employee Nicky Dhlamini-Moyo. Dhlamini, who was sacked in 2012, won a labour dispute against the association and was awarded an $88 000 pay-out in outstanding salaries…
GWERU – Relegation-threatened Castle Premiership side Chapungu have mooted plans to partner Gweru City Council in upgrading the club’s home ground, Ascot Stadium to Fifa standards. Ascot among other facilities does not have a media booth which makes it impossible for SuperSport to broadcast live from the stadium; hence an upgrade would give the venue…
HARARE – ZPC Kariba’s defensive rock Dennis Dauda is not reading much into admirers who believe his performances this season should earn him the Soccer Star of the Year accolade. The 25-year-old, who has been an unsung hero in the heart of ZPC’s defence, says personal achievements will count for nothing if the Castle Premiership…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s premier cricket tournament – the Logan Cup – got off to a false start yesterday after local cricketers refused to take to the field in protest over low salaries and contracts. The industrial action forced the cancelation of the two four-day matches scheduled to start yesterday in Harare and Bulawayo. Mashonaland Eagles…
CAIRO – Morocco have been stripped of the right to host next year’s African Nations Cup, the Confederation of African Football (Caf) decided yesterday as it examined prospective replacements. It has also disqualified Morocco from playing in the finals, which Caf said would go ahead as planned on the scheduled dates of January 17-February 8….
