ZVISHAVANE – Luke Masomere returned to haunt Shabanie Mine as his How Mine side emerged from Maglas Stadium with a with a 3-1 win yesterday. With the win, the Bulawayo-based gold miners ensured their status as a Premiership side for next season as they moved to 36 points. Shabanie are still in the relegation mix…
HARARE – CAPS United’s Castle Premiership title hopes suffered another blow after they were held to a goalless draw with FC Platinum here yesterday. The Green Machine failed to recover from last weekend 2-1 defeat at the hands of struggling Triangle and with draw yesterday they are now seven points behind log leaders Dynamos with…
HARARE – ZPC Kariba remained in the hunt for the league title in their maiden year in the topflight by dispatching Buffaloes 3-1 here yesterday. The Saul Chaminuka-coached men shook off the hangover from the 0-2 Mandava defeat to remain on the coattails of defending champions Dynamos. “I think I’m now relieved and positive that…
LONDON – Barcelona’s striker Luis Suárez has been omitted from Fifa’s 23-man list of contenders for the Ballon d’Or award. The list, which will be whittled down to the one player deemed to be the world’s best, has no Englishmen but five Premier League players on it, though there is no place for the division’s…
LONDON – Bangladesh have left out fast bowler Al-Amin Hossain from the squad for the second Test against Zimbabwe. Anamul Haque, the wicketkeeper-batsman, has been chosen instead, the only change in the squad from the first Test. Al-Amin, who was reported for a suspect action in the West Indies last month, bowled eight wicketless overs…
HARARE – Sam Curran, the son of the late Zimbabwe national cricket team coach Kevin, has been named in the England Development Squad. The 16-year-old Sam, an all-rounder playing for Surrey PG Academy, caped a fine year by securing a place in the 18-man squad for the 2014-2015 season. He was named Surrey PG Academy…
HARARE – At least 45 countries in Africa will benefit from rugby coaching clinics as part of an effort to spread awareness for the game in the build up to the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England. Dubbed “Africa As One” and sponsored by global logistics giant DHL, three Land Rover vehicles are traveling through…
GWERU – Dynamos captain Murape Murape has challenged his team mates to be more clinical in front of goal if they are to retain their title they have won for the past three years. The Harare giants face a tricky Harare City this afternoon at Rufaro Stadium hoping to consolidate their position at the top…
HARARE – An emotional Whawha coach Luke Petros yesterday saluted his charges for winning the Central Region Division One championship to gain promotion into the Castle Premiership next season. The Zimbabwe Prison Services side operated within a very minimal budget compared to the rest of their opponents in the division but they still managed to…
HARARE – Zimbabwe crushed to an aberrant three-wicket defeat inside three days of the first Test match against Bangladesh at Mirpur yesterday with Captain Brendan Taylor admitting the team was mentally weak with the bat. “Credit to Bangladesh, we were mentally weak with the bat, we can’t win Tests like that,” said Taylor after the…
