LONDON – The Fifa president Sepp Blatter has expressed his “deepest sorrow and anguish” at the death of South Africa goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa. In a letter to Danny Jordaan, president of the South African Football Association, Blatter conveyed the condolences of the global football family following the tragic shooting of the Bafana Bafana and Orlando…
BULAWAYO – Shabanie Mine coach John Phiri has praised the match-winning performance by midfielder Xolani Ncube in the win over Bantu Rovers at the weekend. The midfielder was at the heart of all the Chinda Boys’ attacks as they ran out 1-4 winners at Hartsfield Rugby Ground to ease their relegation worries. Ncube scored twice…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s tennis ace Cara Black has hinted at hanging up her racket and calling it quits to a game that has seen her rise to become one of the most respected women’s doubles players. Black and her Indian partner Sarnia Mirza were crowned the WTA doubles champions on Sunday to end the season…
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…
BULAWAYO – Highlanders’ executives were last night scheduled to meet to discuss the conduct of striker Charles Sibanda during Sunday’s defeat to Chicken Inn at Hartsfield Rugby Ground. Sibanda, who is the Castle Premiership’s leading scorer with 12 goals, was substituted by coach Mark Mathe after failing obey his instructions. On three occasions during the…
HARARE – CAPS United coach Taurai Mangwiro has slammed the behavior of his players and fans before and after the league defeat to Triangle on Sunday. Makepekepe players refused to proceed with their journey to Chiredzi for Sunday’s match at Gibbo Stadium over unpaid bonuses and salaries. The Green Machine were supposed to leave the…
HARARE – Dynamos coach Calisto Pasuwa admitted his side blew a golden opportunity to put one hand on the Castle Premiership championship trophy when they were held 1-1 by Chapungu here yesterday. The Glamour Boys failed to make full use of slip-ups by their title rivals ZPC Kariba, who lost 2-1 to FC Platinum on…
ZVISHAVANE – Obert Nyarumwe and Someya Mulauzi were on Saturday crowned the champions of this year’s Carling Black Label National Pool finals in the men and women’s category in Zvishavane respectively. The Chitungwiza-based Nyarumwe beat Paul Mutize from Bulawayo 2-0 in the finals to win this year’s title. For his efforts Nyarumwe walked away with…
HARARE – Despite tight competition in the World Navi Northern Region Division One soccer league, Flame Lilly coach Nesbert Saruchera believes they are in a good position to win the promotion to the Premiership. The Zimbabwe Prison Services side maintained their one point lead at the top of the standings after defeating DStv Rangers 4-1…
