HARARE – Top competitors from across Zimbabwe are set to battle for pool supremacy at the Carling Black Label national pool championship finals that take place at Zvishavane’s Kubatana Bar tomorrow. At least 1 000 pool players participated in the provincial competitions that have now culminated in the finals, following on from the 800 that…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s hopes of winning something at the ongoing NetOne ITF Futures tournament ended yesterday after Mark Fynn crashed out in the doubles semi-final here. Fynn and his American playing partner Matt Seeberger went down to the French pair of Gregoire Barrere and Arthur Surreaux Gregoire 4-6 6-3 (10-5). In the quarter-finals, the 29-year-old…
HARARE – After one year in the Castle Premiership, Chiredzi FC coach Gishon Ntini has conceded that the Lowveld-based side cannot escape relegation. Chiredzi are certain for a quick return to Division One as they sit at the bottom of the table with a paltry 14 points with only five matches left before the season…
HARARE – Triangle coach Biggie Zuze has challenged his players to kick-start their bid to survive the chop by beating CAPS United when the two teams meet in a Castle Premiership tie at Gibbo Stadium on Sunday. The One Wallet Cup winners desperately need a morale boosting win following a string of poor results lately….
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s national football team tumbled nines place down to number 101 on the official Fifa Coca-Cola World Rankings released yesterday. The Warriors, who reached a high of position of 90 earlier this year, are now sliding down the table and will surely sink to greater depth soon. Zimbabwe is currently undergoing a rebuilding…
HARARE – Zimbabwe will feel relatively happy with the outcome of their warm up against a Bangladesh Board XI which ended in a draw yesterday. There were a few good performances by some of the players, but the big question mark hovers over the head of Vusi Sibanda, whose form in the longer version of…
HARARE – Highlanders has been fined $2 500 for the crowd trouble that occurred shortly after the Bulawayo giants loss to ZPC Kariba last month, the Premier Soccer League (PSL) announced yesterday. Following Bosso’s 1-3 defeat to the Kariba-based side at Hartsfield Rugby Ground on September 28, rowdy Highlanders supporters began pelting players and officials…
HARARE – Zimbabwe tennis players Mark Fynn and Tinotenda Chanakira bowed out in the second round of the ongoing Net One ITF Futures tournament here yesterday. Fynn went down to second seed Antal Van Der Duim 6-3, 6-2 in the second round. “It was a very difficult match. Van is a good player and he…
LONDON – Brendan Rodgers has challenged his Liverpool players to rise to the occasion when they face holders Real Madrid in a crucial Champions League showdown at Anfield tonight. Rodgers’s side can’t afford to lose any more ground in the race to qualify for the knockout stages after a shock loss against Basel in their…
HARARE – Like a teenage girl, she bolted onto the stage. In the background was the music of American Grammy award winning artist, Pharrell Williams tracked titled Happy and like an infectious disease the whole house was singing and clapping along. “Because I’m happy, Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof,…
