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HARARE – Saturday’s Mr and Miss Zimbabwe bodybuilding contest has received massive backing with a record number of athletes registering for the event set for the Harare International School in Mt Pleasant. The country’s premier bodybuilding show comes exactly seven days after the largely under-subscribed Musclemania Zimbabwe contest held in Hatfield. Champion “Mbewe” Chienderamwano, reigning…

BULAWAYO – As the Castle Premiership season draws towards the end, Chicken Inn are now hoping for a strong finish that can see them sneak into the top four. The Bulawayo-based side have had a topsy-turvy season and at times flirted with relegation but coach Joey Antipas has been able to steer the ship to…

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s top tennis player, Martin Dzuwa failed to impress on the second day of the Twenty Third Century Systems ITF Futures Tournament here yesterday. The Zimbabwe Davis Cup team captain lost 6-2, 6-0 to third-seeded South African Turker Vorster in a men’s singles match. “I played my best and the tournament was OK,…

HARARE – With the Castle Premiership race appearing to have gathered momentum the league action will this weekend take a break to pave way for the Chibuku Super Cup semi-finals. Four teams – FC Platinum, Harare City, Highlanders and Black Rhinos – will battle it out for a place in the final of this $500…

BULAWAYO – The recent poor performances by struggling Highlanders have resulted in the Bulawayo giants’ supporters becoming restless. Bosso have gone for four games without a win and at the weekend they were humiliated 4-0 by CAPS United at the National Sports Stadium. That defeat effectively pushed the club out of the running for the…

HARARE – The Zimbabwe Football Association’s (Zifa) was last night making frantic attempts to stop the Deputy Sherriff from attaching the association’s property over a debt owed to former employee Nicky Dhlamini-Moyo. For the past two weeks, the Deputy Sherriff has been attaching property belonging to Zifa after Dhlamini-Moyo won her Labour Court case against…

HARARE – The Highlanders executive’s decision to part ways with Kelvin Kaindu is now coming back to bite them in the wake of the humiliation at the hands of CAPS United on Sunday. Kaindu was forced to resign from the club after the 1-3 defeat at the hands of ZPC Kariba last month and the…

HARARE – Dynamos coach Calisto Pasuwa yesterday choose club over country after declining to take charge of  Zimbabwe Under-23 national football team on the basis that there was no one capable of leading the Harare giants in his absence. The Young Warriors left for Swaziland yesterday ahead of their friendly match against that country’s Under-23…

HARARE – Charles Sibanda feels the departure of Kelvin Kaindu came at the wrong time and had a negative impact as Highlanders suffered a 4-0 defeat to CAPS United on Sunday. Goals from Ismael Thindwa, Nicholas Alifandika, Kelvin Bulaji and a Dumisani Ndlovu own goal ensured Makepekepe condemned the Bulawayo giants to their third straight…

HARARE – “It’s squeaky bum time and we’ve got the experience now to cope.” This is a phrase made famous by former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson during the title run-in with Arsenal during the 2002-03 English Premier League. True to Ferguson’s words, Arsenal went on to drop crucial points when they drew 2-2 Bolton…