Gunners into FA Cup quarter-finals . . . Win comes at a cost for Wenger
OLIVIER GIROUD and Theo Walcott were both at the double as Arsenal beat Hull City 4-0 in an FA Cup fifth round replay on Tuesday night, though the injury was somewhat overshadowed by injuries to three...
View ArticleSibanda stars as Zim edge Hong Kong
HONG Kong did well to give Zimbabwe a scare but eventually ran out of steam in the first Group B match of the ICC World Twenty20 qualifier at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground in Nagpur, India,...
View ArticleMasvingo United faces ban
Walter Mswazie in Masvingo ZIFA Eastern Region Division One side Masvingo United’s future hangs in the balance as they face a ban for taking football matters to court seeking an interdict to stop the...
View ArticleChitate, Mugomeri ready to represent Zim
Ellina Mhlanga Harare Bureau SEASONED long-distance runner Olivia Chitate says she is ready for the challenge at the Africa Cross-country Championships in Yaoundé, Cameroon, this weekend. The...
View ArticleNust abandons Division One franchise
Ricky Zililo Senior Sports Reporter NUST have discarded the Zifa Southern Region Division One Soccer League franchise they had taken over from former champions Quelaton in 2014 after failing to pay...
View ArticleTennis tourney registration opened
Ricky Zililo Senior Sports Reporter REGISTRATION for Bulawayo’s twin juniors tennis tournaments, the Bulawayo Open and the Tarryn-Leigh De Souza Memorial competitions, set for April have opened. The...
View ArticleRonaldo, James send Blancos through
EDIN DZEKO and Mohamed Salah missed crucial chances for Luciano Spalletti’s side and they were made to pay as the Blancos eventually cruised into the Champions League last-eight Goals from Cristiano...
View ArticlePasuwa to brief Chiyangwa on Afcon
Sikhumbuzo Moyo Senior Sports Reporter WARRIORS’ coach Callisto Pasuwa will this week meet Zifa to brief them on his plans for the African Cup of Nations qualifier against unpredictable opponents...
View ArticleAge cheats risk procecution: Zifa
Ricky Zililo Senior Sports Reporter ZIFA is taking a giant leap towards combating age-cheating in football by warning perpetrators that they risk prosecution. The association and its development...
View ArticleNo losers in Bob92 . . . Bosso, DeMbare to receive some prize money
Charles Mabika Grace Chingoma Senior Sports Reporter ORGANISERS of the Bob92 Zifa Super have assured Dynamos and Highlanders, who are set to clash in this year’s tournament, that each club will be...
View ArticleZimbabwe look to tighten discipline against Scotland
Big Picture The cruelty of the World T20 qualifying phase is that every game is crucial and Scotland’s key moment may already have come and gone. Their defeat to Afghanistan meant their hopes of...
View ArticleProvincial squad selection tourney on
Sports Reporter SIXTEEN schools will compete in the Bulawayo Basketball Association’s Under-20 boys’ selection tournament to be held over the weekend at Northlea High School. BBA selectors will choose...
View ArticleZanaco expected today
Takudzwa Chitsiga Harare Bureau HARARE City’s CAF Confederation Cup first round opponents Zanaco of Zambia are expected in the country today for the match scheduled for Rufaro on Saturday. Harare City,...
View ArticleLeicester fans caused ‘earthquake’ after winner
Leicester City fans An “earthquake” made by football fans celebrating a goal has been recorded for the first time in the UK. A University of Leicester team installed a seismometer near Leicester City’s...
View ArticleCamp Nou seating to rise to 105,000
Camp Nou Barcelona — Europe’s biggest stadium will be bigger within five years, when the Camp Nou will seat more than 100,000 people under a roof that rings the entire area. A joint bid by Japanese...
View ArticleSharapova ‘reckless beyond description’
Maria Sharapova Montreal – Maria Sharapova failing an Australian Open doping test for a substance banned only weeks before was “reckless beyond description,” former World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)...
View ArticleFA offices raided in Blatter case
Sepp Blatter Geneva — French authorities have seized documents from the country’s football federation in connection with the Swiss criminal investigation targeting former Fifa president Sepp Blatter...
View ArticleNtini’s enthusiasm evident
Makhaya Ntini Dingilizwe Ntuli Sports Editor ALTHOUGH opening batsman Vusi Sibanda’s fluently struck half-century helped Zimbabwe beat Hong Kong by 14 runs in the opening group encounter of the World...
View ArticleAmini v Zulu . . . Highlanders mull axing coach or technical director
Amini Soma-Phiri Ricky Zililo Senior Sports Reporter THE Highlanders’ executive has had enough of the volatile relationship between assistant coach Amini Soma-Phiri and technical director Cosmas Zulu...
View ArticleRushwaya, Nation Dube implicated
Henrietta Rushwaya Robson Sharuko and Eddie Chikamhi ZIFA have named their former chief executive, Henrietta Rushwaya, as part of a syndicate they claim has been involved in match-fixing in the past...
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