Mahrez voted English player of the year
LEICESTER City’s Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez on Sunday became the first African player to be named English football’s Player of the Year, as voted for by his fellow professionals. The 25-year-old...
View ArticleShabanie Mine FC chairperson dies
Paul Mundandi in Zvishavane NEPHIEL Rugara, the chairman of former Premiership club Shabanie Mine FC, has died. He was 55. Rugara collapsed at half-time during a Zifa Central Soccer League derby...
View ArticleMugari remarks land Chapungu in trouble
Grace Chingoma Harare Bureau IT APPEARS Chapungu football club has landed themselves in hot soup over remarks made by their assistant coach Clement Mugari with the Premier Soccer League yesterday...
View ArticleNgwabi joins 37 runners for ZITF Four-Minute Mile semis
Ricky Zililo Senior Sports Reporter THE country’s top middle-distance runners Phathisa Ngwabi, Elijah Mabhunu, Kelvin Pangiso and Cephas Pasipamire booked their places in the ZITF Coca-Cola Four-Minute...
View ArticleThat day, that year: Zim 35 all out
ON April 25, 2004, at the Harare Sports Club, in the third One-Day International of a five-match series, Sri Lanka’s bowlers pushed a young Zimbabwe side to new depths by bowling them out for a record...
View ArticleTapera calls for thorough preps
Jairos Tapera Grace Chingoma Harare Bureau YOUNG Warriors coach Jairos Tapera has called for thorough preparations in the second round of the 2017 Africa Under-20 Championship qualifier where his...
View ArticleDulibadzimu Stadium upgrade commences
Thupeyo Muleya in Beitbridge Beitbridge Town Council has started working towards upgrading Dulibadzimu Stadium in line with Premier Soccer League recommendations for the border town to host topflight...
View ArticleEarly relegation worries for PSL new boys
Philani Ncube Ricky Zililo Senior Sports Reporter BARELY a month into the 2016 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season, relegation indicators are already pointing to the newly promoted sides Bulawayo...
View ArticlePSL, Bosso in TV rights row
Ndumiso Gumede Ricky Zililo Senior Sports Reporter— HIGHLANDERS are on a collision course with the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League over video filming of their home games, whose highlights are...
View ArticleIngagula FC humiliate Classic Luyando FC
Tobias Mandoreba in Hwange INGAGULA FC shot to the top of the Zifa Matabeleland North Division Two League on superior goal difference after hammering Classic Luyando 4-0 at Chinotimba Stadium on...
View ArticleUCL best attack vs best defence
THE Champions League’s best attack and defense meet when Atletico Madrid hosts Bayern Munich, and Robert Lewandowski is relishing the clash. Robert Lewandowski is eager to put Atletico Madrid’s...
View ArticleZim Saints hope to crawl back
Musa Mandaza Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter FORGOTTEN former Bulawayo soccer giants Zimbabwe Saints’ hopes of crawling their way back to the topflight have been dealt a body blow following the...
View ArticleWest Indies players reprimanded for World T20 outbursts
West Indies Cricket team celebrating after winning 2016 World T20 WEST Indies’ victorious cricketers have been reprimanded by the International Cricket Council for their actions and comments in the...
View ArticleBulawayo to host Basketball League
Senior Sports Reporter ABOUT 23 clubs are set to compete in the Basketball Union of Zimbabwe (Buz) National League that will be held in Bulawayo over the weekend. The tournament runs from Saturday to...
View ArticleMelody wins women’s light-welterweight champ
Senior Sports Reporter THIRTY-FIVE boxers traded leather in 18 bouts at the Bulawayo Amateur Boxing Association Princess Moyo of Sikhulile knocked out Great Zimbabwe University’s Melody Nyanzunda in...
View ArticleChapungu suspends coach for bribery
Chapungu FC players in training Paul Mundandi in Zvishavane CHAPUNGU assistant coach Clement Mugari has been suspended by his club for making bribery allegations against FC Platinum coach Norman Mapeza...
View ArticleLeicester one win away from title
LEICESTER City will win the Premier League if they beat Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday. Tottenham, the only team who can pip them to the title, lost ground when they drew 1-1 with West...
View Article‘Match-fixer’ Rushwaya gets $100 bail
Henrietta Rushwaya Prosper Dembedza Harare Bureau FORMER Zifa chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya yesterday appeared in court accused of masterminding the “Limpopogate” match fixing scandal together...
View ArticleZifa gen secretary Mashingaidze fired
Jonathan Mashingaidze Ricky Zililo Senior Sports Reporter JONATHAN Mashingaidze’s turbulent reign as Zifa general secretary came to an end yesterday after the national association’s executive committee...
View ArticleSundowns 6-point lead slashed
Mamelodi Sundowns were unable to restore a six-point lead at the top of the Absa Premiership after being held to a goalless draw by Ajax Cape Town at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town yesterday. The...
View Article