Underdogs Italy hopeful of hurting champs Spain
Antonio Conte Italy coach Antonio Conte believes his team can thrive as the underdogs when they face Spain in the first knockout round at Euro 2016 next Monday. The Azzurri’s reward for finishing top...
View ArticleKumble named new India coach
Anil Kumble New Delhi — Former Test captain Anil Kumble was yesterday named the new head coach of the Indian cricket team, the national board announced in the northern hill station of Dharamsala....
View ArticleNgodzo rallies squad
Johannes Ngodzo Ricky Zililo: Senior Sports Reporter SOUTHERN Region Division One Soccer League leaders Bantu Rovers’ coach Johannes Ngodzo has challenged his side to maintain their momentum and extend...
View ArticleVardy rejects Arsenal, stays at Leicester
Jamie Vardy Jamie Vardy gave a huge boost to champions Leicester yesterday by rejecting an offer from Arsenal to sign a new contract. The 29-year-old striker — presently on duty with England at the...
View ArticleBantu Rovers boss eyes EPL franchise
Peter Grieve (right) with Bantu Rovers general manager Wilbert Sibanda Ricky Zililo: Senior Sports Reporter BANTU Rovers’ co-chairman and co-owner American businessman Peter Grieve is close to snapping...
View ArticleChiyangwa defends Nafaz in Parliament
Philip Chiyangwa Eddie Chikamhi: Harare Bureau Nafaz president Philip Chiyangwa says a brutal decision was needed to save domestic football from collapsing when the Congress voted to dissolve bankrupt...
View ArticleClinical Boks beat Ireland
IRELAND captain Rory Best says South Africa won the series between the sides 2-1 because they were “a little bit more clinical” in the final two Tests. The Springboks won the decisive match 19-13 in...
View ArticleGermany impress in easy win over Slovakia
GERMANY enhanced their status as favourites for Euro 2016 as they overwhelmed Slovakia in Lille to set up a quarter-final against Italy or Spain. Centre-back Jerome Boateng gave the world champions an...
View ArticleFC fans console DeMbare bereaved families
Paul Mundandi in Zvishavane FC Platinum fans on Saturday joined the football fraternity in mourning eight Dynamos fans that tragically lost their lives in a road accident a fortnight ago near...
View ArticleFootball fraternity mourns dribbling wizard
Sports Correspondent DAVID Khumalo, Hwange Football Club’s dribbling wizard of the 1970s and 1980s, breathed his last on Saturday morning at the Colliery Hospital. He had been unwell for a long time....
View ArticleFrance book place in last 8
DIDIER Deschamps was reluctant to release Martin O’Neill’s grip when the two managers shook hands on the final whistle. He had predicted France would face a battle with a Republic of Ireland side who...
View ArticleHamilton’s relationship with Rosberg better than ever
Hamilton (right) was never threatened during the race and kept a steady gap between himself and Rosberg — BBC Sport (file pic) LEWIS HAMILTON has revealed his relationship with Mercedes team-mate Nico...
View ArticleCoventry scoops AUSC award
Kirsty Coventry Ellina Mhlanga Harare Bureau ZIMBABWE’S star athlete, Kirsty Coventry, was on Saturday night crowned the Sportswoman of the Year at the inaugural African Union Sports Council Region...
View ArticleHwange stunned by Mutare Rovers
Tobias Mandoreba in Hwange Hwange 0-1 Mutare City HWANGE fans left the Colliery Stadium dejected and stunned yesterday after the coalminers put up a lifeless performance to fall to Castle Lager Premier...
View ArticleByo City fall to Green Machine
Lloyd Chitembwe Eddie Chikamhi Harare Bureau Caps United 2 -1 Bulawayo City CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe saw the good, and the sloppy, of his Green Machine as they beat a battling Bulawayo City in...
View ArticlePOWER OUTAGE AT BF…Akbay’s Bosso beat ZPC to break yet another jinx
Erol Akbay Ricky Zililo Senior Sports Reporter— Highlanders 1-0 ZPC Kariba A FIRST half strike by youngster Adrian Silla gave Highlanders their first Castle Lager Premier Soccer League victory over ZPC...
View ArticleMighty Warriors race against time
Harare Bureau MIGHTY Warriors coach, Shadreck Mlauzi, has called up a 25-member squad expected to resume training for the Olympic Games tomorrow at Bindura University of Science Education. The squad,...
View ArticleByo Chiefs burst Rovers bubble
Ricky Zililo Senior Sports Reporter BULAWAYO Chiefs brought log leaders Bantu Rovers’ fine run to a halt with a 1-0 win in the Southern Region Division One Soccer League at Luveve Stadium on Sunday....
View ArticleIrving ,Durant in US Olympic basketball squad
KYRIE IRVING, Carmelo Anthony and Klay Thompson have all been named in the US squad for the Olympics. Kevin Durant of Oklahoma City Thunder also made the 12-man team. Thompson’s Golden State Warriors...
View ArticleMane agrees terms, undergoes medical for Liverpool move
SOUTHAMPTON’s Senegalese striker Sadio Mane was to undergo a medical at Liverpool yesterday after the clubs agreed a 30 million pounds ($40.2 million) transfer, British media reported. The 24-year-old...
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