Antipas’ half-time pep talk
Tadious Manyepo Sports Reporter WARRIORS caretaker coach Joey Antipas’ half-time message kept ringing in his charges’ ears even when they looked dead and buried at the National Sports Stadium on...
View ArticleKeeper Chipezeze buries ghost of Cairo
Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter WARRIORS’ goalkeeper Elvis Chipezeze believes he has buried the ghost which ended with furious fans turning against him following a poor showing at the AFCON finals....
View ArticleIt must have been love, but it’s clearly over now. . . Mapeza explains shock...
Eddie Chikamhi Senior Sports Reporter NORMAN MAPEZA says the need for rest, after five demanding years in the trenches at FC Platinum, finally forced him to end his successful marriage with the...
View ArticleBenjani takes City fans down memory lane
Robson Sharuko Senior Sports Editor ELEVEN years after starting his Manchester City adventure, with a headed winning goal at Old Trafford, Benjani Mwaruwari turned back the hands of time at the Etihad...
View ArticleBilliat saves his game, Zifa board
Robson Sharuko Senior Sports Editor WITH one crisp swing of his left foot, the precision of a surgeon and deadly accuracy of a sniper, Khama Biliat didn’t only save the Warriors’ 2022 World Cup...
View ArticleZimbabwe, Bangladesh in T20 opener
ZIMBABWE are a cricket team in desperate need of context; Bangladesh, one aching for a return to normalcy and stability. The two old rivals plunge into the opening match of the T20 Triangular Series...
View ArticleCAPS eye Italian coach
Sports Reporter CAPS United officials have a meeting with Italian coach Roberto Landi this week as they continue to search for a substantive gaffer to guide the club following the departure of Lloyd...
View Article‘Three more weeks for Duduza’
Eddie Chikamhi Senior Sports Reporter DYNAMOS coach Tonderai Ndiraya yesterday said they will not risk rushing their skipper Edward Sadomba back into action. They are bracing for difficult games...
View ArticleKhama’s gamble riles coach
KAIZER Chiefs coach Ernst Middendorp says he is not happy Khama Billiat took a huge gamble to serve his country, while recovering from injury, in the World Cup qualifiers this week. The Zimbabwean...
View ArticleKhama clarifies Chiefs issue
JOHANNESBURG. — Kaizer Chiefs forward Khama Billiat has explained his release to the Warriors team despite fitness concerns. Billiat turned out for Zimbabwe in their must-win 2022 FIFA World Cup...
View ArticleChevrons let Tigers off the hook
DHAKA – On a dramatic evening in Dhaka, Bangladesh overpowered a spirited Zimbabwe to win the see-sawing opening match of the tri-series by three wickets. With little to separate the two teams, it was...
View ArticleRobson Sharuko on Saturday: Across the passage, I saw Felton Kamambo, his...
IN the 85th minute, it felt like the end of the world — grown up men just staring into the distance, crushed by their emotions, betrayed by their expectations, devoured by their pain. Silenced by a...
View ArticleSables on threshold of making history
Tadious Manyepo Sports Reporter NATIONAL rugby 15s side, the Sables could clinch the Victoria Cup with a win over Zambia in Lusaka this afternoon with captain Hilton Mudariki calling for a rampaging...
View ArticleAll Blacks eye World Cup hat-trick
PARIS – New Zealand will be made to fight all the way for a third consecutive title as a ground-breaking Rugby World Cup gets under way in Japan next week with half a dozen teams confident of...
View ArticleNeymar to return for PSG
PARIS. – With the saga over his on-off move back to Spanish football giants Barcelona now over, Neymar could return to action with Paris Saint-Germain this weekend. The world’s most expensive player...
View ArticleJuventus head for Fiorentina
ROME. – Cristiano Ronaldo returns to Italian football league action after his four-goal spree for Portugal as Juventus head for Fiorentina today also boosted by coach Maurizio Sarri’s...
View ArticleMr Zim preps in full swing
Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter PREPARATIONS for the 2019 Zimbabwe National Bodybuilding contest have moved a gear up with several top athletes confirming their availability. The country’s premier...
View ArticleThe Reds leave rivals breathless
LONDON. – Liverpool’s sizzling start to the English Premier League football season has left their title rivals breathless and the red-hot leaders are expected to maintain their perfect record against...
View ArticleValencia in crisis as clashes loom
MADRID. – Valencia should be looking forward to a prestigious double-header against Barcelona in the Spanish La Liga and Chelsea in the Champions League football, instead find themselves in full-blown...
View ArticleRestless Rudi, football’s superman, who coached 55 teams and 32 countries, dies
Robson Sharuko Senior Sports Editor RUDI GUTENDORF, whose turbulent reign as Warriors coach was spent battling to escape the shadow of the immortal Reinhard Fabisch and concerns over his advanced age,...
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