‘Tsipa is the green Zlatan’
CAPS UNITED coach Lloyd Chitembwe has described veteran striker Leonard Tsipa as his team’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and has backed last season’s top goal scorer to carry the team again this season. Tsipa,...
View ArticleMakore says ‘shukraan’ to Egypt
THE word “shukraan” means “thank you” in Arabic – and this is Mighty Warriors stocky striker Rutendo “Madzimai” Makore’s message to the people of Egypt. After a two-month loan stint with El Elemayeen...
View ArticleKaindu gets some relief
How Mine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (0) 2 Chapungu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) 1 KELVIN KAINDU was breathing much easier yesterday after his side came from behind to snatch their first win...
View ArticlePure Platinum misses
Bulawayo City . . . . . . . . . . . .(0) 1 FC Platinum . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1) 1 CHARLES SIBANDA scored the fastest goal of the season but early season Castle Lager Premier Soccer League title...
View ArticleYadah stars stop Ngezi march
Ishemunyoro Chingwere Yadah FC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1) 1 Ngezi Platinum Stars. . . . . . (0) 0 NGEZI Platinum Stars’ brilliant start to the season was yesterday halted by Premiership...
View ArticlePeace be unto DeMbare
Makomborero Mutimukulu Sports Editor IN the end it all fell into the hands, or feet, of Peace Makaha. The rookie had the mandate to decide whether peace or pandemonium visited the Dynamos camp in an...
View ArticleMutasa’s sharp suits & many tears
Langton Nyakwenda DYNAMOS coach Lloyd Mutasa has been crying a lot these days. If DeMbare, loses Mutasa cries. When the Harare giants win, the gaffer sheds tears, like he did after guiding his side to...
View ArticleMukandi misses the hoop
AS the analysis of Zimbabwe’s fall to South Africa in the AfroBasket qualifiers last week continues, no one seems capable of explaining how the men’s basketball team blew a 20-point lead to allow the...
View ArticleThe Universe Boss is Back!
Chris Gayle’s first significant contribution in IPL 2017 – a 38-ball 77 – helped Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Gujarat Lions by 21 runs in Rajkot to lift themselves off the bottom of the...
View ArticleTaibu’s boys-to-men mission
ZIMBABWE CRICKET convener of selectors Tatenda Taibu says he wants to turn the 16 boys being dispatched for training to the United Kingdom into men in six months. The first batch of players is expected...
View ArticleShabanie’s barren spell persists
Shabanie Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Harare City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 SHABANIE Mine’s woes in front of goal at Maglas continued yesterday when the wasteful...
View ArticleRock star treatment for Lloyd Mutasa
A TALE OF TWO LLOYDS . . . Dynamos gaffer Lloyd Mutasa (right) had a good day at the office yesterday, while his counterpart and namesake Lloyd Chitembwe saw his CAPS United drop points at the...
View ArticleCopa Coca-Cola World Cup set to be launched
Ellina Mhlanga Sports Reporter WITH the Copa Coca-Cola participants now expected to compete in the Under-15 Five-A-Side World Cup set to be launched later this year in South Africa, Coca-Cola market...
View ArticleBosso win in five-goal thriller
Highlanders………. (0)3 ZPC Kariba…………(1)2 TWO quick-fire second half goals by Allen Gahadzikwa and Prince Dube turned the game on its hand to give Highlanders maximum points and only their second victory...
View ArticleYoung Sables choke in Madagascar
Sports Reporter THE Young Sables capped a disappointing outing in the Africa Under-20 Championship when they conceded a last-minute try in the Group A third-place playoff defeat to hosts Madagascar...
View ArticleRitchie wins Zim Open
TO THE WINNER GOES THE SPOILS . . . Zimbabwe Open winner JC Ritchie is sprayed with lager beer (edited) after his dramatic victory at Royal Harare yesterday. — Sunshine Tourla Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports...
View ArticleChitembwe’s gamble backfires
Lloyd Chitembwe Grace Chingoma Senior Sports Reporter CAPS United . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (0)1 Tsholotsho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1)1 CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe’s decision to rest...
View ArticleCaps’ title defence stutters
Caps United………(0) 1 Tsholotsho…………(1) 1 CAPS United’s title defence suffered a jolt yesterday after they were held to a draw by lowly Tsholotsho in a Castle Lager Premiership tie at the National Sports...
View ArticleMixed Fortunes For Big Three
DYNAMOS finally won their first league game of the season at the Colliery by edging Hwange 1-0. Anything short of victory against Hwange could also have seen Dynamos recording their worst first three...
View ArticleMidweek Fixtures For PSL
SEVEN matches have been lined up for Wednesday while two others will be on Thursday for what is a busy week for PSL teams. Champions CAPS United travel to Baobab for a date against log leaders Ngezi...
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