Early exit shocks Germans
BERLIN. — From chants of “goodbye” to stunned silence, Germany fans reacted with dismay to their defending champions’ humiliating Soccer World Cup exit on Wednesday after a first-round loss...
View ArticleRooney joins DC United
WASHINGTON. — Wayne Rooney is coming to Major League Soccer with D.C. United, the latest star to take his talents across the pond to the United States. Rooney follows the lead of Swede Zlatan...
View ArticleChicken Inn recall Nyabinde from Shabanie
Shabanie Mine midfield enforcer Joe Nyabinde has re-joined his former paymasters Chicken after completing a two-year loan stint at the Zvishavane side. Terry Madayauta The versatile linkman, who also...
View ArticleMutare City target coach Chiragwi
MUTARE City Rovers have drawn up a short-list of five coaches as they search for a substantive coach for the team following the sacking of Joseph Takringofa in May. Kenneth Nyangani Former Shabanie...
View ArticleNorthern Region to honour players
Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter THE partnership between Ruyamuro Service Stations and the ZIFA Northern Region Division One League is now yielding results as the sponsors are going to reward the...
View ArticleVincent makes the cut in Asian tour
ZIMBABWEAN professional golfer Scott Vincent has made the cut at the Queen’s Cup at the Bangchak Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club in Thailand. The player is tied on position 24 going into the final...
View ArticleMessi must now deliver
Argentina and Lionel Messi need to find form fast if they are to go any further in the Soccer World Cup today when they meet a France team who have yet to live up to their billing. The match kicks-off...
View ArticleMudimu’s team denied Europa home victory
ZIMBABWE international defender Alec Mudimu’s Welsh side CEFN Druids were denied a victory at home in the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round against Lithuanian side FK Trakai on Thursday...
View ArticleDrogba slams African teams
African football has suffered a “big step back” after Senegal’s exit sealed the continent’s worst World Cup showing for 36 years, says Didier Drogba. Senegal became the first team in World Cup history...
View ArticleEngland defeat divides British media
England’s first defeat at the World Cup was met with divided opinion in the British media, with some satisfied by it achieving potentially easier route deeper into the tournament while others rued the...
View ArticleWaddilove win Mash East provincial finals
THE partnership between Waddilove High School and Harare City continues to bear fruit after the former cruised to victory in the Mashonaland East Copa Coca-Cola provincial finals at St Francis of...
View ArticleIt’s more than Ronaldo v Suarez
Portugal defender Bruno Alves said tonight’s World Cup last-16 clash with Uruguay will be more than simply a battle between Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez. The match kicks-off at 8pm. The European...
View ArticleTrojan hosts final Under 20 preps
ZIMBABWE’S team for the IAAF World Under-20 championships will go a step further in finalising their preparations for the event when they take part in the Mashonaland Central Athletics Board track and...
View ArticleWorld Cup now wide open
Only six countries have won the World Cup in the last 50 years, but a thrilling group stage in Russia has increased the possibility of a fresh name at least making it to the final. The first phase,...
View ArticleMasvingo United in dire straits again
After clawing back into the Eastern Region Division One via the playoffs, former premier Soccer league [PSL] runners-up Masvingo United looked set to make one big assault for a return to top-flight...
View ArticleKutinyu looks beyond Tanzania
Warriors’ midfielder Raphael Kutinyu has no regrets over his decision to trek north and join the Tanzanian top-flight football league a little over a year ago. BY MUNYARADZI MADZOKERE Fifteen months...
View ArticleMbappe double leads France past Argentina in 4-3 thriller
Teenager Kylian Mbappe scored two goals in four minutes to send a youthful France charging into the World Cup quarter-finals with a thrilling 4-3 win over Argentina on Saturday that sent Lionel Messi’s...
View ArticleBrilliant Cavani brace fires Uruguay into last eight
Uruguay forward Edinson Cavani scored a stunning brace to lead the South Americans to a 2-1 win over European champions Portugal in the World Cup round of 16 on Saturday and set up a quarter-final...
View ArticleSemenya and Samba sparkle in Paris
South African Caster Semenya, whose middle-distance career could be under threat because of a new IAAF rule, romped to the fourth-fastest women’s 800 metres ever and Qatari Abderrahman Samba produced...
View ArticleSoccer players die in accident. . . Lorry ploughs into herd of cattle
By Patrick Chitumba Four people including three football players and a member of the Nembudziya FC technical team died after a lorry they were travelling in ploughed into a herd of cattle in the early...
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