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JOHANNESBURG. – South Africa have kept faith in coach Allister Coetzee despite a dismal 2016 season, the national rugby union announced on Monday.
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LONDON. – Mesut Ozil was supposed to be the cornerstone of manager Arsene Wenger’s last great Arsenal side. Four years into the German’s time at the Emirates, he could become the symbol of his manager’s final failure.
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Robson Sharuko Senior Sports Editor— CALLISTO PASUWA’S acrimonious divorce with ZIFA, after a rocky 20-month relationship that regularly flirted between the cordial and the toxic, will finally be sealed today with the two parties finally bringing down the curtains after weeks of a compelling drama that played out in the public gallery. Although the 46-year-old gaffer, […]
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Eddie Chikamhi Senior Sports Reporter CAPS United skipper Moses Muchenje believes the goalposts on the domestic football scene have shifted and the Green Machine now feel they are the better and stronger team than their bitter rivals Dynamos. Makepekepe, the league champions, powered to a 3-1 victory over the Glamour Boys in the first semi-final of the […]
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JOHANNESBURG. — Maritzburg United coach Roger de Sa admits it was a risk bringing on Zimbabwe international striker Evans Rusike at half-time against Free State Stars, but was delighted to see the move pay off big time. De Sa recently stated that Rusike, since returning early from Zimbabwe’s failed African Cup of Nations in Gabon, has […]
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Mehluli Sibanda Senior Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE coach Heath Streak has leapt to the defence of his players despite their humiliation at the hands of Afghanistan in the five-match ODI series which ended at Harare Sports Club on Sunday. Records tumbled as the Chevrons were destroyed in the five-match decider, falling to a 106-run defeat through the Duckworth/Lewis […]
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Sports Reporter ZIFA are set to go a gear up and conduct their first CAF Pro Licence, which is now the highest qualification on the continent, in their bid to take coaches in the country to another level. Philip Chiyangwa, the ZIFA president, revealed this at the conclusion of the CAF A licence course at the […]
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Ellina Mhlanga Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE Karate Union technical director full-contact Kumbirai Musinami says the recent victory by Samson Muripo at the Third International So-Kyokushin Karate tournament in Ahvaz, Iran, is confirmation of the talent in the country. Muripo made an impression at the tournament in Iran after competing in three categories and claiming the international title
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LONDON. — Jose Mourinho wants to bring in “two or three” new faces this summer. The Manchester United boss guided his side to the EFL Cup on Sunday and immediately set his sights on winning more trophies. United are still 15 points adrift of English Premier League leaders Chelsea and Mourinho is already planning how he can […]
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LONDON. — Cesc Fabregas believes he is winning the biggest battle of his career. The Spaniard admits it would have been easy to “run away” and quit Chelsea after losing his place when Antonio Conte took over last summer. But Fabregas says his love of English football, London and a new found maturity convinced him to stay […]
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MADRID. — Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane hailed the impact of Isco and Alvaro Morata off the bench as the European soccer champions came from 2-0 down at Villarreal on Sunday to win 3-2.
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LONDON. — Zlatan Ibrahimovic appeared to take a swipe at Arsenal after Manchester United’s EFL Cup victory. The Swede scored twice as United beat Southampton 3-2 at Wembley on Sunday.
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LONDON. — Jose Mourinho says Manchester United fans should camp outside Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s house to convince him to stay. Ibrahimovic scored twice to earn Manchester United victory over Southampton in the EFL Cup final as they edged a 3-2 win on Sunday. The 35-year-old’s contract runs out at the end of the season but there is an […]
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LONDON. — The fight between Amir Khan and Manny Pacquiao was guaranteed to take place at some point from the first time the pair sparred together in October 2008 at Freddie Roach’s Wild Card gym, a hard retreat in the seedy streets of West Hollywood.
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CHRISTCHURH. — South Africa cricket coach Russell Domingo says star bowler Kagiso Rabada needs to be managed carefully. As a precaution, Rabada was rested for the second ODI against New Zealand in Christchurch due to a sore knee, but returned to deliver a stellar performance of 2/39, as the Proteas defeated the Black Caps in Wellington […]