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Petros Kausiyo Deputy Sports Editor TWO weeks after his stunning election as COSAFA president Philip Chiyangwa yesterday got down to business with the 14-member body’s secretariat at their headquarters in Johannesburg.
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LONDON. — World number two Rory McIlroy has the talent but he must work harder to dominate golf, 18-times major title winner Jack Nicklaus has said. McIlroy is only behind Australian Jason Day in the world rankings and has won four majors in his career so far, the last of which came in 2014.
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LONDON. — Yaya Toure admits he feels reborn after returning from exile to play a key role in Manchester City’s English Premier League soccer title challenge.
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Sports Reporter ALTHOUGH he has played for two of the country’s biggest clubs Dynamos and Highlanders after making his domestic Premiership debut with Chapungu, Cuthbert Malajila has rarely opened up on his life outside of the football pitches and how he grew up in the mining and farming town of Kadoma.
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Former world number one and 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic has retired from tennis at the age of 29. The Serb has been out with injury since August and dropped to 63 in the world rankings, having won just 15 matches in 2016 — the most recent in June.
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LONDON. — Arsene Wenger has taken a veiled dig at Chelsea for their use of the loan system in England. The Arsenal boss is critical of top clubs stock piling players and hindering their development.
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LIVERPOOL. — Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is looking forward to pitting his wits against Pep Guardiola again after seeing the Reds fight back to beat Stoke City 4-1 in the English Premier League on Tuesday night.
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DUBAI. — Football federations are backing plans to expand the World Cup beyond 32 teams, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in Dubai yesterday.
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SWANSEA. — English Premier League soccer strugglers Swansea City dismissed coach Bob Bradley on Tuesday after just 11 games in charge, the club announced.
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PORT ELIZABETH. — Stephen Cook’s third Test hundred moved South Africa into a dominant position on a third day of rain delays and rapid scoring in Port Elizabeth yesterday. Sri Lanka caused a brief flutter with four wickets for 56 runs, but that only came after South Africa had moved to 221 for 1.
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JOHANNESBURG. — Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane has been ranked among the top ten coaches in the world in 2016, according to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics. The Brazilians boss enjoyed a stellar year, leading Masandawana to Telkom Knockout glory late last year before guiding the Chloorkop club to domestic league and […]
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The Zimbabwe national soccer team is preparing to go into battle next month in the 2017 CAF Africa Cup of Nations scheduled for Gabon. Wilson Kakurira captured the images below during today’s training session at Gateway College in Harare
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Petros Kausiyo Deputy Sports Editor — Long-serving FIFA development officer for Eastern and Southern Africa Ashford Mamelodi is stepping down from his post at the end of this month, calling time on an illustrious football administration career during which he grew an affection with Zimbabwe and worked tirelessly to help the national game.
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Grace Chingoma: Senior Sports Reporter THERE was a false start to the Warriors’ camp for the 2017 African Cup of Nations with logistical challenges pegging back training for the opening two days.
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Grace Chingoma: Senior Sports Reporter WARRIOR’s second choice goalkeeper Donovan Bernard proved that he is equally competitive despite spending most of the time in Tatenda Mukuruva’s shadow when he reportedly put an outstanding show between the posts including saving a late penalty in Zimbabwe’s international friendly against Cote d’Ivoire at Stade Robert Champroux on Boxing Day.