-
Nyon. — Pep Guardiola will return to the Nou Camp in the Champions League group stage after his new club Manchester City were drawn against his former Barcelona team yesterday. The two sides were drawn in Group C alongside Borussia Moenchengladbach and former European champions Celtic in one of the toughest of the eight sections.
-
MANCHESTER. — Manchester United players told Bastian Schweinsteiger to stop watching tennis and get fit when the Germany star was out injured last season. Sportsmail understands a group of furious senior Old Trafford stars, fed up with seeing pictures of their team-mate watching his now-wife Ana Ivanovic as they laboured towards a fifth-place finish, approached the […]
-
Collin Matiza : Sports Editor DRAG racing action returns to Donnybrook Raceway in Harare this Sunday with the staging of the third event of the 2016 Telecel Drag Racing Series. The last event held on July 3 saw the usual fanfare associated with this ever popular motorsport, even in the nippy July weather. Over 60 competitors and […]
-
Ellina Mhlanga : Sports Reporter SPORT and Recreation Minister Makhosini Hlongwane has acknowledged that Team Zimbabwe failed the nation at the just-ended Olympic Games, attributing the poor showing at the global sporting showcase to lack of planning. As Team Zimbabwe returned home empty-handed, Hlongwane noted that there had never been a real plan for the Games despite […]
-
-
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS. — Lewis Hamilton can become only the third driver to win 50 Grands Prix when Formula One returns from its month-long August break and gets back to business at Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix. The triple world champion ended the first half of the season in blistering form, opening up a 19-point lead in the standings […]
-
Grace Chingoma : Senior Sports Reporter DYNAMOS have been dealt a huge blow ahead of their tricky Castle Lager Premiership match against Ngezi Platinum at Baobab this Sunday with vice captain and defender Ocean Mushure ruled out because of suspension. The veteran defender, who converted a penalty as DeMbare cruised to a victory following half a dozen […]
-
Petros Kausiyo : Deputy Sports Editor WARRIORS striker Tendai Ndoro got off to a flying start to the 2016 /17 ABSA Premiership season, firing a well-struck hat-trick as he inspired Orlando Pirates to a comfortable 3-1 win over Golden Arrows at Orlando Stadium last night. Ndoro turned on a man-of-the-match performance to give the Buccaneers new coach […]
-
Grace Chingoma : Senior Sports Reporter MIGHTY Warriors coach Shadreck Mlauzi and his assistant Sithetheliwe “Kwinji 15” Sibanda added new feathers to their hats when they graduated as CAF Women’s football instructors in Cameroon last weekend. The duo went to West Africa immediately after arriving from the Rio Olympic Games with the national team. They have for […]
-
-
Grace Chingoma : Senior Sports Reporter THE Premier Soccer League have continued to crack the whip on violent conduct at top-flight matches and have summoned Bulawayo giants Highlanders to answer charges related to missile throwing and pitch invasion early next month. There was crowd trouble after the final whistle of the match between Highlanders and Chicken Inn […]
-
Takudzwa Chitsiga : Sports Reporter VETERAN body-builder Regina Jonga will not be able to make it for the Mr and Ms Iron-man contest scheduled for Longcheng Plaza in Harare on Saturday. The South Africa-based top athlete was supposed to be the star attraction at the country’s second biggest body-building contest. Jonga, who has since run out of competition […]
-
Tedious Manyepo : Sports Reporter MUTARE City Rovers coach Taku Shariwa is aware that CAPS United are desperate to beat his team to keep their title hopes alive, but reckons the Green Machine will have to sweat for the full points when the two teams clash in a Castle Lager Premiership soccer tie at the National […]
-
PARIS. — Scottish champions Celtic withstood a furious fightback from Hapoel Beer-Sheva to reach the Champions League soccer group stage on Tuesday despite a 2-0 defeat in Israel, while Porto beat nine-man Roma 3-0 to advance. Leading 5-2 from last week’s first play-off leg in Glasgow, Celtic were made to sweat in the Israeli desert with […]
-
-
LONDON. — Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted his reluctance to make expensive signings is down to the fact he treats the club’s transfer budget as if it were his own money. The Gunners boss is known for being one of the most frugal negotiators in the business, leading to widespread criticism from the club’s fans […]
-
LONDON. — Daniel Sturridge scored twice as Liverpool strolled into the League Cup third round with a 5-0 win at Burton Albion on Tuesday night, while Chelsea edged third-tier Bristol Rovers 3-2. Divock Origi, Roberto Firmino and Sturridge all scored as Liverpool, last season’s beaten finalists, crushed Championship side Burton, who are managed by ex-Liverpool midfielder […]
-
LONDON. — Whether it was the weakness dealing with low shots to his left or the chest-beating patriotism prior to England’s Euro 2016 soccer fixtures, something happened in France this summer to convince Pep Guardiola that Joe Hart could not be relied upon as his first-choice goalkeeper at Manchester City.