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Ricky Zililo in BULAWAYO Chicken Inn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) 2 Highlanders . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 0 LEADERS Highlanders were rudely brought down to earth by […]
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Thupeyo Muleya in BEITBRIDGE Border Strikers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (1) Harare City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 BASEMENT club Border Strikers pulled one of the surprise results of the Castle […]
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London. — Serena Williams clinched her 300th Grand Slam victory as the defending champion raced into the Wimbledon fourth round with a 6-3, 6-0 demolition of Germany’s Annika Beck on Sunday. Williams’s triple century moved the world number one above Chris Evert into sole ownership of second place in the all-time list, with only Martina Navratilova’s […]
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Ellina Mhlanga Sports Reporter TENNIS Zimbabwe president Regis Bhunu says they have put in place all that needs to be done for their Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II tie against Georgia this month with NetOne sponsoring the team. Zimbabwe will be travelling to Georgia for the relegation play-off pencilled in for July 15 to 17 needing a […]
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LONDON. — Chelsea have won the £30million race to capture Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly. The Senegalese centre-half has decided his time in Italy is over, having failed to reach agreement over a new contract with the Serie A club. New Blues boss Antonio Conte wants to build his side around the 25-year-old and has stolen a march […]
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MANCHESTER. — Ryan Giggs leaves Manchester United as the club’s most decorated player ever and judging by the reactions of Red Devils players, he will be sorely missed at Old Trafford. Giggs announced on Saturday he will be leaving United after 29 years at the club in order to pursue his managerial ambitions elsewhere. The 42-year-old made […]
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LONDON. — Manchester City are reportedly weighing up an ambitious move to bring Luis Suarez back to the English Premier League. The 29-year-old has enjoyed a second successive stellar season with Barcelona, netting 53 goals and providing 19 assists in just 46 games. And new City boss Pep Guardiola is said to be keen on the Uruguayan […]
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BUENOS AIRES. — Hundreds of Argentines protested in the pouring rain on Saturday, demanding that soccer star Lionel Messi return to Argentina’s national team after he unexpectedly quit following a loss in the regional Copa America final. Messi, a five-time World Player of the Year, has played in three Copa America finals, in 2007, 2015, and […]
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KINGSTON. — Injured Usain Bolt will learn on Thursday if he will have his chance to run for a third consecutive Olympic gold medal in the 100 metres, 200m and 4×100 relay. A Jamaican Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) committee will meet on Thursday to consider Bolt’s medical exemption request to be allowed to run in the […]
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LEICESTER. — English Premier League soccer champions Leicester have signed former France Under-21 midfielder Nampalys Mendy from Nice on a four-year deal, both clubs confirmed yesterday. The 24-year-old, who helped Nice to fourth place in Ligue 1 last season, has signed for an undisclosed fee which is reported to be around €16 million.
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LONDON. — Arsenal have completed a deal for Japanese prospect Takuma Asano. Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is a fan of the 21-year-old and after short negotiations has got his man. Asano is already a full Japanese international and was a regular for Sanfreece Hiroshima as well as being regarded as one of the country’s best prospects.
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EDINBURGH. — The International Cricket Council (ICC) will apply for the inclusion of women’s cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Durban, South Africa, the governing body has said. Cricket has struggled to venture into new markets away from its traditional strongholds and the influential Indian board’s reluctance to embrace multi-sports events as a means
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Melbourne. — Lewis Hamilton emerged from a last-lap battering by his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg and misguided post-race boos from disgruntled fans with a dramatic victory in yesterday’s Austrian Grand Prix. The 46th win of Hamilton’s career ended Rosberg’s dream of a hat-trick of triumphs in the Styrian Alps and cut his advantage in the title […]
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BORDEAUX. — Italy coach Antonio Conte insisted his battling players left their mark on Euro 2016 but after a quarter-final penalty shoot-out defeat to Germany he is already looking towards his “new adventure” with Chelsea. “I think the lads really left their mark on this tournament,” an emotional Conte said on Saturday after seeing his side […]
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BORDEAUX. — Germany moved into the semi-finals of Euro 2016 but their un-German-like inefficiency in a penalty shootout with Italy almost cost them dear before Jonas Hector kept his head. Germany missed three penalties before triumphing 6-5 in a roller-coaster 18-penalty shootout as Hector slotted home his kick under the diving Gianluigi Buffon and