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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
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Sports Reporter A DAY after world soccer governing body FIFA once again reiterated that he is the recognised legitimate leader of the domestic game, an unfazed ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa was hard at work in Paris, France, last night as he made arrangements for a possible international friendly between Nigeria and Zimbabwe. Chiyangwa is in France […]
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LONDON. — Manchester United have moved a step closer to making Paul Pogba the first £100million footballer by telling his club Juventus they will pay a world-record transfer fee for the 23-year-old French superstar. Four years after losing Pogba for nothing, United are prepared to break the bank to back their new manager Jose Mourinho, who […]
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Eddie Chikamhi Sports Reporter AT the young age of 26, when some footballers are yet to reach their peak, the curtain came down on the career of Zhaimu Jambo. A horrific injury, after a bad tackle by Tinashe Nengomasha, brought his career to a premature end and after two years of battling for recovery, he announced […]
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Eddie Chikamhi Sports Reporter DYNAMOS are oozing with confidence ahead of their battle against newboys Bulawayo City in a Castle Lager Premiership tie at Barbourfields this afternoon. The former champions have won their last three matches.
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DHAKA. — Test cricket’s newest nations are in despair at plans to split the format into two divisions, fearing it could undo decades of hard-fought progress on the field and kill interest in the game.
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Ellina Mhlanga Sports Reporter CAPS UNITED owner Farai Jere yesterday spent hours with his players, taking them out for lunch and then holding talks with a number of individuals at their training session, in a bonding exercise he says is needed to keep his men on track.
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ANNECY. — The jokes have been doing the rounds on social media since Iceland’s stunning 2-1 victory over England put them in the Euro 2016 soccer quarter-finals.
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Petros Kausiyo Deputy Sports Editor FORMER ZIFA Northern Region chairman Francis Zimunya could face arrest for alleged trespassing and unlawful entry following his ambitious move to try and seize control of the soccer mother body by occupying the Association’s headquarters at 53 Livingstone Avenue this week.
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BORDEAUX. — Europe’s titans clash tonight when Germany and Italy meet in the plum Euro 2016 soccer quarter-final with huge stakes for both countries. The match kicks-off at 9pm.
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THE Zimbabwe Football Association, led by Dr Philip Chiyangwa, would like to assure the football loving public and the nation at large that our national teams will participate in all international competitions they qualified for.