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Eddie Chikamhi Senior Sports Reporter REFEREE Jimmy Makwanda left the pitch with a heavily bandaged head yesterday after a section of incensed CAPS United fans ran amok at the end of their drawn game against Simba Bhora, unhappy with the way the match officials conducted themselves at the National Sports Stadium. Makwanda was hit by […]

Innocent Kurira, in BULAWAYO Highlanders . . . . . . . . .  (1) 1 GreenFuel . . . . . . . . . . .  (1) 1 VISIBLY dejected, wondering what kind of spell has been cast on them, Highlanders players immediately walked off the pitch at the final whistle of their […]

LONDON. — A huge “paint the town orange” promotion party has been announced to celebrate Luton Town’s play-off final Wembley win. Thousands of fans are set to pack the event in St George’s Square, Luton today, starting from 11:00 BST. Luton Council said the victorious Luton Town players would arrive at about 12:15 for a […]

Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter JEMUSSE Zhemba and Kudzanayi Charinda emerged winners at the end of four days of intense competition at the Minerva Zimbabwe Open Chess that concluded at Joina City yesterday. Namibia-based Zhemba managed 7,5 points and beat tough competition from Zambians Gillian Mwale, Douglas Munenga, Michael Kaoma and Joseph Mwale in the men’s […]

Tadious Manyepo Sports Reporter CASTLE Lager Premier Soccer League side Sheasham have parted with more than US$500 000 in the rehabilitation of Bata Stadium, including erecting a water recycling plant at the venue. The Gweru club are pressing for the clearance of the facility to host Premiership matches following a contentious ban by the PSL […]

Tadious Manyepo Sports Reporter MABVUKU Stadium has been a key component of the country’s football discourse. Popularly known as the Number One Grounds, the facility used to be a renowned factory for polished footballers. The late legendary CAPS United midfielder Joe “Kode” Mugabe, his brother Innocent, the Mugeyi twins William and Wilfred, Chimedza siblings Cephas […]

Tadious Manyepo in MHONDORO-NGEZI Ngezi Platinum . . . . . . . . . (0)2 Dynamos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1)1 DYNAMOS have been struggling to score but at least they have not been losing. And yesterday they found a way to score […]

DAR ES SALAAM. — USM Alger took a giant step towards winning a first continental club competition title with a 2-1 away win over hosts Young Africans of Tanzania in yesterday’s first leg of the African Confederation Cup final. Aimen Mahious headed home a chipped free kick after 32 minutes to put the Algerian club […]

DUBAI. — Australia and India have finalised their 15-player squads for the upcoming ICC World Test Championship final at The Oval. Both teams submitted their final squads to the ICC yesterday, with Australia trimming their original 17-player squad by two to land on the 15 players that will take on India in south London from […]

LONDON. — The England Cricket Board’s Cricket Disciplinary Commission (CDC) has announced sanctions in the wake of its hearings into allegations of racism at Yorkshire, with a range of suspensions and fines for the six former players and coaches — Gary Ballance, John Blain, Tim Bresnan, Andrew Gale, Matthew Hoggard and Rich Pyrah — who […]

PARIS. — Fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas was made to work hard for more than three hours to book his spot in the French Open second round with a 7-5 6-3 4-6 7-6(7) win over Czech Jiri Vesely yesterday. The Greek, runner-up in Paris in 2021, suffered an early break in his second service game and […]

London.— Leicester were relegated from the Premier League just seven years after a spectacular title triumph as Everton prolonged their 69-year stay in the English top flight by beating Bournemouth 1-0 on Sunday. Leeds will also return to the Championship after three seasons in the Premier League as their relegation was confirmed by a 4-1 […]

MONACO. — Double world champion Max Verstappen led a soggy and slippery Monaco Grand Prix from start to finish yesterday to stretch his Formula One lead to 39 points and earn Red Bull a sixth win in as many races this season. In a race livened up by a downpour after a processional 51 laps […]

RIYADH. — Saudi Arabia’s Al-Nassr could not resist the temptation to sign five-times Ballon D’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo in January, but although the prolific Portuguese forward scored an impressive number of goals, they finished the season empty-handed. Ronaldo’s hopes of silverware ended on Saturday as Al-Ittihad clinched the league title for the first time since […]

Manchester City’s Erling Haaland has become the first player to win the Premier League player and young player of the year awards in the same season. The 22-year-old striker’s 36 goals have seen him break the Premier League record for most goals in a season. Overall, he has scored 52 goals during the campaign. “I […]