KickOff Manchester City absolutely destroyed Schalke with a 7-0 thumping in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League, last 16 match at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night. It was a spectacular performance from the English side who progressed to the quarter-finals of the competition 10-2 on aggregate. The match actually got off to
KickOff Cristiano Ronaldo was the hero for Juventus as they overturned Atletico Madrid’s first-leg advantage in a historic last-16 UEFA Champions League tie at the Juventus Stadium. The result combined with Atleti’s 2-0 win from first-leg-leg meant that Juve completed a spectacular comeback to progress into the quarter-finals of the competition 3-2 on aggregate. The
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE-BORN British heavyweight boxer Dereck Chisora will finally make his return to the ring against German Senad Gashi in heavyweight clash at the 02 Arena in London on April 20. Chisora returns to the ring for the first time since he suffered an 11th round knockout loss to rival and fellow
By Sports Reporter THE Zimbabwe Sevens rugby side’s hopes of qualifying to become a core team on the lucrative HSBC World Sevens Series starting next season were handed a boost after being handed a favourable draw for the World Rugby Sevens Series Qualifier which kick-off starts on April 5. The draw for the 12-team World
By Leopold Munhende DYNAMOS come-back star, Edward Sadomba says he cannot wait to illuminate the iconic Rufaro Stadium on his return to the local football scene. Sadomba left the Glamour Boys some 10 years ago to pursue a successful career in North Africa. He has come back home to rejoin his former paymasters. Duduza has
KickOff Zimbabwean forward Matthew Rusike has left Cape Town City to pursue a career in Europe. The former Jomo Cosmos and Kaizer Chiefs attacker has joined Norwegian Premier League side Stabaek. The Norwegian Premier League transfer window is due to close on March 31, so clubs in the country are able to buy players, even
Sky Sports Real Madrid have confirmed Zinedine Zidane’s return to the club as manager, replacing the sacked Santiago Solari. The Frenchman, who left Real last summer after leading the club to three successive Champions League titles, has signed a contract at the Bernabeu until June 2022. Real’s board of directors met with Solari on Monday
CNN Ole Gunnar Solskjaer suffered his first defeat in the English Premier League as caretaker manager of Manchester United, as his side was beaten 2-0 by Arsenal. A goal from Granit Xhaka and a second half penalty from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang were enough to separate the sides in an entertaining fixture at the Emirates Stadium. It
By Sports Reporter THE Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has extended national team gaffer Sunday Chidzambwa’s contract, the local football mother body’s president Felton Kamambo announced, Saturday. Chidzambwa, who on Wednesday named a 28-member provisional squad for the crunch AFCON qualifier tie against Congo Brazzaville on March 24 at the National Sports Stadium, had been working
By Sports Reporter FC Platinum coach Norman Mapeza believes his team has gained valuable experience in their maiden appearance in the ongoing group stages of the CAF Champions League after watching his side throw away a two goal lead against South African soccer powerhouse Orlando Pirates on Friday. “We still have to work hard and
GOAL– Orlando Pirates were frustrated by a resilient FC Platinum side in their penutimate Caf Champions League Group B match in Soweto on Saturday night. The Buccaneers were keen to bounce back to winning ways in the continental tournament having lost 2-0 to Tunisian champions Esperance de Tunis away last month. Marcelo Da Silva surprisingly
By Sports Reporter HARARE will come to a standstill when tradition rivals Dynamos and CAPS United clash in a Charity Shield Challenge Cup match at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday. With bragging rights at stake and everything pales into insignificance each time the two giants meet. In fact the two sides, which have both
By Sports Reporter FORMER Zimbabwe international and Kaizer Chiefs legend and former midfielder, Tinashe Nengomasha, has argued compatriot Willard Katsande to reinvent his game following his dramatic loss of form at the South African club. Katsande has found himself on the sidelines in the South African club’s last three games and surprisingly got 25 minutes
By Sports Reporter FC PLATINUM will be hoping to atone for what has been a disappointing maiden appearance in the CAF Champions League group stages by upstaging South African giants Orlando Pirates in their penultimate Group B clash at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg on Friday night. The match kicks off at 2100 hours.
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE national Sevens rugby team coach Gilbert Nyamutsamba has cast his net wide in his quest to build a strong squad ahead of the new season. Nyamutsamba has included Australia-born player Hayden Wilson in his 33-man training squad ahead of the upcoming Kwese International Sevens tournament on home soil. The Kwese International
Goal.com ZIMBABWE need just a point against Congo Brazzaville at home to confirm their place at the 2019 Afcon finals Orlando Pirates winger Kudakwashe Mahachi and SuperSport United forward Evans Rusike have made a comeback to the Zimbabwe squad to face Congo Brazzaville in the final Afcon qualifier at home on March 24. Mahachi was
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE premiership giants Dynamos’ financial woes could be a thing of the past following a $1 million sponsorship deal unveiled for their 2019 campaign by Rudland and George, a subsidiary of GOLD Leaf Tobacco. The sponsorship package, which will run for the next five years, was unveiled Wednesday by company representative Hannah
Sports Reporter FORMER Zimbabwe Cricket board member Enock Ikope has been banned from the game for 10 years for corruption after attempting to fix the national cricket team’s Test match against the West Indies in 2017. Ikope was found guilty of breaching three counts of the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s Anti-Corruption Code. Ikope’s suspension announced
By Leopold Munhende KAIZER CHIEFS hard man Willard Katsande has failed to make it into Sunday Chidzambwa’s Zimbabwe Warriors squad set for the decisive AFCON qualifier against Congo this month. Chidzambwa refused to add more detail on his decision to drop the gritty midfielder for the 24 March encounter to be played at the giant
TimesLive The clock is ticking for police minister Bheki Cele to deliver on the promise he made to the family of slain Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa to catch his killers. Cele announced publicly during a television interview in January that the mystery of Meyiwa’s death would be solved before Easter. “I’m putting my head
