Football

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe has suffered another blow after forward Tino Kadewere picked a hamstring injury and will miss the Warriors’ opening Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Kenya and Cameroon in Uganda this week. Kadewere was injured playing...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Brendan Galloway has been ruled out of Zimbabwe’s opening Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Kenya and Cameroon early September after the Plymouth Argyle defender picked a hamstring injury. The 28-year-old fullback has had limited appearances...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwean football poster-boy Khama Billiat has immediately been recalled to the national team just hours after announcing on Wednesday that he had come out of international retirement. The 34-year-old skilful playmaker, who quit international football at...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe has named its squad for two opening Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Kenya and Cameroon in Uganda early September, with Sharif Mussa returning as team manager after a lengthy absence. Mussa, son of the...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – New Zimbabwe football coach Michael Nees says previous encounters with Zimbabwean opposition motivated him to apply for the Warriors job “I had some experience with Zimbabwe as an opponent,” Nees told reporters at his unveiling on...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has appointed Germany’s Michael Nees as its new football coach on Tuesday following a winless start to World Cup qualifying. The 57-year-old Nees previously coached Rwanda and was also the South Africa director of coaching. Nees'...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe has announced shortlisting Africa Cup of Nations-winning Winfried Schäfer for the country’s coaching job, alongside four others. 74-year-old German Schäfer – who guided Cameroon to the 2002 Afcon title – is favourite to land the...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Norman Maroto – the last player to reach the 20-goal mark in a season in Zimbabwe’s top-flight football league – achieved this scoring feat because he stayed true to himself, according to ex-teammate Leonard Fiyado. Maroto...

JOHANNESBURG – Lesotho recorded a shock 2-0 win away to Zimbabwe in Group C of the 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers in Johannesburg on Friday. The win temporarily took Lesotho, on five points, to first position on the table after...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Stadium-less Zimbabwe are forced to host Lesotho in South Africa this Friday as World Cup qualifiers return this week, but captain Marshall Munetsi is finding some kind of solace in the choice of venue for...