Football

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Star Zimbabwe player Jordan Zemura reckons the Warriors’ “quality” can match that of continental power Nigeria when the two sides meet Sunday in a World Cup qualifying match in Rwanda. England-born utility man Zemura, who now...

In getting their Group C Africa 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers on the road, Rwanda and Zimbabwe shared the spoils in a tense 0-0 stalemate at the Huye Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. The game got off to a cagey affair...

Former Dynamos goalkeeper and Zimbabwe George Chigova has died after collapsing while training with his club SuperSport in South Africa. Chigova was reported to have been diagnosed with a heart ailment and took a bit of time out off the...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Legendary former Zimbabwe and Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Esrom Nyandoro says it was the late coach Rahman Gumbo who fine-tuned his craft as a player to be the household name he became in his homeland and...

Nigeria coach Jose Peseiro has named his 23-player squad for this month’s 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifying matches against Lesotho and Zimbabwe. The list was unveiled in a statement released by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Thursday. The Italian Serie...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Isaac Mabaya, the Liverpool attacking midfielder of Zimbabwean heritage, has been named in the Southern African country’s squad for two World Cup qualifiers this month. 19-year-old Mabaya, an academy product at the Merseyside giants, was rewarded...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe’s decision to host its football World Cup qualifying match against Nigeria in Rwanda next month has sparked massive uproar in the Southern African country, with several commenters on social media labelling the move a...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – It was double celebration for Marvelous Nakamba after Luton Town won its first English Premier League match on Saturday, with the Zimbabwean midfielder being selected man-of-the-match. Goals from Tom Lockyer and Carlton Morris helped Luton to...

The Houston Dynamo defeated Inter Miami 2-1 to win the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday with an injured Lionel Messi watching from the stands at DRV PNK Stadium. Without Messi and his former Barcelona team-mate Jordi Alba, Miami struggled to...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – People on a Tuesday morning bus between Harare and Bulawayo – Zimbabwe’s two largest cities – were rather surprised by the identity of one of the passengers aboard. They would confirm that the passenger, who was...