Football

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER BULAWAYO – Jose Mourinho five years ago described the new coach of Zimbabwean top-flight football club Highlanders as “fantastic” in a short video that has circulated following his fellow Portuguese’s appointment in the African nation. Baltemar Jose De...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Midfielder Andy Rinomhota, who capped his international debut for Zimbabwe with an outstanding performance against Nigeria in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday, is now hopeful of a long international career following the draw with...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Macauley Bonne wants to quickly put behind him the sideshow of his previous Zimbabwe no-show by spoiling the Warriors fans with goals during this weekend’s much-anticipated four-nation tournament in Malawi. Zimbabwe open against perennial rivals and...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Many sporty young white Zimbabweans endeavour to be the next Andy Flower on the cricket field, the next Nick Price on the golf course, the next Kirsty Coventry in the swimming pool. 20-year-old Sebastien Summerfield has...

NGEZI, Zimbabwe - Former Premier League star Benjani Mwaruwari has been fired as manager of Ngezi Platinum. The ex-Manchester City player was handed a four-year contract by the Zimbabwean elite division side on March 30 following the resignation of Rodwell...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Wigan defender and captain Tendayi Darikwa has Tweeted to deny reports that he has quit Zimbabwe’s national team due to displeasure over the state of affairs in the African country’s football structures. A report in a...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Norman Maroto, a firm favourite at his old club Dynamos in Zimbabwe, has posted on social media of his delight after meeting legendary former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger at a training seminar in Switzerland. Arsenal fan...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe and Kenya, currently banned by Fifa from international football, have been given a chance to play in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations of their suspension by the world football governing body is lifted...

CAPE TOWN – Thirty years ago on Friday, Peter Ndlovu made an important piece of Premier League history for Africa. Then still a teenager, the former Zimbabwe international became the first African to score in the rebranded English top flight,...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER LYON, France – Zimbabwe striker Tino Kadewere has left French Ligue 1 club Lyon after just two years, joining Spain’s Mallorca on a short one-year contract. The 26-year-old forward signed for the French top-flight side in 2020 from...