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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...

BY ENOCK MUCHINJO HARARE – Last week, world football ruling body Fifa declined to answer a pertinent question posed by a Zimbabwean football website, which had written to enquire if the temporary leadership governing the country’s national association will have...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe has suspended all football activity in the country’s top-flight league following hooliganism that has marred the competition over the past months. The decision comes after the country’s biggest derby, pitting Dynamos and Highlanders, was abandoned...

BY ENOCK MUCHINJO HARARE – Whiling away the Saturday afternoon at a junior cricket tournament seven years ago, a small but engrossed crowd watching football at an adjacent pitch made it sound more fun, so I decided to move across. From...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwean star footballer Khama Billiat is on course for a sensational return to his homeland to play there for the first time in his professional club career after local media reported that the gifted former...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe football captain Knowledge Musona has announced his retirement from international football, with the decision linked to the country’s current ban from the game by world football governing body Fifa. The 31-year-old forward, who currently plays...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Tino Kadewere says he is “happy” to be back in training with La Liga club Mallorca after recovering from an injury he sustained in September, a month after joining the Spanish top-flight outfit. The Zimbabwean striker,...

Liverpool goalkeeper Grobbelaar was already an established legend by the time the first season of the Premier League kicked off in 1992, having joined the Anfield club in 1981 and been central to much of their success through that...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe’s new football coach Michael Nees has defended referee Adalbert Diouf against accusations of bias by Kenya in the two teams’ Africa Cup of Nations goalless draw on Friday, commenting that it was in fact...

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...