Football

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER BULAWAYO – The chief executive of Highlanders, Zimbabwe’s oldest professional football club, has been found alone dead on Monday at his home in Bulawayo just a week after posting on Facebook that lonely death was less tragic. 60-year-old...

Zimbabwe coach Michael Nees has revealed they are watching Kaizer Chiefs striker Ranga Chivaviro among several players who are eligible to play for The Warriors. Chivaviro was born in Limpopo to a Zimbabwean father and a South African mother, giving...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe vice-captain Marshall Munetsi says “it was difficult to up the intensity” in their narrow 1-0 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Namibia in Johannesburg on Thursday, but is confident the Warriors will play...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe coach Michael Nees saw his team muscle its way to a 1-0 win over Namibia in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Johannesburg on Thursday, but the German gaffer reckons the result was...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe’s football federation says the move by Namibia to use an empty stadium for Thursday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Johannesburg is gamesmanship, an attempt to counter the Zimbabweans’ huge support base in South...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe has announced its squad on Tuesday for next week’s back-to-back Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Namibia, with Knowledge Musona conspicuous by his absence despite reports that the ex-Warriors captain was nearing an international...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe football coach Michael Nees says his team played well enough to beat Kenya and Cameroon in their opening Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, but concedes that it was down to “luck” that both opponents...

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 HARARE – Justin Mucheri met Khama Billiat in Ugandan capital Kampala on Thursday – as Zimbabwe’s footballers made last preparations to clash with Kenya in both teams’ opening Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Friday. What are the...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe rising star Tawanda Chirewa has praised the impact of the country's new football coach Michael Nees, commenting that the charismatic German tactician, who was appointed in July, has a “lot of information” on the...