Liverpool select prodigy of Zimbabwean origin for pre-season tour of Thailand
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HARARE – Liverpool have included Isaac Mabaya (pictured), a young player of Zimbabwean heritage, in their 37-man squad for a pre-season tour of Thailand.
The English Premiership giants rate the versatile 17-year-old so highly that last month he...
Strive Masiyiwa not buying SuperSport United, says SA club
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HARARE – South African football club SuperSport United has dispelled rumours that wealthy Zimbabwean tycoon Strive Masiyiwa (pictured) is on the verge of buying the Pretoria-based team.
SuperSport CEO Stan Matthews confirmed the club wasn’t on sale.
"It's very...
Munetsi ‘seeks divine intervention’ in reaction to Evangelist Joel Osteen’s post
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HARARE – Zimbabwe midfielder Marshall Munetsi, who is strongly linked with a move from French side Reims to English Premiership club Brighton & Hove Albion, has appeared to place the deal in divine intervention after the 26-year-old...
Dynamos fined US$7 500, lose all three points to rivals Highlanders in crowd trouble...
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HARARE – Dynamos have been fined for the crowd trouble that ensued in Bulawayo in May, with the match being awarded to great rivals Highlanders following a disciplinary process.
The match, in the Zimbabwean PSL, was abandoned in...
Zimbabwe midfield kingpin Munetsi edges closer to Premiership move from French Ligue 1
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HARARE – English Premier League club Brighton are reportedly interested in signing highly-rated Zimbabwe international midfielder Marshall Munetsi from the French top-flight league, the UK’s Daily Mail has reported on Wednesday.
The Daily Mail reveals that the 26-year-old...
‘Dream comes true’ as ex-Dynamos star Norman Maroto meets hero Arsene Wenger
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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...
Willard Katsande relates hijacking ordeal
JOHANNESBURG – Willard Katsande says his whole life flashed before his eyes on Tuesday evening after a close shave with death at the hands of three hijackers.
The former Kaizer Chiefs tough-as-teak midfielder was near Southgate Mall – located at...
Mourinho: New Highlanders coach is ‘fantastic’
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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...
‘Fake news’: Darikwa refutes Zimbabwe snub reports
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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...
What next for Zimbabwean football?
BULAWAYO – The recent confirmation by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) that Zimbabwe will not be part of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers has left football followers pondering what the future holds.
The Warriors are the flagship...