Nigeria through

CARACAS. — Nigeria seized the last men’s basketball berth at the London Olympics on Sunday with an 88-73 victory over the Dominican Republic in a last-chance game at the FIBA qualifying tournament.

FK Kyokushinkai Zimbabwe hold second gradings

Ellina Mhlanga
Sports Reporter

THE IFK Kyokushinkai Zimbabwe on Saturday held their second gradings at Lake Chivero since their inception in 2010.

Psychology new sport weaponry

SYDNEY. — Australia’s Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker qualified for the London Games in a disused railway depot, where a select guest-list mingled to thudding electro beats under strobe lights.

German police eye medal haul

BERLIN. — A group of part-time German police officers will be hoping to trade their truncheons for medals at the London Olympic, thanks to a scheme set up to provide potential medalists with funding.

Highlanders bolster pole position

Eddie Chikamhi
Sports Reporter

KELVIN KAINDU and his super-charged Highlanders are rewriting the record books at Bosso and, on Sunday, they passed a big test with flying colours to remain on the right path in their battle to win the Castle Lager Premiership title.

Gumbo fired

From Lovemore Zigara in Gweru
IT’S not a good time to have a surname called Gumbo if you are a coach in the domestic Premiership.
A week after FC Platinum fired Rahman Gumbo, Tavaka Gumbo has also been fired by Hardbody. Brighton Muchambo, who was Tavaka’s assistant, has also been axed following a string of poor results.

Platinum player in Swaziland

From Paul Mundandi in Zvishavane
FC PLATINUM defensive midfielder, Cabby Kamhapa, is in demand in Swaziland and the platinum miners look set to lose the player if the deal materialises.
Kamhapa is wanted by Lloyd Mutasa, who now coaches Green Mamba.

Mufakose Queens’ sweet, sweet 18

Sports Reporter
MUFAKOSE Queens began the season with a bang when they fired 18 goals past Hard Drive at Sakubva stadium as the ten-team Marange Resources national women’s soccer league kicked off last weekend. 

High-level Fifa course for football admnistrators

Petros Kausiyo
Deputy Sports Editor

LOCAL football administrators, often under fire for incompetence, will this week get a chance to build their capacities when they attend a high-level Fifa course in the capital.

Record crowd at Metro Cup

Jeffrey Murimbechi
Sports Correspondent

THERE was an unexpected high turnout at the first week of the Metro Challenge Cup hosted at Harare Sports Club on Saturday.

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