adminHellenic to host 5-Aside soccer tournament
Mbachi Mutukula-MaregereSports Reporter
HELLENIC School is expected to host the day/night Hyundai 5-Aside Soccer tournament, which will feature a dozen teams.
Midlands vows to retain Copa Coca-Cola tourney
Ellina MhlangaSports Reporter
MIDLANDS province head in charge of football, Eunias Zhou has vowed to retain their title in the Copa Coca-Cola Under-16 boys football tournament as the battle intensifies with schools set to converge at various venues this Friday for the provincial finals.
City to sell Adebayor
LONDON — English soccer champions Manchester City hope to seal the signature of Robin van Persie by selling Emmanuel Adebayor to Tottenham for £5million.Spurs, now prepared to deliver a massive U-turn and pay nearly all of Adebayor’s £170 000-a-week wages, aim to do the deal this week.
Boucher quits international cricket
LONDON — South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher has retired from international cricket after suffering a severe eye injury during his country’s tour match against Somerset, team captain Graeme Smith revealed yesterday.
Boucher had to undergo three hours of surgery on a “laceration” to the white of the left eyeball on Monday night after being struck by a bail on day one of the Proteas’ tour match at Taunton.Mancini highest paid manager
LONDON — English soccer champions Manchester City killed off Russian interest in Roberto Mancini on Monday night by making him the highest-paid manager in the country after agreeing a £37,5million five-year deal.Coltart defends Team Zim
THE Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, has urged Zimbabweans not to focus too much on quantity and instead look at the quality of the athletes who will represent the country at the 2012 Olympic Games in London this month.
Grinovich open seven-point lead
Sports ReporterGRINOVICH opened a seven-point lead in the Zifa Highfield Area Zone Con-Plant Technology Soccer League after thrashing Real Stars 6-2 at the Zimbabwe Grounds at the weekend.
Man beats naked wife in front of children
Court ReporterA HARARE man was brought to court for beating his naked wife in the presence of children for drinking too much and coming home late.
Woman kills hubby over plastic bucket
Herald CorrespondentA misunderstanding over a plastic bucket recently turned tragic when a woman killed her husband by slitting his throat at Gatshe-Gatshe Fishing Camp in a bid to gain control of the container.
Three years for setting spouse’s ‘lover’ ablaze
Tendai RupapaCourt Reporter
A HARARE man, who poured petrol on his wife’s suspected boyfriend before setting him ablaze at a shopping centre, has been sentenced to an effective three years in prison.