Mighty Bulls gore Shabanie at home

From Paul Mundandi in Zvishavane
Shabanie Mine…………..….. (0) 0
Motor Action………………… (1) 2
SHABANIE Mine suffered their second lose at home this season when they went down fighting in this Castle Lager Premiership soccer match at Maglas yesterday. It was a game in which Gweru-based referee Thomas Massa failed to stamp his authority and even Motor Action who won the

Buffaloes edge Blue Rangers

Sports Reporter
Buffaloes………(1) 1
Blue Rangers……(0) 0
FORMER Monomotapa defender Muchineripi Wayerera’s solitary strike was enough to hand Buffaloes a full set of points as they dismissed Blue

All provinces participate in Zimta games

Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter
TENDAI Chikowore, the Zimbabwe Teachers Association president, has praised the way the organisation held their 5th inter-provincial sports games at Belvedere Technical Teachers College in Harare on Friday. Chikowore said she was happy with the level of discipline, competence, sportsmanship that

Untapped talent in Third World countries

From Phillip Zulu in LEEDS, England
FOR the past three weeks I was glued on TV watching the London 2012 Olympic Games and indeed we witnessed some of the best athletes on earth reaching dizzy heights of excellent competency in various sporting events. I was particularly impressed with athletics, swimming, basketball and

Hwange disappoint

From Fairness Moyana in Hwange
Hwange ……………………………(0) 0
Harare City ………………………(0) 0
HWANGE failed to utilise their home advantage when they were held to a goalless draw by Harare City in a Castle Lager Premiership soccer match at

Chatedzuka rules Harare

Augustine Hwata Sports Reporter
AFTER living in the shadows of his more illustrious rivals, Patson Chatedzuka was finally rewarded for his hard work when he won the Mr Harare bodybuilding contest in the early hours of yesterday at Reps Theatre.

Deadlock in Midlands derby

From Lovemore Zigara in Gweru
Hardbody………………………….… 0
FC Platinum………………………… 0
HARDBODY earned their first ever point against FC Platinum in the Midlands derby which has its roots in the Zifa Central Soccer League when the two sides restricted each other to a goalless draw in a lifeless Castle Lager Premiership encounter at Ascot yesterday.

Celebrating ‘riches’ on empty tummies

Mary Kinyanjui
“There are a billion reasons to believe in Africa,” states Coca-Cola’s new commercial that attempts to capture the spirit of “new” Africa. Africa-optimism has in the recent past gained massive hype. Ernst and Young in its May report on Africa’s attractiveness for Foreign Direct Investment

Editorial Comment: The British should observe rule of law

Threats made by the British government against Ecuador after it granted asylum to whistleblower and WikiLeaks founder Julius Assange, who has been holed up at its London embassy for two months, are not only an act of war, but reduce to a sham the Vienna Convention, which all civilised

How did the United States military get into Africa?

Tom Engelheardt and Nick Turse
Here’s an odd question: Is it possible that the US military is present in more countries and more places now than at the height of the Cold War? It is true that the US is reducing its forces and giant bases in Europe and that its troops are out of Iraq (except for that huge, militarised embassy in

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