Homeless team broke

Collin Matiza Sports Editor
ZIMBABWE are facing the danger of missing out on competing at this year’s Homeless World Cup soccer tournament in Mexico City, Mexico, due to financial constraints. The 2012 Homeless World Cup, designed for the homeless, is slated to run from October 6 to 14 at Plaza de la Constitución,

Zim crash in Sri Lanka

HAMBANTOTA. — Ajantha Mendis marked his return to Sri Lanka’s national side by achieving the best figures in Twenty20 internationals yesterday to help the hosts to a crushing 82-run victory over Zimbabwe in the opening match of the ICC World Twenty20. Sri Lanka posted 182-3 and Zimbabwe

Chidzambwa hails Nkhata’s work ethics

Petros Kausiyo Deputy Sports Editor
FORMER Warriors coach  Sunday “Mhofu’’ Chidzambwa has backed fellow Zimbabwean and Kaizer Chiefs new-boy Kingston Nkhatha to turn on the power and provide the leading light in the Amakhosi attack as the Soweto giants seek to rake in silverware in the South African Premiership this

Young Warriors leave for Maputo

Godknows Matarutse Sports Reporter
THE Young Warriors are expected to leave for Maputo this morning where they are scheduled to face Mozambique in the first round, second leg of the Under-17 African Youth Championships on Saturday. Lloyd Chigowe’s boys were held to a 2-2 draw by Mozambique in the first leg at Gwanzura and

Goromonzi shines in USA

Collin Matiza Sports Editor
TALENTED Zimbabwean female hockey player Rachel Goromonzi was last week voted as the Student Athlete of the Week at her American university college Limestone. Goromonzi (19) won this accolade after her sterling performances for the two weekend matches against St Mary’s on September 8

Olympians win Tanganda race

Sports Reporter
OLYMPIANS Wirimai Juwawo and Sharon Taengwa asserted their status as some of the top long distance runners in Zimbabwe when they won their respective categories in the Tanganda half marathon in Mutare on Sunday. Juwawo, who finished a credible 15th at the 2012 London Olympic Games,

More mid-week fixture coming

Grace Chingoma Sports Reporter
IT’S back to the championship race when the PSL clubs switch their focus from the Mbada Diamonds Cup to the league marathon this coming weekend. CAPS United’s resurgence will get another severe test when they visit revitalised FC Platinum at Mandava. The next two league matches will

Woman stabs man after he refused casual sex with her

A heavy-drinking drug user has been jailed after stabbing a man in the belly because he refused to have sex with her. Joanne Buckley (29) would not let her victim David Tawes seek medical help after plunging a knife into his abdomen and told him she would say she knifed him because he tried to

Overweight inmate claims lethal injection will cause torture

A condemned Ohio inmate who weighs at least 480 pounds wants his upcoming execution delayed, saying his weight could lead to a “torturous and lingering death.” Ronald Post, who shot and killed a hotel clerk in northern Ohio almost 30 years ago, said his weight, vein access, scar tissue and

Meet Jess the ultimate sheepdog

Tenderly feeding a lamb from a bottle held in her mouth, Jess shows there is far more to being a sheepdog than simply herding animals into a pen.
The 10-year-old Springer Spaniel loves to help out in her own special way after being trained from an early age to nurture orphaned lambs.

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