adminVindicated, Sunday Times wants Armstrong in court
LONDON — British newspaper The Sunday Times, vindicated at last over its 13-year pursuit of Lance Armstrong, said the self-confessed drugs cheat should face legal action and be banned from competitive sport for life. The weekly broadsheet’s journalist David Walsh, who suspected the US cyclistDonaldson win in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI — Jamie Donaldson reeled in red-hot Justin Rose to win the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship yesterday.The 37-year-old Welshman poked his nose in front going into the back nine and he held firm, going up against the hotly-favoured world No.5 to
Djokovic keeps hat-trick bid alive
MELBOURNE — Defending champion Novak Djokovic was dragged into a rerun of last year’s epic Australian Open final as he edged a gripping five-hour battle with Stanislas Wawrinka yesterday. As women’s number two Maria Sharapova enjoyed the smoothest progress in tournamentBlatter warns of heavy fines for Russian racist clubs
SAINT-PETERSBURG. — Fifa president Sepp Blatter said here yesterday that clubs where racist incidents occurred could face punishments of anything from points deduction or even demotion. The 76-year-old Swiss added that without heavy punishment racism would remain within the sport.Barcelona suffer first defeat as Messi breaks new ground
MADRID. — An injury-time strike from substitute Imanol Agirretxe condemned 10-man Barcelona to a 3-2 defeat at Real Sociedad on Saturday night, their first of a record-breaking Spanish La Liga soccer season. Lionel Messi matched another landmark by scoring in a 10th consecutive LaTottenham snatch last minute draw
LONDON. — A stoppage-time goal by Clint Dempsey saw Tottenham Hotspur snatch a 1-1 draw at home to Manchester United yesterday that prevented the Premier League leaders from restoring their seven-point lead. United had taken the lead through Robin van Persie in the 25th minuteNominations for Highlanders elections close
Sports Reporter
THE Highlanders Football Club electoral court will sit on Monday morning to verify the nomination papers for candidates targeting the two executive positions.
Minister agrees to meet civil servants
Harare Bureau
THE Minister of Public Service has finally agreed to meet civil servants’ unions and give them an update on their salaries and working conditions.
The Minister has been avoiding the workers for the whole of last year arguing the Apex Council — a body that represents Government employees — was not properly constituted.
In a letter addressed to the civil servants’ union leaders, Minister Lucia Matibenga said she would meet the workers next Thursday.
“I acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 16 January 2013, in which you are requesting for a consultative meeting with me on 22 Tuesday January, 2013.
“Please be advised that I will be occupied with Cabinet business on the proposed date. I will be able to meet with you on Thursday 24 January 2013 at Kaguvi boardroom at 2:40pm,” reads the letter.
Three border jumpers’ bodies recovered
Plumtree Correspondent
THREE bodies of border jumpers, one of them an 18-month-old baby, who recently drowned, have been recovered from Ramaokgwebane River, Mphoengs in Mangwe District, police have reported.
Nasty Tricks bounces back
Givemore Muzariri
ZIMBABWEAN rapper Trust Sidojiwe is set to bounce back into the music industry with the release of his first gospel album.