Liga under racism cloud in Clasico fallout

MADRID — Spanish soccer leaders Barcelona return to league action away to Valencia tomorrow after a typically charged El Clasico in the cup where Dani Alves claims he was subjected to racial abuse.

Relentless Man U chase 10-point advantage

LONDON — Manchester United will hope to profit from title rivals Manchester City’s inactivity by opening up a 10-point lead at the top of the English Premier League with a win at Fulham today. Sir Alex

Africa Cup shock as Maghreb nations flop

JOPHANNESBURG — The presence of Burkina Faso, Cape Verde and Togo in the African Cup of Nations soccer quarter-finals this weekend is a shock — the absence of any country from the Maghreb is an even

Ghana deny match-fixing claims

PORT ELIZABETH — The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has dismissed as untrue media allegations that they attempted to fix an African Cup of Nations Group B tie against Niger. Ghana defeated Niger

Council assets to go under the hammer next week

From George Maponga in Masvingo
Nearly 50 vehicles, including road-making equipment such as tippers and front-end loaders, from the Masvingo City Council will go under the hammer next week. The Messenger of Court has already issued

Metal silos for rural farmers

Agriculture Reporter
Government is training rural artisans to produce metal silos that are essential in reducing post harvest losses. The project, dubbed Effective Grain Storage, is being run in Mashonaland Central and Manicaland

Masvingo dams now 100 percent full

Masvingo Bureau
Most major dams in Masvingo have increased their water levels siginificantly after sustained and torrential rainfall that hit most parts of the province. Most water reservoirs in the Lowveld are 100

NetOne sues RBZ

Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter
NetOne Cellular (Pvt) Ltd has taken the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono to the High Court claiming an outstanding US$805 996 mobile phone bill, which the central bank accrued

Compensation for what?

Mai Jukwa
The evicted white farmers have reignited their misguided demands for compensation from the Zimbabwean people.  Let it be made clear, Zimbabwe will never compensate the British white settlers

Liberty and opposition politics in Africa

Marshall Gore
The issue of credibility in domestic politics has always been a thorny one for most political parties in Africa, especially the opposition. In Southern Africa where I come from, the liberation has always

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