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LONDON. — James Anderson has stated publicly England’s ambition to win the Ashes 5-0 after going 2-0 up against Australia in the ongoing Test cricket series.Australia have twice routed their arch-rivals by such a margin but England have never won an Ashes 5-0.
Soccer hit by deadly attacks
BAGHDAD. — Umm Ibrahim stood weeping near a symbolic gravestone at the football pitch in Baghdad where her 13-year-old son was killed in one of a spate of recent deadly attacks on Iraqi grounds.The Messi factor
BEUNOS AIRES. — Gerardo Martino believes a recommendation from fellow Argentine Lionel Messi was behind his surprise appointment as Barcelona coach on Monday.“The details of how the situation developed I don’t know (but) I have no doubt Jorge (Messi’s father) and Lionel had some influence,” Martino, the former Paraguay coach, told a
TDF doping scandal
PARIS. — Italian Marco Pantani and Germany’s Jan Ullrich both used the banned blood-booster erythropoetin (EPO) during the 1998 Tour de France, a French parliamentary commission report said yesterday.PE in special encounter with Peterhouse
Mbachi Mutukula-Maregere Sports ReporterPRINCE Edward sports director/coach Sebastian Garikai said their last schools rugby fixture against Peterhouse today will be a special encounter for them and will remain memorable.
Moyo set to fight
PRETORIA. — Elvis “The Bulawayo Bomber” Moyo will this weekend fight Danie “Tshwane Tornado” Venter in a warm-up boxing fight schedule for Pretoria.The six-round bout is billed for the Pretoria North City Hall on Saturday evening.
Mutasa calls Dinyero
Augustine Hwata Sports ReporterFORMER Dynamos assistant coach Masimba Dinyero has joined flamboyant Zvishavane-based Castle Lager Premiership outfit FC Platinum in the same capacity.
Dinyero, the 1989 Soccer Star of the Year, will work under his close friend Lloyd Mutasa who was appointed FC Platinum’s acting head coach a month ago. In a statement
Zim team loses
From Brighton Zhawi in LILONGWE, MalawiTHE Zimbabwe men’s volleyball team lost 3-2 (25-18,19-25, 20-25, 25-23, 13-15) to rivals and neighbours Zambia in a pulsating Federation of International Volleyball Sub-zonal World Championship qualifier at the African Bible College yesterday.
Gorowa to continue with rebuilding exercise
Petros Kausiyo Deputy Sports EditorZIFA board member Benedict Moyo believes that new Warriors coach Ian Gorowa will continue with the rebuilding exercise that outgoing gaffer Klaus Dieter Pagels had started with the senior national team.
Musona impresses Mamelodi Sundowns
Sports ReporterWARRIORS star Knowledge Musona’s sibling Walter is on the verge of becoming the latest player from Zimbabwe to join the Super Diski.
Walter, a Zimbabwe youth international, had a trial stint at Absa Premiership giants Mamelodi Sundowns who are understood to have been impressed by the player.