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LONDON — Manchester United rejected Chelsea’s opening offer for Wayne Rooney on Tuesday night and remain insistent the England striker is not for sale.
Chelsea offered £10m in cash plus a player, either Juan Mata or David Luiz, in part exchange for the 27-year-old.
Ladies’ golf tourney tees off tomorrow
Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports ReporterZIMBABWE’S female golfers are expected to dominate at the premier tournament on the women’s golf calendar — the Zimbabwe Ladies Golf Open strokeplay tournament — which tees off at Borrowdale Brooke tomorrow morning.
Craven Week star dies
Paul Munyuki Sports ReporterZIMBABWE has lost a great sporting talent in Under-18 rugby and swimming star Nicholas “Bunye” Burnett.
Burnett passed on on Tuesday night following a car accident along Sam Nujoma Street Extension in Harare after he lost control of his vehicle before it overturned on his way
HBA clubs converge at National Sports Stadium
Sports ReporterCLUBS from the Harare Basketball Association will this weekend converge at the National Sports Stadium for their general meeting at which elections for a new executive should be the main item on the agenda.
Madiri on cloud nine
Sports EditorONE of Zimbabwe’s top athletics coaches Stanley Madiri was recently walking on cloud nine after one of his charges won a gold medal at the European Under-23 Championships in Tampere, Finland.
Rushika get assistance
Sports ReporterFORMER National Federation of Zimbabwe Bodybuilding and Fitness president Nyadzia Kays Rushika finally left the country on Tuesday for India for a bypass corrective surgery after receiving enough money for the trip from well-wishers. Rushika, a celebrated gym instructor, was diagnosed with an ailment that puts him at the risk of a heart attack if
All set for tourney
Sports ReporterALL is set for the fourth edition of the Under-16 Mukarakate Sports Tournament to be held at Dombwe High in Murehwa tomorrow.
The tournament will see 13 primary schools and six secondary schools taking part in the competition that has raised its stakes from last year’s US$4 500 to US$7 000 this year
Owen Davies rugby tournament called off
Mbachi Mutukula-Maregere Sports ReporterTHE Owen Davies Under-13 rugby tournament, which was expected to be hosted in Bulawayo on August 2, has been cancelled due to the early closure of schools in the country.
The Owen Davies tournament was meant to be a two-day event and hosted by Petra School in Bulawayo .
TZ to host ITF junior circuit
Ellina Mhlanga Sports ReporterTENNIS Zimbabwe are set to host the ITF South/Central Junior Circuit 18-and-Under later this month at Harare Sports Club with most of the top Under-16s and Under-18s expected to compete in the event.
Cricket side ready for Australia
Mbachi Mutukula-Maregere Sports ReporterDESPITE missing the services of three key players in the form of Brian Vitori, Sean Williams and Graeme Cremer, the Zimbabwe XI cricket coach Andrew Waller still believes his side will do well against Australia A at Harare Country Club today.