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Augustine Hwata Senior Sports Reporter VETERAN long-distance runner Samukeliso Moyo was the best performing Zimbabwean athlete in the Two Oceans Marathon when she finished in position 10 in the race…
Pellegrini optimistic
MANCHESTER. — Manuel Pellegrini insists Manchester City can take the Barclays English Premier League soccer title race down to the wire because Liverpool and Chelsea will drop more points before…
Belarus congratulates Zimbabwe
Senior Reporter Belarus’ president Alexander Lukashenko has conveyed a congratulatory message to President Mugabe on Zimbabwe’s 34th Independence anniversary, which was last Friday. This came as the United States sent…
Wanted: Indigenous narratives of our struggle
Lovemore Ranga Mataire The Reader ONE of the fundamentals that the revolutionary leadership must do for the benefit of the country’s sustenance of national memory is to commit themselves to…
Shawn Porter takes it to 24-0
WASHINGTON. — Undefeated Shawn Porter stopped former world champion Paulie Malignaggi in the fourth round on Saturday night to retain his International Boxing Federation welterweight crown.
Nigeria gunmen raze teachers’ residence at girls school
KANO. — Gunmen in northern Nigeria set fire to a staff residential building at a girls’ secondary school yesterday but the 195 students sleeping in their nearby dormitories were unharmed,…
Y-Tjukutja sends crowd wild
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment Reporter Top South African house group Uhuru proved critics wrong when they performed a number of hits including the chart topper “Y-Tjukutja”. Other highlights at the gig…
Shabanie beat Rhinos
From Paul Mundandi in ZVISHAVANE Mine Shabanie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) 2 Black Rhinos . . .…
First bodies pulled from submerged Korean ferry
JINDO. — Divers finally began pulling bodies yesterday from the South Korean ferry that sank four days ago with hundreds of children on board, as families angry at the pace…
African players overlooked for awards: Toure
MANCHESTER. — Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure, one of six nominees for the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) player of the year award, says he would have more global recognition if…