adminArsenal back in title race
BOURNEMOUTH. — Arsenal re-established themselves as serious contenders for their first English Premier League soccer title since 2004 with a comfortable 2-0 victory at lowly Bournemouth yesterday.
Man dumps wife for girlfriend
Ivan Zhakata Court Reporter A Harare man has chased his wife out of their matrimonial home to create room for his girlfriend, the Harare Civil Court heard. Delicate Chapfudze told his…
Zamco acquires $357m NPL
Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s effort to rid the banking sector of bad loans has been a resounding success with $357 million non-performing loans said to…
DRC romp to second CHAN title
KIGALI — Democratic Republic of Congo became the first team to win two African Nations Championship titles after crushing Mali 3-0 in the 2016 final at Amahoro Stadium in Kigali…
The shame of SA’s black political prisoners
Motsoko Pheko Correspondent More than 20 years after the end of formal apartheid, several African nationalists who resisted the inhuman system are still languishing in prison. Yet many apartheid agents who…
Leicester still in dreamland
MANCHESTER. — Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini declared Leicester City English Premier League soccer title favourites after Claudio Ranieri masterminded a stunning 3-1 victory over his side at the Etihad…
Eighth man under probe
SYDNEY. — World Rugby said yesterday it was investigating an apparent rule breach by the New Zealand team fielding eight players in the lead-up to their try which clinched a…
Centuries-old poem hints at Shakespeare’s ‘muse’
Francis Thackeray Correspondent Material unearthed from William Shakespeare’s garden and hometown suggests that the famed British playwright smoked cannabis. Now a 400-year-old poem offers literary evidence to support this hypothesis.The person…
Yelena out injured
MOSCOW. — Double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva’s return to competition was frustrated by a leg injury on Saturday when she had to drop out of the Russian Grand…
Huchu’s intriguing mental journeys
Memory Chirere Correspondent I admire the parallel process arrangement of this novel. Three separate stories running together like three fine novellas from one shelf, only “confluencing” together at the very end.…