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Aidan O’brien Correspondent A strange thing happened the other week. The US president officially ordered the CIA to halt its war against Syria. So it wasn’t global warming then, or…
This derby just looks different
Mtulisi Mafa Sports Correspondent NOBODY in our polarised football landscape will have the guts to accuse the local scribes of misdirecting the game’s fans with daily dosages of a build-up to…
The Ox is now a Red
LONDON. — Liverpool have completed the £35m signing of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain from Arsenal. The Reds agreed a deal with the Gunners yesterday for the England midfielder and he underwent a…
Kane fired-up for Malta tie
LONDON. — Memories of the chasing England were given by France’s Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele remain fresh in Harry Kane’s mind as he contemplates his side’s path to the…
When shepherds devour the flock
Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor The upsurge in sexual assaults and rape of minors by their guardians is a sad development that should not be allowed to continue. In the last…
Of village sports, modern sportsmen, politicians
Isdore Guvamombe Reflections Back in the village, in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve, sporting is a critical component of society that cements relationships. But it is…
Rusape shortlists nine for secretary post
Lovemore Kadzura Rusape Correspondent Rusape Town Council has short-listed nine out of the 26 candidates who applied for the vacant post of town secretary. The short listing was done by three…
Aussies hammered
SYDNEY. — Australia’s “overpaid prima donna” cricketers were shamed by their humbling first Test defeat to Bangladesh, Australian media said yesterday, while saluting the historic achievement.
Zhuwao raps war vets children
Nqobile Tshili Bulawayo Bureau ZANU-PF Politburo member Cde Patrick Zhuwao has said the country owes nothing to war veterans’ children as some of them were creating a sense of entitlement among…
Cycling bus burnt
MADRID. — A suspected arson attack destroyed the tour bus of the Aqua Blue Sport cycling team at the Vuelta a Espana in the southern Spanish city of Almeria, the…