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Simba Bhora's 10-match unbeaten streak comes to an abrupt end
Simba Bhora's impressive ten-match unbeaten streak came to an abrupt end on Wednesday, suffering a 2-0 defeat to Tel One at Ascot Stadium. The Wifi Boys secured the victory with two second-half goals ...Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 11:21hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Discord at Scottland
Big-money spenders Scottland FC are under fire from their own fans after another underwhelming performance in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League, with pressure mounting on head coach Tonderai Ndir...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:44hrs | 1018 | by Staff reporter
Donsa amasokisi Kelvin Kaindu
NGESONTO iHighlanders leCAPS United zivuselela impi yazo eyaqala kudala, kubangwa ukuthi yiphi enkulu kuleyinye kumdlalo wenguqu yeligi yeCastle Lager, eBarbourfields.Loba isizini isaqala, isi...Published: 10 Apr 2025 at 09:08hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Simba Bhora now 3 wins away from league title
League leaders Simba Bhora are three matches away from clinching their first ever premiership title after they edged Chicken Inn 1-0 at the Shamva side's Wadzanai fortress in a Castle Lager Premier So...Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 10:44hrs | 1172 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 3 545 at CUT
As the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League heads into Match Day 29, football fans are eager for answers to some pressing questions. Will Highlanders fans' planned boycott be successful? Who will claim ...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 11:32hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders aim to extend unbeaten streak against CAPS United
As Highlanders prepare to clash with CAPS United at Rufaro Stadium tomorrow afternoon, the burning question is whether they can continue their recent dominance over their rivals.The rivalry be...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:09hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Treble boost for Bosso
Highlanders will be bolstered by the return of Godfrey Makaruse and Never Rauzhi for their much-anticipated Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) second-leg clash against a resurgent CAPS United at...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 08:00hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Bosso travel to CAPS
The Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) will resume on Saturday with Round 26 fixtures after a brief pause to accommodate the Warriors' 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers against Kenya...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 07:22hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Stadia crisis looms in Zimbabwe
One of the ceremonial homes of football in the country Rufaro Stadium remains banned from use despite promises by the City of Harare that the facility will be fully upgraded by the start of the season...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:08hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Premier Soccer release fixtures, season kickoff date set
THE 2023 edition of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League will kick off on March 18, just a week after the season's opening tournament featuring league champions FC Platinum and Bulawayo Chiefs....Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 11:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders move pre-season base
HIGHLANDERS Football Club have shifted their pre-season base to Beitbridge as they intensify preparations for the upcoming 2023 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season.Yesterday, Highlanders...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
English-Brown joins Chicken Inn
HIGHLY rated former Young Warriors forward, Culum English-Brown has completed a move to Premier Soccer League (PSL) runner-ups Chicken Inn despite being recently linked with a move to Harare giants, D...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Josta joins Makepekepe
CAPS United have completed their transfer business following the acquisition of midfielder Joel "Josta" Ngodzo from Highlanders.The Harare football giants finalised the deal with Ngodzo on dea...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso finding its element
LOSING a match stings for Highlanders FC, failing to stop the 31-game winless streak with a defeat away to Whawha hurts, but despite the loss, there were plenty of positives from Ascot Stadium. ...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso roadshows return
EXCITEMENT among Highlanders' supporters has returned following exciting displays by the team since Portuguese coach Baltemar Brito took over the reins as head coach last month.So excited are ...Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brito wants playing turf fixed
WITH less than two months in Zimbabwean football, Highlanders coach Baltemar Brito has seen the worst of the local game, with the latest being the standard of playing fields.As he heads into h...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mwaruwari's Ngezi Platinum return to winning ways
Bulawayo City 0 - 3 Ngezi Platinum StarsNGEZI Platinum Stars coach, Benjani Mwaruwari was a relieved man after his team returned to winning ways in the Castle Lager Premier League with a res...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex Zimpapers intern gets top Bosso post
FORMER Sunday News intern Nozibelo Maphosa has been appointed Highlanders' spokesperson.Maphosa takes over from Ronald Moyo, who was elevated to the position of chief executive officer which f...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dembare three points clear
Whawha 1 - 2 DynamosDYNAMOS maintained pole position in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League table after a narrow and hard-earned win over Whawha at Ascot Stadium yesterday.The win means...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Fireworks expected at BF
ONE thing that any spectator is almost always guaranteed whenever these two Bulawayo rivals meet is goals.The last five league meetings between Chicken Inn and Highlanders have produced 18 goa...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso bullish ahead of BF blockbuster
HIGHLANDERS coach Mandla "Lulu" Mpofu is full of confidence ahead of the Bulawayo derby against Chicken Inn at Barbourfields Stadium (BF) tomorrow.Despite his side sitting on a 10th on the log...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Whawha stun Chicken Inn
WhaWha 3 - 0 Chicken InnCastle Lager Premier Soccer League weeping boys WhaWha finally ended their three-match winless streak when they turned on the style to upstage fancied Chicken Inn in an ent...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso, Bulawayo City hostilities resume at BF
EVEN after just four weeks of play (OK, there was that long Afcon break), today's fixtures in the Castle Premier Soccer League bear a thoroughly intriguing look.Match day Five in the Premiersh...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso take aim at Bulawayo City
AHEAD of the local derby on Sunday, Bulawayo City coach Philani "Beefy" Ncube has challenged his players to push themselves to the limit while Bosso coach Mandla Mpofu wants his chargers to guard agai...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stadia crisis looms in Zimbabwe
THE inevitable change in the 2021 domestic football season to spill into the first-half of next year due to the Covid-19 pandemic will expose the country's poor state of stadia.The Premier Soc...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:46hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
GameCocks make Platinum signing
CHICKEN Inn have found a replacement for their retired veteran midfielder Clemence Matawu after robbing Ngezi Platinum Stars of speedster Michael Charamba.Charamba (24) suffered a horrific kne...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:30hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Ascot Stadium not being leased, council says
THE Gweru City Council has said they are not leasing out Ascot stadium but have rather opened their arms to corporates and private players willing to help them maintain the facility.Officials ...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso return to winning ways
Highlanders 1 - 0 ChapunguHighlanders ended their three-match winless run with a 1-0 victory over Chapungu on Wednesday, thanks to a first-half goal from Prince Dube.The match had a cagey ...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 16:51hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bosso pray for Princely performance
HIGHLANDERS coach Mandla Mpofu is hoping that Prince Dube can take his form from the international level to club action when Bosso host Chapungu in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) tie at Ba...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's women blasts Chamisa
The Zanu-PF Women's League has castigated MDC-Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, for calling for violent anti-Government protests to unseat a constitutionally-elected government. The sentimen...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to throw lifeline to fallen bigwigs
Reports indicate that MDC president Nelson Chamisa is set to throw a lifeline to party bigwigs sidelined during last weekend's elective Congress held in Gweru's Ascot Stadium.Chamisa has the p...Published: 29 May 2019 at 16:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa angers Zanu-PF with war drums
Tension has been rising countrywide ever since the country's opposition party, the MDC, threatened to roll out a wave of protests over the rising cost of living. MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has ...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi pokes fun at 'hopeless' Chamisa
Information Deputy Minister and Zanu-PF loyalist Energy Mutodi has described the recent election of Nelson Chamisa to be substantive MDC leader as sheer display of hopelessness by the opposition faith...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:30hrs | 7 | by newzimbabwe
Resolutions of the MDC 5th National Congress
Resolutions of the MDC 5th National Congress held at Ascot Stadium, Midlands, Zimbabwe 2019-2024The Movement for Democratic Change convened a successful and historic Congress from the 24th to ...Published: 28 May 2019 at 17:13hrs | 1 | by MDC
Zanu-PF concerned with Chamisa's intentions
The ruling revolutionary party Zanu-PF has noted with grave concern the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's intentions to unleash war on the nation soon after the party's congress held at Ascot Stadi...Published: 28 May 2019 at 09:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa mocks Mwonzora
Nelson Chamisa, the MDC president, added salt to losing secretary general candidate Douglas Mwonzora's wounds at the end of the party's Gweru congress, mocking the Manicaland Senator for sulking...Published: 28 May 2019 at 08:26hrs | 5 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF warns Chamisa
ZANU-PF yesterday warned MDC Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa that the ruling party will not stand aside as the opposition leader and his merchants of violence unleash terror that has led to the d...Published: 28 May 2019 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt sabotaged Chamisa's congress
THOUSANDS of MDC supporters slept in the open for the entire duration of their party congress in Gweru at the weekend due to lack of financial resources, amid allegations that the Zanu-PF government h...Published: 27 May 2019 at 12:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC CONGRESS: Full election results
Results coming from Ascot Stadium indicate that the opposition Movement for Democratic Change has produced the following leadership during its electoral process that happened throughout the night....Published: 27 May 2019 at 09:56hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mwonzora loses Secretary General post to Hwende
Former MDC Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora has lost the battle for the Secretary General post to Charlton Hwende. The results coming from Ascot stadium in Gweru indicate that Hwende won wit...Published: 27 May 2019 at 08:59hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC Congress plunge into darkness
THE MDC was on Sunday evening forced to stop its voting process at Ascot Stadium after the facility was plunged into pitch darkness due to a power cut.The darkness suspected to have been cause...Published: 27 May 2019 at 08:10hrs | 2 | by newzimbabwe
WATCH: Chamisa speaking before MDC Congress vote counting
Chaos has marred the MDC-Alliance congress amid allegations of massive vote buying by candidates and delays in the voting process while party members endured extremely cold temperatures after bei...Published: 27 May 2019 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chaos, ballot stuffing mars Chamisa's congress
Chaos has marred the MDC-Alliance congress amid allegations of massive vote buying by candidates and delays in the voting process while party members endured extremely cold temperatures after being ma...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa cranks up Mnangagwa pressure
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday told his supporters to brace for more sustained pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the disputed 2018 elections, saying Zimbabwe's problems needed an imme...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC congress in slow start
THE MDC congress started slowly in Gweru yesterday, which it blamed on a spike in transport costs and shortages of fuel.The congress was supposed to kick off at midday at Ascot Stadium with a ...Published: 25 May 2019 at 15:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Special Message from Prof Welshman Ncube
Fellow MDC members, in the next twenty four (24) hours we will gather at Ascot Stadium in my hometown of Gweru for a historic, momentous occasion in the history of our party and our nation.For...Published: 23 May 2019 at 21:42hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Chamisa's MDC paints Gweru red
GWERU lodges and hotels are fully booked ahead of the MDC elective congress this week to decide the party's leadership.The City of Progress, as Gweru likes to call itself, will host 6 200 MDC ...Published: 23 May 2019 at 19:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC congress roars to life
The MDC Alliance will hold its national congress in Gweru from tomorrow Friday to Sunday. In a statement, the Nelson Chamisa party has reveled itinerary for the elective event which is aimed a...Published: 23 May 2019 at 10:37hrs | 10 | by Methusi Ncube
MDC Midlands sets up congress sub-committees
MDC Midlands has set up nine sub-committees to ensure the smooth running of the party's fifth congress in Gweru this week.The committees were set up at the provincial executive meeting held in...Published: 20 May 2019 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Army falls mercilessly to Gamecocks
It was not a good day in office for Chapungu's maestro Rodwell Dhlakama whose boys were whooped three nil by Chicken Inn at Ascot stadium in Gweru.The first 20 minutes seemed to have been goin...Published: 19 May 2019 at 20:43hrs | | by Daniel Itai
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