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Honouring Africa's top football talents
In my opinion, no continent has produced the range of footballing talent that Africa has, especially over the last 20 years. If you remember watching football back in the mid-noughties, Africa...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 14:26hrs | 86 | by Sports Reporter
The greatest African players to play in the English Premier League
There have been many top African players that have graced the English Premier League. From midfield technicians to deadly frontmen, all kinds of footballers from the continent have starred in England'...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 08:14hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter
Nhlanhla Ndiweni sad to see Mnangagwa in Rwanda
FORMER Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has said he felt sad to see President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) 2022 saying the Zanu-PF leader had impoverished ...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Kagame tells Mnangagwa to stop pretending Zimbabwe economy is doing good
RWANDAN President Paul Kagame has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop pretending or try to convince other countries that things were good in Zimbabwe.Kagame said this on the sideli...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 20:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets Chelsea legend Didier Drogba
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday met Chelsea and Ivory Coast football legend Didier Drogba in Rwanda.Mnangagwa and the once sensational football star are both attending the Africa Green ...Published: 06 Sep 2022 at 19:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
It's a do or die for the Zimbabwe Warriors
Watching the Africa Cup of Nations draw in Cameroon on Tuesday was so fantastic.There were exciting moments reliving the once finest African football giants like Ghananian Asamoha Gyan the Baf...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 14:41hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Warriors date Sadio Mane
THE Warriors will open their 2021 AFCON finals campaign against Senegal's Lions of Teranga, whose quest could once again be spearheaded by Liverpool superstar, Sadio Mane, on January 10, in Bafoussam,...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bid to bring Chelsea Legends to Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Chapter of registered fans of English Premiership giants, Chelsea, have embarked on an audacious bid to bring the London club's legends to come and play in this country. The suppo...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kadewere surpasses Benjani
ZIMBABWE international forward Tino Kadewere has surpassed former Warriors captain Benjani Mwaruwari's explosive start in his debut season in France where he won rave reviews after joining from Swiss ...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Deaths, abductions and terror in Mnangagwa's backyard
Antony Kadozo, a veteran of Zimbabwe's liberation war, is struggling to come to terms with the death of his son, who was allegedly killed by Zanu-PF youths.The 65-year-old Kwekwe resident said...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chase the Chelsea dream at Gifford High School
VETERAN football coach, Cosmas "Tsano" Zulu, has challenged both male and female football players between the ages of 18 and 25 who are not attached to any professional league to throng Bulawayo's Gif...Published: 18 May 2018 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu left out
LEGENDARY Zimbabwean footballer Peter Ndlovu might have blazed a trail as the first African player to feature in the English Premiership, but his brilliance for modest club Coventry City have failed t...Published: 10 Mar 2018 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
StanChart appoints Drogba ambassador
Standard Chartered Bank has appointed Ivorian football legend Didier Drogba as its digital bank ambassador.Drogba will be endorsing the bank's first digital bank in Africa to be launched in Ab...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 05:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean guaranteed Chelsea trip
ZIMBABWE is guaranteed of sending at least one player to Chelsea Football Club's Cobham training centre in London next year under the English Premiership club's partnership deal with Shield deodorant....Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 12:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu back in the English Premiership spotlight
WHEN Arsenal and Leicester City open the 2017-18 English Premiership season on Friday night, the clock will show that exactly 25 years have passed since the clubs started an ambitious adventure to bre...Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 10:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu, Mwaruwari reunited
ZIMBABWE's football legends Peter Ndlovu and Benjani Mwaruwari are among a host of former African football icons who are expected to grace two all-star charity matches organised by the Kanu Heart ...Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu on Afcon heartbreak list
FORMER Warriors' skipper Peter Ndlovu has been named among the best African stars to have never won the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon).According to a list published by South African footbal...Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Khama Billiat may not play in England
For almost its entire duration, last Sunday's frenetic clash between Algeria and Zimbabwe seemed to boil down to a shoot-out between the Desert Foxes' destroyer in chief, Riyad Mahrez and the Warr...Published: 22 Jan 2017 at 12:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
VP Mnangagwa interview makes troubling reading- Moyo
Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Jonathan Moyo has said the piece that features an interview with Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa was making a troubling reading on many fronts and was terri...Published: 04 Jan 2017 at 05:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
This n that with M'lphosa: Football gone to the sissies?
Mankind has enjoyed ball games, especially football – which is considered a sport for the poor until one sits down and analyses the figures – for over two thousand years. Football especially h...Published: 30 Oct 2016 at 12:57hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
Is Africa rising?
Africa Day, 25 May, has come and gone and we remain with the burdens of being Africans, the burden of the indignities and humiliation of colonialism, the burden of slavery which no other continent suf...Published: 01 Jun 2016 at 16:13hrs | | by MDC President Professor Welshman Ncube
Morgan Tsvangirai: Stepping down now is not an option
IT IS A PLATITUDE INGRAINED in the biblical doctrine times that where there's no vision the people perish. It will be a travesty of justice for President Morgan Tsvangirai to step down before he bankr...Published: 06 Oct 2015 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Ntate Moruti Chadya Tapiwa Diamond
3 Zimbabweans listed among Africa's 50 most influential personalities
Zimbabweans have been feted fairly on the list compiled by ...Published: 06 Aug 2015 at 12:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu, Grobbelaar out of England's greatest 100 list
ZIMBABWE's living football legends Peter "Nsukuzonke" Ndlovu and Bruce Grobbelaar do not feature on the list of the English Premier League's greatest 100 players of all time. According to a s...Published: 21 Oct 2014 at 07:14hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Drogba signs
Striker Didier Drogba has re-signed for Chelsea on a one-year deal. Chelsea Football Club said it is delighted to announce the return of Didier Drogba. The striker has signed a one-year contr...Published: 25 Jul 2014 at 18:43hrs | | by Sports reporter
Mourinho wants Drogba back at Chelsea
Chelsea have opened discussions about bringing Didier Drogba back to Stamford Bridge.Jose Mourinho wants to sign the 36-year-old as a second striker and will give him coaching responsibil...Published: 16 Jul 2014 at 06:59hrs | | by Sports reporter
Drogba, Eboue face sanctions for Mandela shirts
The Turkish Football Federation has summoned Ivorian internationals Didier Drogba and Emmanuel Eboue for paying homage to Nelson Mandela after a league game, news reports said on Sunday.Drogba...Published: 08 Dec 2013 at 14:02hrs | | by AFP
'Zambia were lucky to defeat Zimbabwe,' says Renard
Coach Herve Renard admitted Sunday that hosts Zambia were lucky to defeat Zimbabwe in the Cosafa Cup final.Early and late goals from Alex N'gonga and Kabiso Chongo off free-kicks earned the Ch...Published: 21 Jul 2013 at 17:36hrs | | by Sports reporter
Peter Ndlovu not one of greatest Africans in the EPL
We publish the list of Africa's best XI players who have plied their trade in the Premiership.The list was compiled by GMS sports website, which however has conspicously left out former Zimb...Published: 14 Jul 2013 at 05:33hrs | | by Sporte reporter
King Mzilikazi Reloaded: A story of how we begin to remember
"NO NO NO I will never say progress is being made....If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches there's no progress..you pull it all out ...Published: 23 Apr 2013 at 06:07hrs | 7 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
Chikwata takes on New West City
WOUNDED Zimbabwe Saints face a daunting task when they play inform New West City in a Zifa Southern Region Division One League match at White City Stadium on Sunday.Saints started their campai...Published: 12 Apr 2013 at 03:44hrs | | by Sports reporter
Drogba to star in TV series
Former Chelsea and Ivory Coast forward Didier Drogba will be the first to feature in a 5-part documentary titled Football Rebels.Football Rebels is presented and narrated by former Manchester ...Published: 08 Mar 2013 at 10:58hrs | | by Al Jazeera
Prophet TB Joshua stops prophesying on soccer matches
Renowned Nigerian Prophet TB Joshua of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) says he has stopped prophesying on the outcome of football matches as one way of protecting his followers and integrity...Published: 19 Feb 2013 at 11:07hrs | | by Zibani Zambia
Nigeria Football Federation thanks TB Joshua for Cote D'lvoire win
Top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation have conveyed their deep-rooted appreciation to Prophet T.B. Joshua of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations for what they described as his specia...Published: 05 Feb 2013 at 06:06hrs | | by Latte Lucie
Is this the death of national team football
As death of test cricket owing to Twenty-20 version, the last two AFCON versions were dull lull. Some think the last two FIFA World Cups were boring too. I would agree much with the Euro 2008....Published: 03 Jun 2012 at 15:52hrs | | by Tse Ndex
Peter Ndlovu to play for Benjani
Legendary former Warriors skipper Peter Ndlovu, who passed on the armband to Benjani Mwaruwari, will line up with Nwankwo Kanu, one of Africa's most decorated players, who will lead a cast of internat...Published: 25 May 2012 at 06:46hrs | | by Moyo Roy
All set for the Benjani Mwaruwari testimonial match
ALL is set for the Benjani Mwaruwari testimonial match at the National Sports Stadium on Saturday with the Immigration Department saying paperwork for all players and officials to visit the country i...Published: 24 May 2012 at 04:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Yaya Toure coming for Benjani testimonial
MANCHESTER City midfielder, Yaya Toure, is one of a galaxy of English Premiership stars who have gone on cyberspace to throw their full support behind Benjani Mwaruwari's testimonial at the National ...Published: 23 May 2012 at 05:31hrs | | by Sports reporter
Its official, Drogba is leaving Chelsea at the end of June
London - Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba confirmed on Tuesday he will leave newly-crowned European champions Chelsea when his contract expires at the end of June.Drogba has been at the Premi...Published: 22 May 2012 at 14:10hrs | | by Sports reporter
Drogba's Chelsea exit talk denied
Didier Drogba's representatives have denied reports which suggested the striker had already announced that he will leave Chelsea.Quotes from France Football surfaced on Monday in an article wh...Published: 22 May 2012 at 08:40hrs | | by Sports reporter
Benjani hoping to lure Drogba for testimonial
BENJANI MWARUWARI is hoping to pull off an audacious coup by luring Chelsea's Uefa Champions League winning hero, Didier Drogba, to play in his testimonial at the National Sports Stadium on Saturday....Published: 22 May 2012 at 06:00hrs | | by Sports reporter
Didier Drogba has confirmed he plans to quit Chelsea - report
Didier Drogba has confirmed he plans to quit Chelsea following his Champions League final heroics, according to reports in France.The striker has been quoted saying he informed his team-mate...Published: 21 May 2012 at 21:27hrs | | by UKPA
Drogba snubs Benjani testimonial match
The Benjani Mwaruwari testimonial match organisers revealed Thursday that Chelsea's Didier Drogba and Michael Essien were no longer coming to the match that will signal the end of Mwaruwari's romance...Published: 20 May 2012 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Benjani Mwaruwari Youth Festival set for BF tomorrow
All roads lead to White City Stadium tomorrow as The Benjani Mwaruwari Youth Festival gets into full gear with eight Under 16 teams tussling for honours in what promises to be an explosive Festival....Published: 19 May 2012 at 10:04hrs | | by Siphambaniso Dube
Jay Jay Okocha confirm Mwaruwari's testimonial, Drogba, Yaya doubtful
Jay Jay Okocha and 25 other playing and retired international stars have confirmed their participation in Benjani Mwaruwari's testimonial match set for the National Sports Stadium next Saturday....Published: 18 May 2012 at 10:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Benjani testimonial line-up
MORE than two dozen international stars will feature in Benjani Mwaruwari's testimonial match in Harare on May 26.The former Jomo Cosmos, Auxerre, Portsmouth, Manchester City, Blackburn and P...Published: 01 May 2012 at 10:46hrs | | by Sports reporter
Benjani to splash out millions for his testimonial match
Benjani Mwaruwari is set to splash millions of his wealth for his long awaited testimonial match at National Sports Stadium in May.The testimonial is fixture for May 26.Forty p...Published: 20 Apr 2012 at 08:10hrs | | by Alois Sibanda
The best and worst snogs in the sporting world
Looking at the best and worst kisses in the world of sport. ...Published: 14 Feb 2012 at 23:33hrs | | by Moyo Roy
TB Joshua's prophetic prowess exposed, a sceptic's journey
Rumours are very, very powerful. They spread like wild fire and are often lapped up quickly, just as a very hungry man would eat any food that comes his way without bothering to find out where it com...Published: 14 Feb 2012 at 17:08hrs | | by Patrick Kabwela
T.B. Joshua prophesized Zambia's historic Afcon victory
As Zambians revel in the joy of their first African Cup Of Nations (AFCON) triumph, a video is circulating the internet with claims that Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua accurately predicted their victo...Published: 14 Feb 2012 at 05:09hrs | | by Makweembo Manasa
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