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Bosso Chibuku Cup blow
Highlanders FC is set to face a significant challenge in their upcoming Chibuku Super Cup quarter-final against Simba Bhora this Sunday at Wadzanai Stadium. The match comes just as the club loses thre...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:19hrs | 1057 | by Staff reporter
Mamelodi Sundowns working on new deal for Lunga
South Africa's defending league champions, Mamelodi Sundowns, are reportedly working on a new deal for Warriors defender Divine Lunga to fend off interest from Moroccan giants Wydad Casablanca. ...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:13hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe referees get CAF call-up
Zimbabwean referee Brighton Chimene led a busy weekend for the country's match officials, taking charge of a CAF Confederation Cup match between Artar Solar7 of Djibouti and Dekadaha of Somalia in Tan...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 06:32hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Vusa Nyoni donates to Njube Boxing Club
BELGIUM-based former Zimbabwe senior men's national soccer team player Vusa Nyoni has donated training kits, uniforms for match days as well as tracksuits to Njube Boxing Club.Touched by work ...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 16:36hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Ephraim Chawanda attacks Chikwata leadership
ZIMBABWE Saints and Warriors legend Ephraim Chawanda popularly known as "The Rock Of Gilbraltar" has taken a swipe at the club's leadership after the team was relegated from the Zifa Southern Region D...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Football Club bounces back
HWANGE Football Club are officially the Zifa Southern Region Division One champions after they defeated Indlovu Iyanyathela 1-0 at the Colliery Stadium to earn promotion to the Premier Soccer League....Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 14:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dembare disqualified from Nakamba tourney for age cheating
DYNAMOS Football Club have had their Under-17 team disqualified from the Marvelous Nakamba invitation football tournament which heads into the semi-finals at White City Stadium today for using an over...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso, Dembare clash in Nakamba tourney
HIGHLANDERS and Dynamos have been drawn in Group A of the Marvelous Nakamba Foundation (MNF) Under-17 tournament that kicks off at White City Stadium in Bulawayo on Saturday.Njube Spurs and Ma...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nakamba Foundation tourney launched
GIANTS Dynamos and Highlanders' youth teams are set to headline the inaugural Marvelous Nakamba Foundation (MNF) Under-17 Invitational tournament which kicks off in Bulawayo next weekend.The y...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:25hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Saints in coach drama
WHEN Zimbabwe Saints announced that it would be playing in the Zifa Southern Region Division One league two years ago, there was some belief that perhaps there'd be a turnaround at one of the country'...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ref Ndazi bashed in Binga
ZIFA Southern Region Division One side Binga Pirates will be summoned to appear before a disciplinary hearing after the team's fans assaulted referee Hardly Ndazi accusing him of bias in a home match ...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange press on for early return to PSL
HWANGE Football Club pressed on with their quest for an early return to the top flight when they dispatched Mosi Rovers 3-0 at the Colliery Stadium yesterday.On a day in which second placed Ar...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Hwange to feast on Quality Foods?
ZIFA Southern Region Division One pacesetters Hwange will make the long trip to Bulawayo to take on seventh-placed Quality Foods in a potentially exciting fixture that will be played at White City Sta...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Talen Vision grabs maximum points at Mthwakazi Stadium
ZIFA Southern Region Division One 2019 runners up, FC Talen Vision recovered from their opening day defeat to Ratanang by clobbering Binga Pirates 4-0 at Mthwakazi Stadium in Filabusi yesterday, on a ...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zifa prod Aston Villa over Nakamba
ZIFA are pressing for the release of Marvelous Nakamba from Aston Villa and are hopeful that the midfielder will be allowed to travel to Harare for Friday's World Cup qualifier against South Africa....Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
How big has Victor Wanyama's impact on Montreal been?
Victor Wanyama is one of those soccer players who rarely make the headlines, but play a vital role for their team. Existing in the less than glamorous defensive midfield role, the Kenyan rarely chips ...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 15:35hrs | 7 | by Staff writer
Nakamba tourney postponed
ASTON Villa midfielder Marvellous Nakamba says all systems that had been put in place for his foundation's Under-17 football tournament will remain in place until it's safe to hold the competition....Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso, DeMbare face off in Nakamba Tourney group
HIGHLANDERS and Dynamos have been drawn in the same group in the Marvelous Nakamba Foundation (MNF) inaugural Under-17 tournament to be staged in Bulawayo next week.The two sides are in Pool A...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Divine Lunga involved in car accident
SOUTH-Africa based Zimbabwean footballer, Divine Lunga, who plays for Lamontville Golden Arrows in the DStv Premiership was yesterday involved in an accident in which he came out unharmed.Whil...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teenage sensation makes waves
A ZIMBABWEAN teenage sensation, Zanda Siziba, is tipped for greatness in the United Kingdom. His style of play has been compared to Liverpool and Senegalese star, Sadio Mane. At 17, Siziba has...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim starlet named among best
NEWCASTLE starlet Michael Ndiweni, who is eligible to play for Zimbabwe, has been named among the best emerging talents in Premier League Clubs by top British publication.Ndiweni (17) is a mid...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gift Lunga Jr resigns as Mosi Rovers coach
VICTORIA Falls-based Southern Region Division One League side Mosi Rovers failed to fulfil their away fixture against Ajax Hotspurs in Bulawayo following the sudden resignation of coach, Gift Lunga Jr...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MP subjected to series of suspicious car break-ins
FORMER president Robert Mugabe and Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director of security Albert Ngulube, now Zanu PF MP for Beitbridge East, has been subjected to a series of suspicious break-i...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 19:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ernest Maphepha joins City
CHARISMATIC and experienced administrator Ernest "Maphepha" Sibanda has joined Zifa Southern Region Division One outfit Bulawayo City as a board member. The municipal side was relegated from t...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho FC folds
FORMER Premier Soccer League side, Tsholotsho, have withdrawn their participation in the Zifa Southern Region Division One League due to financial constraints. Tsholotsho spent three seasons i...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 22:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hotspurs call on Zifa to enforce online player registration
ONE of the most consistent clubs in producing top quality junior players in Bulawayo, Ajax Hotspurs have called on Zifa to enforce the online registration of players so as to protect small clubs from ...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Westerhof at Collen Nyambiya tournament
FORMER Warriors coach, Clemens Westerhof is set for a brief stint with local football academy, Young Flying Stars, a development set to boost the club's standing.Westerhof arrived in the country l...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu English Premiership milestone beckons
IT'S the month of August and African football has every reason to celebrate as the continent looks back at what was indeed an august achievement by a Zimbabwean.On Wednesday 19 August 1992 at ...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 09:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda United fails to meet Division 1 requirements
KWEKWE City Stars and Munyati Hotspurs are in line to make their First Division debuts after the Central Region Soccer League welcomed them.The two teams join the league as replacements fo...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 18:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso defender attracts SA clubs
TWO South African top league sides and a National First Division side have shown interest in Highlanders central defender Peter Muduhwa.The 2016 Castle Lager Soccer Star of the Year finali...Published: 13 Dec 2016 at 13:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Muduhwa extends stay at Bosso
HIGHLANDERS central defender, Peter Muduhwa has extended his contract with the Bulawayo football giants by two more years until December 2018, the club confirmed yesterday.Muduhwa (23), a ...Published: 16 Nov 2016 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Muduhwa embarassed Dembare strikers with his dribbling skills
HIGHLANDERS' central defender Peter Muduhwa's stock continues to rise, with the skilful defender displaying a match winning performance that inspired Bosso to a sweet 2-1 victory over long time rivals...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 11:23hrs | | by Ricky Zililo
Former Bosso player's burial controversy
The burial of former Highlanders and Njube Sundowns player Mephias Webb at Lady Stanley Cemetery has sparked controversy over his eligibility.Webb collapsed and died during a social soccer mat...Published: 24 Jun 2015 at 14:39hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
Bosso players 'unfit and ill-disciplined'
HIGHLANDERS coach Bongani Mafu has told the club's executive committee that all players are not to play in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL).Club chief executive officer Ndum...Published: 19 Jun 2015 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scottish coach for Bosso
SCOTTISH football coach Desmond Donaldson Bulpin, 63, has emerged as the leading candidate to replace Kelvin Kaindu as Highlanders FC coach.Bosso yesterday said they were still screening the 11 applic...Published: 04 Dec 2014 at 08:21hrs | | by Lovemore Dube
Mwaruwari hands out football kits
Former Warriors captain Benjani Mwaruwari finally handed out the much awaited prizes for his U16 invitational tournament at the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) Bulawayo offices on Tuesday....Published: 28 Aug 2014 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Benjani Mwaruwari under 16 Tournament results
Serie A teams demonstrated the difference between the two Series as they hit half a dozen past their counterparts that play in Serie B. Highlanders Academy showed no mercy to the new comers ...Published: 11 May 2013 at 19:23hrs | 1 | by Mkhululi Mthunzi
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
Players revolt over unpaid bonuses
HWANGE-based Zifa Southern Region Division One side Mpumalanga were this week rocked by a rare player revolt over unpaid dues.The club, that has been running over the years without a major spo...Published: 06 Apr 2013 at 04:47hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Bantu Rovers expelled from junior league
Bantu Rovers have been expelled with immediate effect from the Bulawayo Province Junior League due to issues of misconduct. The decision, which affects all their junior teams, the Under-14s, Under-16...Published: 18 Feb 2013 at 05:52hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Ajax Hotspurs, Bantu Rovers fight over players
A serious feud over players has erupted between Zifa Southern Region Division One Bulawayo-based clubs Ajax Hotspurs and Bantu Rovers. The dispute is threatening to spill into the courts.Newly...Published: 07 Feb 2013 at 05:00hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
'Ajax Hotspurs is a team on a mission,' says Dube
AJAX Hotspurs director Siphambaniso Dube has insisted that his team is not going into the Zifa Southern Region Division One League to fill in the numbers but in there to compete with a view of one day...Published: 07 Jan 2013 at 06:09hrs | | by Lovemore Dube
Ajax is not poaching Bosso juniors
Ajax Hotspurs Football Club read with dismay in today's Chronicle paper that the club is poaching Highlander's junior players. At Ajax we don't poach players but we develop players. Th...Published: 18 Jul 2012 at 06:00hrs | | by Siphambaniso Dube
Bantu Rovers poaching Bosso junior players
BANTU Rovers could be headed for a collision with Highlanders after allegations that Tshintsha Guluva is poaching promising junior soccer players from the Bulawayo giants.Highlanders, once a p...Published: 17 Jul 2012 at 05:24hrs | | by Sports reporter
Ajax Hotspurs stun Zim Leopards
Zim Leopards 1 - 2 Ajax HotspursThe Leopards fell into the snare of Hotspurs as Ajax continued with their winning ways thumping the Luveve based side 2-1 in their own "Den". Slippery Machisi went ...Published: 15 Jul 2012 at 13:57hrs | | by Siphambaniso Dube
Referee runs for dear life
Magwegwe Pirates 1 - 0 Zimplow (Match Abandoned)Julius Ceasar would have risen from his grave today as his Comedy of Errors novel was matched if not bettered by Zimplow Football Club who de...Published: 15 Jul 2012 at 07:18hrs | | by Siphambaniso Dube
Rainbow, Ajax Hotspurs play to a draw
Rainbow 1 - 1 Ajax HotspursIt was Ajax Hotspurs versus Blessing the goalkeeper of Rainbow today at Mpopoma High school. The young goalie was simply outstanding and parried everything that Ajax Hot...Published: 09 Jun 2012 at 19:33hrs | | by Siphambaniso Dube
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
Race for top honours hots up in Southern Region Division One
Race for top honours hots up in Southern Region Division One, Bulawayo Metropolitan Province Division Two and Three as Highlanders send a tough signal that they mean business in the country's elite Ca...Published: 16 May 2012 at 18:39hrs | | by Siphambaniso Dube
Benjani Mwaruwari Youth Festival notice
All the teams that were selected to participate in this year Benjani Mwaruwari Youth Festival namely Highlanders Academy, Bantu Rovers, FMH Academy, Ajax Hotspurs, Rising Stars, Makhandeni Pirates, Ma...Published: 12 May 2012 at 12:05hrs | | by Mkhululi Mthunzi
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