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9 Sep 2020 Jurgen Klopp is set to hold talks with Georginio Wijnaldum over his uncertain future today with Barcelona continuing to circle. After representing the Netherlands in Nations League over the course of the last week, the Dutchman will return to Melwood on Wednesday in order to continue preparations for the new Premier League [...]

9 Sep 2020 The 35 year-old is only the second men's player to reach the century for his country after Ali Daei, who scored 109 times for Iran Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has become just the second player to ever reach 100 international goals. Ronaldo reached the milestone just before half-time of Tuesday's Nations League [...]

9 Sep 2020 CASTER Semenya has lost an appeal to the Swiss Supreme Court over a World Athletics ruling which means she must take testosterone-reducing medication in order to be eligible to compete. The current rules force athletes with differences in sexual development (DSD) to take drugs to medically reduce their naturally-occurring testosterone if they [...]

08 Sep, 2020  SERENA Williams refused to entertain questions about Novak Djokovic’s US Open default, but did question French Open organiser’s decision to allow fans to attend Roland Garros. Williams booked her spot in the quarter-finals of her home Grand Slam on Monday after an entertaining tussle with Greek No. 1 Maria Sakkari in which [...]

08 Sep, 2020  THE Premier Soccer League yesterday ruled out the possibility of their clubs returning to training this month. The pronouncement by the PSL comes after ZIFA made proposals, in their application for exemptions to Government, where they are requesting for the resumption of football activities. ZIFA have indicated, in their letter to the [...]

08 Sep, 2020  WHY is 53-year-old Kazuyoshi “King Kazu’’ Miura being celebrated as a global football hero for defying age, while 48-year-old Innocent Benza is demonised as a hopeless pensioner making a mockery of the domestic Premiership? Is it because King Kazu is Japanese, and age there is nothing but a number, while Benza is [...]

08 Sep, 2020  FORMER Zimbabwe international forward, Alois Bunjira, has been shattered by the boardroom events which have led to the disbanding of his old club, Bidvest Wits. The South African Premiership club’s franchise has been sold to Tshakhuma Tha Madzivhandila. The Students had been part of the South African football scene for 99 years. [...]

HIGHLANDERS’ could be debt-free within the next 48 hours, the club’s debt clearance campaign organiser and Bosso supporters’ South African chapter chairman Nodumo Nyathi has confidently declared. Nyathi has been running a spirited campaign on Facebook and Twitter that saw the initiative raising over $400 000 in May and June to …

THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) board will continue to engage affiliates on how best to disburse the coronavirus (Covid-19) funds that are coming from Fifa as well as Caf. Meetings are planned in the regions as from Wednesday until Saturday where Zifa hope to gather from their members suggestions on …

ZIMBABWE number one tennis player Benjamin Lock is relishing the seemingly tough Davis Cup World Group II challenge against China scheduled for mid-September this year. By Munyaradzi Madzokere With sport slowly resuming around the world, it’s likely that Davis Cup matches will go ahead as scheduled, barring any unforeseen circumstances. …