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Wolverhampton Wanderers have signed 26-year-old Portuguese defender Nelson Semedo from Barcelona for €30 million plus add-ons, the LaLiga club announced on Wednesday. The right back, 26, has penned a deal that will keep him at Molineux until June 2023, with an option to extend it to June 2025. Semedo made …

    Orlando Pirates have announced the signing of Terrence Dzvukamanja on a three-year deal. The Zimbabwean is joining the Soweto Gianst after leaving Bidvest Wits which was sold to TTM. Collins Makgaka has also moved to the club from Baroka FC. “Terrence Dzvukamanja and Collins Makgaka have joined the …

STAFF WRITER THE Old Mutual Heath Streak Academy has appointed Harare based retired cricketer Tafadzwa Muzarawethu as the new coach for the institution’s young cricketers. Addressing Bulawayo journalists on Wednesday evening the Academy’s chief executive officer Joseph Rego said they were happy to bring in new brains at the institution …

September 9, 2020 Although it’s been a few months since he was relieved from his position as executive director of Monday Night Raw, Paul Heyman remains a vital part of WWE’s creative process, as he has reportedly been instrumental in Roman Reigns’ recent transformation into a heelish character. Citing a members’ only report from Fightful [...]

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 [...]