EFFORTS to end the construction industry strike, now in its seventh day, appeared to be deadlocked late yesterday as it remained unclear whether unions and employers had resolved their differences over a framework of agreement presented to workers last week.

SANPARKS, with 2010 Soccer World Cup sponsor First National Bank and the 2010 local organising committee, has launched a new musical instrument to rival the vuvuzela at next year's World Cup.

WHILE the numbers of metro police on duty at Soccer World Cup matches still had to be determined, there could be up to 500 members on duty on any of the seven match days, the deputy head of Durban metro

ZIMBABWE soccer kings Monomotapa completed their maiden tour of Malaysia yesterday during which they lost in the two matches they played against the hosts' national team.

Construction bosses and unions are currently meeting at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) offices for crucial talks aimed at ending the week long strike by workers.

The Zebras will play China in September as part of preparations for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying rounds.

Gor Mahia coach James Aggrey Siang'a has quit the club. But he said he will continue to serve as an advisor to the club he helped form and which he also played for.

STARTING September, Super Division clubs will not be allowed to merge with lower league teams, if new league rules proposed by soccer governing body FUFA are adopted.

THE construction strike that has brought work on 2010 sites to a halt for a week could end today, after the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said yesterday most of its members had conditionally accepted a new pay offer.

THE story in the capital is fast twisting towards the Harare Derby, that famous fierce battle pitting old foes Dynamos and CAPS United as the football scriptwriter pushes it onto the horizon.

ZIMBABWE has been given the greenlight to host the 2009 Cosafa Senior Challenge Cup provided Zifa can secure a sponsorship package of about US$700 000 that is needed to cover the cost of running the region's flagship football tournament in

The Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Bolaji Ojo-Oba, has asked the Sudan Football Federation (SFA) to investigate how two International Transfer Certificates were forged with the aim of Al Hilal moving former Enyimba skipper Ajibade Omolade on a

Nigeria star striker, Ikechukwu Uche, will certainly quit Getafe, but his next destination will only be clearer later this week, according to sources close to the player.

Five players have already scored hat tricks in the ongoing Copa Coca Cola Youth Championship, which is in the semi-final stage.

Monaco midfielder Haruna Lukman will be given a second chance to prove his commitment to the Flying Eagles cause during the team's final phase of camping in Spain.

Monaco defender, Haruna Lukman, may be stripped of the U-20 national team's captainship by Head Coach, Samson Siasia.

The Council for East and Central Africa Football Association (Cecafa) secretary General Nicholas Musonye who has been in office since 2001 has praised the Rwanda President Paul Kagame and the good image of the body for all the success coming

HUNDREDS of jubilant Atraco fans yesterday celebrated the team's historic 2009 Cecafa/ Kagame Cup victory with a high energy parade that flocked Kigali International Airport.

2009 Cecafa/Kagame Cup winners, Atraco Fc enjoyed a spectacular homecoming yesterday as hundreds of ecstatic supporters took to the streets of Kigali to salute their triumphant heroes.

Killer Giants captain, Donald 'Coach' Mopako has said he is not ready to hang his boots yet though he has realised his long-held dream of guiding the First Division side to the Premier League.