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NEWSDAY SATURDAY JUNE 7, <strong>2014</strong><br />
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www.newsday.co.zw<br />
SPORT<br />
Government<br />
applauds golfing<br />
community<br />
Page 23<br />
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Dynamos sign DRC striker<br />
Dynamos v Triangle,<br />
NSS @3PM<br />
Highlanders v FC Platinum<br />
(BF @3PM, SS9)<br />
Kalisto Pasuwa Biggie Zuze Lloyd Mutasa Kelvin Kaindu<br />
HENRY MHARA<br />
SPORTS REPORTER<br />
CASTLE Lager Premier Soccer<br />
League champions Dynamos<br />
have completed the signing of little-known<br />
Democratic Republic<br />
of Congo striker Fabrice Mbimba<br />
on a one-year contract after a<br />
successful two-week trial with<br />
the Harare giants.<br />
Club secretary general Webster<br />
Chikengezha told NewsDay Sport<br />
yesterday that the player, who is<br />
joining from Zambian club Zanaco<br />
where he played in the Caf<br />
Champions League last season,<br />
would be registered with the PSL<br />
on July 1 when the transfer window<br />
opens.<br />
There is very little information<br />
on Mbimba on the Internet<br />
besides that he is Congolese and<br />
played for Zanaco last season.<br />
However, Chikengezha said<br />
the ginger-haired player, who<br />
was used as a winger at Zanaco,<br />
impressed the Dynamos technical<br />
team during the two weeks he<br />
had been at the club.<br />
“He signed a one-year contract<br />
with an option for renewal,”<br />
said Chikengezha yesterday.<br />
“He has been training with us<br />
for the past two weeks and the<br />
coaches have been impressed.<br />
He will be leaving the country on<br />
Sunday to start applying for work<br />
permits and we are hoping that<br />
his papers will be in order before<br />
July 1,” he added.<br />
Mbimba was part of the Dynamos<br />
squad that beat the Warriors<br />
3-1 a friendly match at<br />
the National Sports Stadium on<br />
Wednesday last week where he<br />
was introduced as a second half<br />
substitute.<br />
He also played in another<br />
friendly match against Northern<br />
Region Division One side DStv<br />
Rangers on Wednesday and reportedly<br />
produced a star performance<br />
that convinced coach Kalisto<br />
Pasuwa and his bench to sign<br />
him.<br />
Chikengezha also said Dynamos<br />
had resigned to wait for the<br />
July 1 date to register Rodreck<br />
Mutuma who they signed two<br />
months ago. They had hoped to<br />
use the lanky striker who was<br />
offloaded by South African premiership<br />
side Bloemfontein<br />
Celtic, but complications with his<br />
clearance letters means that he<br />
will wait a little longer.<br />
Dynamos host Triangle at<br />
the National Sports Stadium in a<br />
league game tomorrow, and in a<br />
bid to lure their supporters to the<br />
match, Chikengezha said they<br />
have slashed gate charges to $2<br />
for the cheapest ticket, from the<br />
usual $3. A ticket to Bays 15 and<br />
18 is $5 while the VIP has been<br />
pegged at $10.<br />
The home side will be without<br />
hardman Stephen Alimenda<br />
through suspension while Anesu<br />
Gondo’s return to the fold has<br />
been further delayed after the<br />
striker contracted chicken pox<br />
this week.<br />
Dynamos physiotherapist<br />
Knowledge Zambo said Gondo<br />
had been quarantined and would<br />
rejoin his teammates on Monday,<br />
in the event that his condition<br />
had improved.<br />
Zambo also gave an update on<br />
the other injured players Tawanda<br />
Muparati, Sydney Linyama and<br />
Devon Chafa who he said have<br />
all started light training, but were<br />
not fit for tomorrow’s match.<br />
Dynamos has been struggling<br />
for consistency this season, but<br />
victories in their last two matches<br />
before the international break<br />
should give them confidence.<br />
The league champions edged<br />
Chiredzi 1-0 and before that, they<br />
beat FC Platinum by the same<br />
scoreline.<br />
In contrast, Triangle has<br />
been very poor of late, picking<br />
just three points from their last<br />
five league matches to drop into<br />
the relegation zone. The Biggie<br />
Zuze-coached side were fretting<br />
over the fitness of David Sengu,<br />
Charles Rukwanhi and Blessing<br />
Chimwamuchere, who have<br />
knocks and would have to pass<br />
late fitness tests for the match.<br />
But there is no doubt that the<br />
biggest match this weekend is the<br />
clash between log leaders Highlanders,<br />
who welcome ninthplaced<br />
FC Platinum at Barbourfields<br />
tomorrow.<br />
Bosso, who are on 19 points<br />
and a point clear of secondplaced<br />
Hwange, welcomed back<br />
striker Gabriel Nyoni, who had<br />
been sidelined due to an ankle<br />
injury.<br />
History favours the hosts in<br />
this match, as Bosso is yet to lose<br />
a league match against FC Platinum<br />
at Barbourfields since 2011.<br />
But the Lloyd Mutasa-coached<br />
side will go into the match knowing<br />
that it is very much possible<br />
to collect all the three points after<br />
beating Highlanders on penalty<br />
shoot-out at the same venue in<br />
the CG Msipa Charity Cup semifinal<br />
early this year and 3-2 in the<br />
ZNA Charities semi-finals.
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