• Monomotapa go top as Dynamos flounder • PSL fines Njube Sundowns $1 trillion • Monomotapa in seventh heaven • Monomotapa end Dynamos' unbeaten run • Monomotapa sink Highlanders • CAPS United appoint Mathuthu • Masomere quits sorry CAPS • H'landers face PSL rap over abandoned match • Dynamos draw African giants • Malajila hat-trick buries Masvingo • Khoza leveller keeps Kiglon in touch with leaders • Chunga exhausts Length of patience • CAPS United fans turn on Masomere • Highlanders bomb in Sudan • Marere stunner marks Dynamos' greatest win • Kiglon surrender lead to Chapungu • Highlanders close in on unbeaten Kiglon • Mapeza turns tables on Chunga as Monos win • CBZ unveils $4,5 trillion league sponsorship deal • 2008 Premier Soccer League Fixtures

By Nkanyiso Moyo

DEFENDING champions Dynamos and fierce rivals Highlanders laboured to crucial wins over the weekend as leaders Monomotapa drew their first game of the season after being held 1-1 by Masvingo United on Saturday.

Highlanders hitman Cuthbert Malajila grabbed the all-important goal — his 12th in the campaign — in the 78th minute to hand Highlanders their third successive victory without conceding a goal after wins over Motor Action (3-0) and Underhill (4-0).

Malajila, won a loose ball outside the Kiglon penalty box and his shot careered off the inside of the upright before sailing into the nets past goalkeeper Itai Chiwara.

Assistant coach, Reuben Tsengwa, standing in for Methembe Ndlovu who was with the national Under 20 team in Egypt, hailed his team’s hard grafting.

“We have won in Harare twice in a row. Today we were rewarded for hard work. We had to be patient, and it finally paid off,” he said after the game.

Highlanders moved to second with the win -- now within sight of leaders, Monomotapa. The Bulawayo club are on 22 points -- the same as Dynamos, Motor Action, Njube Sundowns and Chapungu.

At Ascot Stadium, Desmond Maringwa lifted the gloom over Dynamos who were still smarting from Thursday’s humiliation by Lengthens.

Maringwa’s 13th minute goal would have dented Chapungu’s premiership title dreams, having already seen Monomotapa climb over them to claim leadership of the league. It was Chapungu’s first home defeat of the season.

Coach, David Mandigora, said on Monday: “It's crucial to win away from home if you are to do well in the league. I believe we can maintain that form.”

CAPS United’s mini-revival under Josten Mathuthu was rudely halted by Shooting Stars who ran away with a 3-1 victory on Sunday. William Kupera gave Stars the lead in the 10th minute, bundling the ball into the nets from a goalmouth melee.

Warriors defender David Kutyauripo drew United level with a headed goal on 20 minutes, but Esau Amisi made it 2-1 shortly after with his first of two goals. He completed his brace three minutes from the break.

On Saturday, Motor Action condemned Lancashire Steel to bottom place with a 2-1 win while Njube Sundowns maintained their 100 percent home record with a 2-0 win over Gunners at Pelandaba.

CBZ Premier Soccer League Results:
Sunday: Chapungu 0-1 Dynamos; Kiglon 0-1 Highlanders; Lengthens 0-2 CAPS FC; Shooting Stars 3-1 CAPS United

Saturday: Monomotapa 2-2 Masvingo United; Motor Action 2-1 Lancashire Steel; Njube Sundowns 2-0 Gunners; Underhill 2-1 Eastern Lions

CBZ Premier Soccer League Table (June 30, 2008):

TEAM		Played	Won	Drew	Lost	G/F	G/A	Points
1	Monomotapa	13	8	1	4	21	17	25
2	Highlanders	11	6	4	1	21	5	22
3	Chapungu	13	6	4	3	19	9	22
4	Njube Sundowns	13	7	1	5	23	18	22
5	Dynamos	12	6	4	2	14	9	22
6	Motor Action	13	7	1	5	16	16	22
7	Shooting Stars	13	6	1	6	15	16	19
8	Kiglon	13	4	6	3	14	12	18
9	Masvingo United	13	6	2	5	13	16	18
10	Underhill	13	5	2	6	19	25	17
11	CAPS United	13	4	3	6	14	17	15
12	CAPS FC	13	3	5	5	14	16	14
13	Lengthens	13	4	2	7	12	19	14
14	Gunners	12	3	2	7	12	18	11
15	Eastern Lions	13	2	5	6	8	14	11
16	Lancashire Steel	13	2	4	7	13	19	10

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