HARARE – One Wednesday night, exactly six years ago, always reminds me of the fantastic potential we have as a nation to produce red-hot football talent in great numbers. The local league was off-season, but Zimbabwe’s Under-23 team hosted Cameroon midweek in a 2008 Olympic Games qualifier at Rufaro Stadium, a match which generated tremendous…
HARARE – This article is written by somebody who is unable to differentiate between black and white, as he is unable to see, and the only race he cares about is the most important race on the planet. That race being the human race. As we entered the month of April, two thoughts struck me…
HARARE – Zimbabwe football coach Ian Gorowa has stuck with the majority of players who have been doing duty under his reign when he named a provisional 22-men squad for the 2015 African Nations Cup preliminary round qualifiers against Tanzania this month. Gorowa has kept faith in the majority of his locally-based players who reached…
HARARE – Zimbabwean’s Courtney Lock, Alwyn Mushonga and Nicole Dzenga progressed to the quarter-finals of the ongoing ITF South/ Central African Junior Circuit Under-18 in Windhoek, Namibia. Top seed Lock beat Timothy Dollman of South Africa, to book his place in the quarter-finals. Dollman got off to a fast start, taking the first set 6-1,…
HARARE – Wolrd Navi Northern Region Soccer League Division One log leaders Mushowani face a tricky tie against Chegutu Pirates at Pfupajena tomorrow. The Mashonaland Central-based outfit, who finished last season in third position, is yet to taste a defeat this campaign after five weeks of action and they now enjoy a one point lead…
HARARE – Newly appointed Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has called for fiscal discipline and a balance between indigenisation and need to attract foreign investment. In his maiden speech, the central bank chief – who assumed office on May 1 – said Zimbabwe must have “discipline enough to find an equilibrium position…
HARARE – Mamelodi Sundowns’ Zimbabwean trio of Cuthbert Malajila, Khama Billiat and Esrom Nyandoro are on cloud nine after helping the Brazilians clinch the South African Absa Premiership title on Tuesday night. Peter Ndlovu, the most decorated Zimbabwe international with over 100 caps under his belt and a record 38 goals for his country, is…
HARARE – Mashonaland Eagles rookie Ronald Timoni became the first son of a black cricket coach to play List A cricket when he made his debut at Harare Sports Club last month. The 20-year-old off-spinner who can also bat, was picked in the squad for Eagles’ last Pro 50 match, a semi-final encounter that saw…
HARARE – Dynamos secretary-general Webster Chikengezha says the most puzzling thing about the amount of pressure being brought to bear on coach Calisto Pasuwa is that the defending champions are actually in a “better position” at this stage of the season than they were at the same time last year. Chikengezha made the remarks yesterday…
HARARE – International Rugby Board (IRB) vice-president Oregan Hoskins, who is also the president of South African rugby Union (Saru) says Zimbabwe must be incorporated into South Africa’s domestic structures at some stage. Hoskins is in the country for the on-going Dairibord Schools Rugby Festival at the invitation of the Zimbabwe Rugby Union. “Going forward…
