HARARE – Laudable as it is, the pending changes in the Zimbabwe cricket team’s technical department needs to be boosted by adding impetus to team line-up, which in this case means reintegrating back players who have prematurely retired from international cricket. What the Bangladesh whitewash exposed was that Zimbabwe is terribly thin on options, batting…
HARARE – Veteran Murape Murape could have played his last season for Dynamos after it has emerged the club’s executive might not extend his contract when it expires at the end of the month. Attacking midfielder Murape – one of five Dynamos players who were part of all four league titles success under Calisto Pasuwa…
HARARE – Zimbabwe international forward Abbas Amidu and his young brother Bret will on Christmas Eve hold an eight-team tournament in Glen Norah as a way of thanking the community which gave them the path to stardom. The two footballers are sons to former Dynamos and Arcadia United midfielder Hussein ‘Ninja’ Amidu who also had…
HARARE – BancEASY director Desmund Ali has lauded the Christian Soccer League saying the abundance of talent in the social leagues could make a mockery of football standards in the top flight league. Ali, who heads BancEasy, a subsidiary of BancABC, made the remarks during the Christian Soccer League tournament at Belgravia Sports Club on…
HARARE – One of Zimbabwe’s emerging sprinters, Munashe Hove, believes he can subjugate monetary challenges to become a world-class athlete in the form of American icon Michael Johnson. 20-year-old Hove, who specialises in the 400m race, is now eyeing a place at the next All-Africa Games, World Championships and Rio 2016 Olympics. The 180m-tall speedster,…
HARARE – When top 1500m runner Enlitha Ncube competed bare feet at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Oregon, USA, many hoped that would be the last time a Zimbabwean athlete competes without spikes on tartan track. Sadly, the lessons derived from that expedition of July 2014 did little to inspire change. Five months later,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Under-19 water polo girls’ team was impressive at the annual South Africa Schools Water Polo tournament that ended in Johannesburg’s northern suburbs last week. The locals finished fourth after losing to Border 8 – 6 in a tightly fought play-off. Zimbabwe had lost 9-7 to Central Gauteng A in the semi-finals. The…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Rugby Union vice president Collen De Jong is elated to have been elected into the Confederation of Africa Rugby (Car) executive committee saying such a development is a sign of the growth of local rugby. De Jong was last week Saturday elected into executive committee along with Bradley Basson of Namibia. The…
HARARE – Tonderai Ndiraya says he feels happy to be back at Dynamos after he was unveiled as new coach David Mandigora’s assistant coach last week. The 37-year old was unveiled as the new DeMbare assistant coach almost two years after stepping down from the same post following a fall-out with former coach Calisto Pasuwa….
HARARE – Zimbabwe National Women Soccer League’s president Miriam Sibanda has once again tore into embattled Zifa CEO Jonathan Mashingaidze following Zimbabwe’s poor showing at the African Union Sports Council Region 5 Under-20 Youth Games in Bulawayo. The Young Mighty Warriors won their first match of the tournament by defeating Namibia 2-1 before succumbing to…
