HARARE – There is a pettiness about our national discourse, especially related to sport, that you wonder if there is any self-introspection for those “openly courting Fifa sanctions” on the national game – just to get rid of Cuthbert Dube. At best, the calls for government intervention and the dissolution of the Zimbabwe Football Association…
HARARE – Pamushana High School are hoping to banish the ghost of 2012 when they went all the way to the the Copa Coca-Cola final only to lose the title at the death to a disciplined Mzingwane side. The Masvingo-based school were on the brink of winning the 2012 Copa title held in the resort…
HARARE – Black Rhinos have fired coach Arthur Tutani after continued struggles on the field and far too many negative issues off it. With the season at the halfway mark, Black Rhinos are sitting third from bottom, having managed four wins, three draws and eight defeats. Veteran coach Jostein Mathuthu has been thrust in the…
MIDDLEBURG – The Zimbabwe Under-18 rugby team’s woeful Craven Week continued to unravel as they suffered their second defeat, going down 26-20 to Griquas Country District in a bruising encounter here yesterday. The Young Sables were their own enemies, struggling at most set pieces especially at line-out time, were hooker Bradley Crause failed to find…
HARARE – Regis Chakabva and Timycen Maruma gave selectors plenty to ponder with impressive half centuries in Zimbabwe A’s seven-wicket win over touring Afghanistan in a warm-up match in Bulawayo on Tuesday and have been recalled to the national side. Zimbabwe A captain Chakabva was unbeaten on 72 from 83 balls in a knock that…
HARARE – The Schools Hockey Northern Region A League has named seven schools which qualified for the National Super 12 tournament to be held in Bulawayo early next month. With only one game left before the end of the season, St George’s College, Hellenic Academy, Eaglesvale, St John’s College, Peterhouse, Hillcrest and Churchill have managed…
HARARE – Zimbabwe will play their first three-match Test series in more than 13 years when they tour Bangladesh in October later this year. They last played three Tests against Sri Lanka in December 2001.For Bangladesh, this will mark the third time that they have played three Tests in a series since becoming a Test…
HARARE – Churchill High School and Mzilikazi will chase an unprecedented fifth Copa Coca-Cola title this weekend when at least 264 budding footballers from 24 high schools descend on the capital Harare. The youth football fiesta will roll into action on Saturday at the Zimbabwe Grounds amongst various venues before culminating in the finals at…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has revealed a list of 21 players for the 2014-15 season, handing central contracts to 15 players up from 10. Eight players – Tendai Chatara, Shingi Masakadza, Sikandar Raza Butt, Regis Chakabva, Tinotenda Mawoyo, Tinashe Panyangara and Natsai M’Shangwe – earn central contracts for the first time while Donald Tiripano,…
HARARE – There is no separating Dynamos and CAPS United it seems. The two Harare giants were drawn together in the first round of the new One Wallet Cup yesterday. Barely a week after the two clashed in the first instalment of the Harare derby last weekend at the National Sports Stadium, the two teams…
