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Emmanuel Marambe Pic Caption: Zifa president Nqobile Magwizi, left and Warriors coach Michael Nees, right, paid a courtesy call on Zimbabwe’s ambassador to the United Kingdom Christian Katsande LOCAL football mother body, the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has officially launched the ‘Roots & Dreams’ initiative in a move aimed at engaging with locals based in the diaspora…

Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER PREMIERSHIP log leaders MWOS unbeaten run will come under severe test when they travel to face defending champions Simba Bhora at Wadzanai Stadium tomorrow. It has been a fairy tale start for league debutants MWOS who remain unbeaten in their first seven league games following last Monday’s one-nil home win…

Sandra Hove SPORTS WRITER The Zambezi Eagles, a select team of local netball players from the country’s leagues and age-group sides, are set to make their debut in the prestigious Telkom Netball League (TNL) which gets underway in South Africa’s North West province tomorrow. Organised by Netball South Africa, the TNL is Africa’s largest franchise…

Emmanuel Marambe, CHIEF SPORTS WRITER IT HAS been a long time coming. After four years of pain, Zimbabwe’s Chevrons finally ended their miserable run in cricket’s longest format yesterday, defeating hosts Bangladesh by three wickets in the first of two Tests in Sylhet yesterday, their first Test victory in four years. Prior to yesterday’s deserved…

Emmanuel Marambe ONE of Zimbabwe’s top female chess players, Colleta Wakuruwarewa, is on cloud nine after capping a glorious April with a gold medal at the recently concluded Easter Chess Open in Masvingo. Wakuruwarewa, a bronze medallist at the CBZ Nationals which were held in the capital earlier this month, this time ensured she finished…

By Cloud Fusire LONG-SERVING team manager Shakespeare Chinogwenya has become the first big casualty of CAPS United’s apparent technical team reshuffle after he was fired yesterday while head coach Lloyd Chitembwe lives to fight another day. This comes after club president Farai Jere had earlier this week indicated Chitembwe was set to leave the club in the next…

Emmanuel Marambe THE ZIMBABWE Football Association has named the squads for the U17 Girls Cosafa tournament and the U20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers. The 2025 U17 Girls Cosafa Tournament will be staged in Windhoek, Namibia from May 10- 17, while the U20 Women’s World Cup first round matches against Rwanda will be played on March…

Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER HIGHLANDERS gaffer Kelvin Kaindu says that it will be a tall order for the traditional giants of the local game to challenge for the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League title this season. A difficult start to the league campaign for the three traditional giants of the local game, Highlanders, Dynamos…

Emmanuel Marambe CHIEF SPORTS WRITER PREMIERSHIP pacesetters MWOS FC are revelling in their historic 1-0 win over Dynamos in what was the first ever top flight match to be played at Ngoni Stadium in Norton. The match, which was one of five Castle Lager Premier Soccer League encounters played across the country on Monday, attracted…

Sandra Hove SPORTS WRITER THE Zimbabwe Under-21 women’s hockey team is gearing up for tomorrow’s crucial showdown against Kenya in the ongoing Junior Africa Cup (JAC 2024) in Windhoek, Namibia. With a record of two wins and two losses so far, the stakes couldn’t be higher for the young squad, which is vying for a…