JOHANNESBURG – I might be thinking too far ahead of myself but since the prospect of Dynamos meeting Mzansi champions Kaizer Chiefs became a possibility in the African Champions League tournament, I have kept praying for such a blockbuster of an encounter becoming a reality. Amakhosi meet Liga Muculmana from Mozambique in the next round…
HARARE – Dynamos team manager Richard Chihoro believes the Glamour Boys have a realistic chance of progressing to this year’s African Champions League mini-league phase. DeMbare sailed through to the first round of the tournament courtesy of an impressive 4-1 aggregate win over Botswana champions Mochudi Centre Chiefs last month. Calisto Pasuwa’s men are now…
HARARE – The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) says the establishment of the domestic franchise league was a contributing factor to the problems currently bedevilling Zimbabwe Cricket. SRC director-general Charles Nhemachena, speaking for the first time since the recent fallout between ZC and the players over a salary dispute, said “questionable governance practices” have contributed…
HARARE – Swimming – a sport which gave Zimbabwe its first individual Olympic champion – still struggles to attract sponsorship despite it being potentially one of the country’s most successful sports. Mashonaland Swimming Board chairperson Niroshia Abdulla said this ahead of the National Senior Swimming Championships which start at Les Brown in Harare today. Abdulla…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) has denied allegations of racism levelled against the association by national team manager Losson Mtongwiza. In a letter addressed to ZRU president John Falkenburg and leaked to local media, Mtongwiza alleged that a cartel of white individuals within the ZRU ranks was working towards pushing out all blacks…
BULAWAYO – Former Zimbabwe international midfielder Nqobizitha “MaHumpty” Maenzanise, who passed away last Sunday, was laid to rest at West Park cemetery in Bulawayo on Wednesday. The former Merlin Husky, Highlanders, Zimbabwe Saints, AmaZulu and Chrome Stars linkman’s funeral was attended by a cross section of football personalities who included his former teammates and administrators…
HARARE – I have known Losson Mtongwiza for more than a decade now, and I have to say I have the greatest respect for the chap. Losson is a rugby man through and through, and for him to assume the position of Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) vice-president as a sprightly 25-year-old, as he did back…
HARARE – Zimbabwean tennis ace Cara Black and her Indian partner Sania Mirza bowed out of the ongoing Dubai Open tournament in a hard-fought women’s doubles first round match. Mirza and Black were defeated by Czech Republic’s Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Safarova 7-6, 5-7, 1-0 (11-9). The fourth-seeded Indo-Zimbabwean combination were hoping to capture their…
HARARE – Alpine skier Luke Steyn made history by becoming the first Zimbabwean to compete at the Winter Olympics when he came 57th in the giant slalom race in Sochi, Russia, yesterday. This was the first time Zimbabwe was being represented in Winter Olympics. It was a commendable performance by Steyn, who is ranked 1711…
HARARE – Zimbabwean golfers Micky Hough and Sheldon Steyn qualified for the Dimension Data Pro-Am that tees off this morning at Fancourt in George, South Africa. The two golfers, who had to play a pre-qualifier, now join seasoned Sunshine Tour contender Ryan Cairns as Zimbabwe’s representatives on the roster for the R3,75-million tournament. Hough shot…
