Sport

HARARE – Sports minister David Coltart yesterday announced the new Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) board, returning lawyer Joseph James as chairperson. Bulawayo-based James, a former lower league football player, will lead the eight-member board of the country’s supreme sport governing association. Experienced athletics administrator Edward Siwela has also been retained from the previous board,…

HARARE – New Zimbabwe football coach Klaus-Dieter Pagels began his reign on a positive note when his youthful Warriors team completed a comeback win over Botswana in an international friendly yesterday. First half goals from Khama Billiat and captain Denver Mukamba cancelled out Lemponye Tshireletso’s early opener for Botswana. The Zebras got off to a…

HARARE – The trial of former Zifa chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya took a dramatic twist yesterday after sensational claims by former Young Warriors manager Bekithemba Ndlovu that he masterminded the Asiagate match-fixing scam, not Rushwaya. Ndlovu, a former Monomotapa Football Club official, put himself in the line of fire yesterday after admitting, while testifying in…

HARARE – Former Zimbabwe football captain Peter Ndlovu has been accused of trying to “unjustly enrich” himself by demanding $55 000 from former employer Twalumba Holdings. Cross-examining Ndlovu yesterday, Twalumba lawyer Pardon Makuwaza said the country’s most decorated footballer was not entitled to the money. Ndlovu is demanding $55 000 from Twalumba or a suburban…

HARARE – The SPAR and Lion Lager Summer Series get underway at Old Hararians on Saturday under a new format set to give Zimbabwe Sevens Rugby selectors a better view of the talent on offer. With the Harare International Sevens tournament slated for March in Harare fast approaching, selectors feel this edition of the Summer…

HARARE – New Zimbabwe football coach Klaus-Dieter Pagels says he will only pick players who fit his philosophy as this afternoon’s international friendly against Botswana mark the start of a new era for the Warriors. The Warriors, who will be playing their first international since the disbandment of the entire national side in October, take…

HARARE – Nelson Maziwisa reckons his goal-scoring form in the pre-season tour of Zambia at the weekend has shown he has the pedigree to shine at FC Platinum in the upcoming season. The country’s deadliest striker, who re-joined Platinum during the off-season from a loan spell at Zvishavane neighbours Shabanie Mine, bagged a brace in…

HARARE – Ajax Cape Town midfielder Tafadzwa Rusike said he is happy to bounce back into the Warriors’ fold after an extended spell on the sidelines. Rusike, who has seen very little playing time this season at his Super Diski club Ajax, is one of a number of players making an international comeback after getting…

HARARE – Kaizer Chiefs forward Matthew Rusike yesterday declared his allegiance to Zimbabwe after joining the Warriors’ camp for tomorrow’s international friendly with Botswana. The 22-year-year-old midfielder-cum-striker honoured his Warriors call-up after reports emanating from South Africa last week indicated that the Amakhosi star was facing a tough decision as he weighs up whether to…

HARARE – Rising Zimbabwean chess player and one of the country’s most consistent sportsmen, Fide Master Rodwell Makoto, added another trophy to his cabinet when he won the Blairegowire Rapid title in Johannesburg over the weekend. Makoto finished with six points from seven games after winning five games and drawing two. The draws were against…