HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket yesterday named two squads for next month’s tour of the West Indies, naming just one player without a cap in any of the three formats. 22-year-old Mashonaland Eagles spinner Tino Mutombodzi, who will return home after the ODIs and Twenty20 internationals, is the only player in both squads who has not…
HARARE – Representatives from English Premiership sides West Bromwich Albion and West Ham United are expected to jet into the country this afternoon for a two- week talent identification mission at Harare’s Manhingi Academy. Paul Andre Gibbons, an ex- West Brom coach now based in the United States, will be joined by West Ham’s Mike…
HARARE – Race remains an overriding issue in Zimbabwean cricket, a sport that was a keystone of white Zimbabwean identity in the past. But times have changed. Most cricket players in Zimbabwe now are black – as are around 98 per cent of the population – although national representative teams from age-groups to the senior…
BULAWAYO – Zimbabwean football giants Highlanders and former South African champions Mamelodi Sundowns have sounded the war cry for today’s tour opener at Barbourfields Stadium. Speaking in separate interviews yesterday, the two coaches predicted a tough encounter that is likely to be played in a competitive spirit. “Sundowns is a big club in the region…
HARARE – Motor Action coach Joey Antipas will next month leave for a one-month coaching attachment with German champions Borussia Dortmund and Danish top flight outfit Brondy FC. The ex-Zimbabwe national team assistant coach will be returning to Europe for the second time in two years following a similar arrangement in 2011, where he had…
HARARE – Zimbabwean coach Wilfred Mugeyi has taken a bold and risky career step after joining serial coach-sackers Chippa United in the South African Absa Premiership yesterday. The former Warriors forward becomes the fourth coach to be hired by the club inside the last five months after taking over from Farouk Abrahams, who left the…
HARARE – The protracted transfer saga of forward Francisco Zekumbawire to Dynamos is likely to drag on following the Zimbabwe champions’ persistence that Hwange’s asking price is too high. DeMbare desperately need the big striker to bolster their squad ahead of the African Champions League preliminary round qualifier against Lesotho Correction Services next month as…
HARARE – Harare Province will host this year’s edition of National Association of Secondary Heads (Nash) Inter-Provincial Athletics Championships at the National Sport Stadium next month. Nash president Johnson Madhuka said the competition will also serve as trials for the Confederation of Schools Sport Association of Southern Africa Cossasa Games. “We are expecting an improvement…
HARARE – Kaizer Chiefs forward Matthew Rusike faces a tough decision as he weighs up whether to commit his international future to Zimbabwe or South Africa, it emerged yesterday. The 22-year-old midfield-cum-striker, who was born and raised in Harare, has a Zimbabwean father and a South African mother, but has represented his country of birth…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) chairman Peter Chingoka has launched a drive to tackle the problem of racism in the local game after admitting the practice was prevalent in the country. The long-serving ZC boss has moved quickly to address the issue by calling for a stakeholders’ conference to be held after the national side’s…
