MOROCCO’S renewed focus on grassroots football is beginning to pay dividends following the qualification of Morocco’s Under 20 national team for next year’s Nations Cup in Mauritania after a 15-year absence. Morocco’s Under 20 team last qualified for the tournament in 2005 but the seeds of development that the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF)…
By Aaron Nhawu HARARE Body Building and Fitness Association (HBBFA) is set to host their only event of the year, the Harare Classic Open at the Zimbabwe College of Music in the capital this Saturday. The athletes are scheduled to battle for supremacy in various categories including senior men body building, men physique, men…
Austin Karonga SENIOR SPORTS WRITER karongaa@dailynews.co.zw THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has vowed to get rid of “weeds” within Zifa who are resisting efforts to bring sanity back into the football governing body. The two associations have made headlines in recent weeks following the suspension of Zifa secretary-general Joseph Mamutse by the SRC last…
Austin Karonga SENIOR SPORTS WRITER karongaa@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Netball Association (Zina) has lined up a packed calendar that will see a lot of activity both locally and in the region. Following the recent clearance by the ministry of Sport to resume netball activities which was communicated to the association by the Sports and Recreation Commission on…
THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has vowed to get rid of “weeds” within Zifa who are resisting efforts to bring sanity back into the football governing body. The two associations have made headlines in recent weeks following the suspension of Zifa secretary general Joseph Mamutse by the SRC last month. The SRC said Mamutse…
By Aaron Nhawu ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe is set to host the Vic Falls Marathon tomorrow which will be held virtually due to the Covid-19 restrictions. At least 5 000 local and international athletes are expected to take part in this year’s historic event, now easily one of Africa’s largest marathons. The event attracted more…
ZIMBABWE born former international rugby player Tendai “Beast” Mtawarira has been named in the World Rugby Team of the Decade. The Beast, as he is affectionately known in rugby circles, called time on his international career in style after winning the 2019 Rugby World Cup with South Africa. The former Peterhouse and Churchill schoolboy rep…
By Aaron Nhawu ZIMBABWE Volleyball Association (ZVA)’s elective congress held at Chevron Hotel in Masvingo on Saturday ushered in a new leadership, with former treasurer Mxolisi Ndlovu ascending to the throne as the new president. Ndlovu, who was recently appointed Zone VI treasurer following the election of former ZVA president Ringisai Mapondera to the regional…
ZIFA has proposed the first week of March next year for the resumption of Premier Soccer League pending local clubs approval. The return of local football had been in doubt in recent weeks following the proposed bio bubble concept which Zifa described as a Sports and Recreation Commission concept thrown at them by the sports…
THE tiff between Zifa and the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) could see Zimbabwe facing the wrath of Fifa as the latter’s action is deemed government interference. This comes as the SRC admitted that it is wrong in its conduct particularly on the suspension of Zifa general secretary Joseph Mamutse. Mamutse was suspended by SRC…
