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SANDRA HOVE THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has suspended the Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) executive and board. The suspension comes in the wake of upheavals within the ZRU leadership that saw president Losson Mtongwiza being suspended over a litany of allegations before the SRC also stepped in just over a fortnight ago, calling for…

EMMANUEL MARAMBE FIVE of Zimbabwe’s best emerging chess players are aiming to make history when they compete in the World Chess Cadets Championships set for Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event, which gets underway today and concludes on October 1, has attracted budding chess players from at least 87 countries, features Open and Girls categories in the…

Emmanuel MarambeCHIEF SPORTS WRITER ZIMBABWE is looking to establish sound grassroots football structures to ensure the country not only has a solid feeder system for its national teams, but can also hold its own against the region’s and continent’s best at top level youth international tournaments in the not so distant future, Zifa president Nqobile…

Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER SIMBA Bhora are off to Botswana today where they will face Eswatini champions Nsingizini Hotspurs in a Caf Champions League preliminary round first leg encounter over the week­end, with coach Joel Luphahla keen for his charges to make a statement of intent on their African Safari debut. The reigning Castle…

Sandra Hove SPORTS WRITER TADIWANASHE Marumani delivered another T20I half century, this time scoring 50 runs in 36 deliver­ies as the Chevrons clinched their second consecutive victory over Namibia with a convincing five-wicket win at Queens Sports Club in Bula­wayo yesterday. Yesterday’s win means the Chevrons have now taken an unassailable two-nil lead in the…

Emmanuel Marambe CHIEF SPORTS WRITER ZIMBABWE is looking to establish sound grassroots football structures to ensure the country not only has a solid feeder system for its national teams, but can also hold its own against the region’s and continent’s best at top level youth international tournaments in the not so distant future, Zifa president…

Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER ZIMBABWE………………..(0) 2 COMOROS………………….(1) 3 ZIMBABWE’S bid for a place at the U17 Africa Cup of Nations went up in flames at Ngoni Sta­dium in Norton yesterday after the Comoros staged a dramatic comeback to emerge 3-2 winners in a Group A clash. Defeat for the Young Warriors meant they finished…

Emmanuel Marambe CHIEF SPORTS WRITER THE race for the Castle Lager Pre­mier Soccer League (PSL) title took another twist over the weekend as the leading pair of Simba Bhora and Scottland dropped points in a goal­less draw at Wadzanayi Stadium in Shamva, allowing 2023 champions Ngezi Platinum Stars, and debutants MWOS FC to close-in. Following…

Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER THE Northern Region Soccer League has fined N’ombeyawora coach Nesbert Saruchera and Agama Fotball Club a combined US$10 000 for acts of violence towards match officials and pitch invasion respectively. Tempers flared at the weekend when Agama substitute Emmanuel Chambara stepped up to score the goal that gave the visitors…