JOHANNESBURG – The constant administrative shortcomings of the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) are not only harming the game but doing the country’s already battered image no good outside its borders. It is high time every Zimbabwean takes stock of the country’s reputation and this includes the media, football fans, those running the game and most…
HARARE – Rivalry will yet again be renewed when an illustrious cast of the continent’s top motocross riders converge at Donnybrook Park for the FIM Africa Continental Championship medals later this month. At least 207 riders from six countries have entered for the motocross fiesta that will run on August 29 and 30 at the…
HARARE – Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi and Alessandro Costacurta are some of the names which easily come to mind when one speaks of the best defenders in the history of the most beautiful game. Not because they are Italian, or because they played for seven-time European champions AC Milan, but it is because they left…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Rugby Union chief executive Colleen De Jong has commended the union’s partnership with Old Mutual saying it is going a long way in transforming junior rugby development in the country. At least 250 budding rugby players will converge for the inaugural Old Mutual National Inter-Community XV’s Cup Tournament today at Eaglesvale School….
HARARE – Mashonaland Central Cricket Association (MCCA) board elections ended in controversy again when for the second time William Chaitezvi was elected chairman on Friday. The first elections were held on July 18 with Chaitezvi, who is also Mashonaland West board member, and four others emerging victorious but the result was declared null and void…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s leading junior golfers are finding the going tough at the RB Global Junior Golf Tournament in Germany where they have been blown away by the high standards of their illustrious opponents. Falcon College student Justin Kersten has been the country’s only bright spark with his opening round 75 and second round 80…
HARARE – Growing up in the impoverished dormitory town of Chitungwiza, Tendai Mashonganyika thought his only ticket out of squalor was going to be cricket. With rising unemployment, crime and drug abuse rampant across most of Zimbabwe’s poor communities, cricket became the only hope for many young men. Mashonganyika, a right-handed batsman, decided to follow…
HARARE – CAPS United striker Leonard Tsipa is in a race to be fit for Sunday’s Chibuku Super Cup clash against ZPC Kariba at Rufaro Stadium. The veteran striker, who returned to the Green Machine at the start of the season, has been the focal point of the Harare giant’s attack. Tsipa has spent the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe wheelchair tennis ace Nyasha Mharakurwa is hopeful of regaining full fitness and his form on the court after a long period on the sidelines with an elbow injury. Mharakurwa, who has won the Zimbabwe Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability award five times, has battled with the injury in the last…
HARARE – All-rounder Sean Williams does not remember a time when Zimbabwe were one match away from clinching an ODI series and wants to see the side come out guns blazing in today’s decider against New Zealand. Now 28, Williams was barely 14 the last time Zimbabwe enjoyed a series win over a major cricketing…
