HARARE – St John’s College student Kyle Hinde heralds a rowing team that is set to compete at the Junior World Championships to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil next month. The five-member squad of girls and boys is scheduled to leave Zimbabwe on July 30 for the five-day competition. Rowing Association of Zimbabwe…
MUTARE – Zimbabwean athletes need to select carefully the races they take part in order to produce stellar performances a senior Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) official has said. SRC Manicaland provincial Coordinator Shupikai Berejena was speaking ahead of tomorrow’s Tanganda Tea Company Half-Marathon. “Athletes should not just compete anyhow as is the case with…
BULAWAYO – Former Zimbabwe international and Highlanders defender Thulani “Biya” Ncube says junior football development must be taken seriously for the country to regain its lost glory. Ncube, who is now based in the United States, is in the country ahead of the third edition of his Under-14 Biya and Friends tournament starting today at…
JOHANNESBURG – I was having a chat with Bafana Bafana coach Ephraim Shakes Mashaba this week when he took me down the memory lane regarding Mzansi football and some of its past heroes. Although Mashaba is considered one of the greatest defenders ever, the Bafana mentor was modest in naming a host of other players…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Under-18 girls’ rugby team wrapped up their maiden tour to South Africa with a 19-0 win over South Western Districts at Glenwood High School in Durban yesterday. The result was the side’s second win of the inaugural South Africa Rugby Union Under-18 Girls Week. The Nsikelelo “Sykes” Sibanda- coached side had opened…
HARARE – the World Boxing Council (WBC) has picked an Italian referee to officiate next weekend’s Welterweight silver title fight between Zimbabwe’s Charles Manyuchi against Gianlunca Freazza set for Venice, Italy. Highly-respected Italian referee Guido Cavalleri will stand in the middle during the bout. It will not be the first time Cavelleri will be in…
HARARE – Chicken Inn coach Joey Antipas expects a strong reaction from his charges when they welcome CAPS United at Luveve Stadium this afternoon after losing to the same opponents last weekend. The Gamecocks were beaten 2-0 by the Green Machine albeit in controversial circumstances in the reverse fixture at National Sports Stadium. Antipas could…
HARARE – Mamelodi Sundowns winger Kuda Mahachi headlines a strong cast of a Young Warriors squad that will face South Africa in the 2016 Olympic Games qualifier. The Zimbabwe Under-23 side will host South Africa next weekend at Rufaro Stadium for a first round, first leg assignment with the reverse fixture set for South Africa…
HARARE – Zimbabwe cricket inability to successfully chase totals came to the fore again after they succumbed to an agonising four-run defeat against India in the first ODI here yesterday. India reached a total of 255-6 inside 50 overs after they had been asked to bat by Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura. Ambati Rayudu was the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe national team — blighted by financial woes and often chaotic preparations for big matches — yesterday rose seven places on the Fifa rankings to make a mockery of the country’s current football status. The Warriors moved from 119 to 112 on the back of impressive showings in the last two months. And…
