HARARE – Harare Sports Club chairman Donald Mangenje says Zimbabwean domestic rugby will resume this year despite the absence of a principal sponsor – while concerted efforts to secure finding are being made. The Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) last Thursday held an emergency meeting with clubs over plans to revive the country’s national league, which…
HARARE – His wife fears one day he will walk to the shops and forget the way back home, but George Shaya just laughs it off, insisting he is still of sound mind. Shaya is considered by many to be the greatest Zimbabwean footballer of all time, but he could fail to recollect all those…
HARARE – New Zimbabwe cricket team fielding coach Walter Chawaguta believes ‘saving every run’ is the key if the country is to realise its dream of making it into the knockout stage of the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Once lauded as one of the best fielding sides in international cricket, Zimbabwe have fallen down the…
JOHANNESBURG – They say in modern society you have to mix things to get it right. Economically you cannot flourish in isolation hence the word global world. The same applies with football. No country can be successful by having its own philosophy without integrating it with the outside world. If you get isolated, you will…
HARARE – If Zimbabwe’s national football team was scheduled to travel to an Ebola-infested nation for a crucial qualifier, how many would raise up their hands for selection? The Ebola virus that broke out in Zaire (present day Democratic Republic of Congo) and surrounding areas recorded a human affection count of 315. It killed 254…
CHITUNGWIZA – Ambitious Chitungwiza United Football Club are seeking additional sponsorship following their recent promotion into the Zifa Division Two League and keep alive their hopes of playing Premiership football by 2017 club chairman Cuthbert Razawo has said. Undeterred by hardships like travelling to away fixtures in a refuse truck, Chitungwiza United were promoted from…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has confirmed its participation at the Hong Kong Sevens, along with 27 other nations, where 2016 Olympic qualification points and promotion to core team status will be on the line. The line-up for the 2015 Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens sees the tournament retaining its status as the largest on the HSBC…
HARARE – When the 2015 Zimbabwean football season begins, just three players who were part of all four successive league titles under Calisto Pasuwa will still be with Dynamos. New coach David Mandigora has a great task ahead of him. He inherits from the revered Pasuwa a new look squad – with Augustine Mbara, Milton…
HARARE – Stephen Hunduza, one of Zimbabwe’s hottest rugby talents, has crossed the floor to join Old Georgians from city rivals Harare Sports Club ahead of the 2015 season. A product of the striving Mbare Rugby Academy, the livewire winger developed as a player of great promise last year in Zimbabwe’s failed 2015 World Cup…
HARARE – Harare Province Junior League chairman Onias Kadewere passed away yesterday ,aged 61, after a battle with tuberculosis. Kadewere, who had coaching stints with Hunyani, Buymore and Starbill, was a permanent feature at Zimbabwe Grounds in Highfield where he organised various junior football activities. At the time of his death, Kadewere was now running…
