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2023 heartbreaks in sport

By Anesu Chakanetsa THE Zimbabwe contingent for the Paris 2024 Olympics is gradually diminishing as the Zimbabwe Sevens Rugby team disappointed fans after they were beaten by Uganda in the quarter finals. They went on to be trashed by Madagascar in the third place play-off.  In front...

Down memory lane

By Fidelis Manyange BORN and bred in Dzivaresekwa High Density Suburb, Point Kanyongo, known in the football fraternity as Jah B, started playing football in the early 1980s when he was doing his primary education at Gombo Primary School. He played in the first team against...

A football feast for Easter 

PSL preview with Anesu Chakanetsa HIGHLANDERS has just set an early challenge. Pictures of Barbourfields Stadium stands filled with men and women in black and white rallying behind Highlanders in a must-win game against FC Platinum on Sunday made the rounds on social media, whetting the...

Will Bosso break the jinx?

League preview with Anesu Chakanetsa WEEK three of the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League (PSL) match-ups promises a lot of drama. Most of the fixtures are competing teams which are tied on head-to-head in all the league matches they have played against each other. However, the match...

Is Caps Untd back to winning ways?

BY Anesu Chakanetsa QUIET they were during the pre-season workouts and hungry they looked on the field of play. Caps United, the Green Machine looked smart, both with the ball as well as attire and made a decent start to the season, beating Manica Diamonds 2-0...

Cricket on the rebound

By Anesu Chakanetsa IT continues to be a busy schedule for Zimbabwe cricket.  Just like what is happening with football, though the script might be different, Cricket Zimbabwe had endured pain in the rain, but have defied all odds. Coming from the barbaric whims of political sabotage...

Bring it on PSL!

By Anesu Chakanetsa THE 2023 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League season, which kicks off on March 18, promises nothing but fireworks. It’s a combination of science and geography, a mix of everything to prove possibilities. It’s Sheashum constructed, oiled with fine Greenfuels, switched on by Hwange and ZPC...

Triathlon thriller in Nyanga…promoting sports tourism

By Sheldon Hakata SPORT is an essential part of our lives and a foundation to positive living. It assists in developing confidence and completing a personality while keeping our bodies fit and increasing mental sharpness. Sport helps us learn to tackle problems in life and how to...

Spare a thought for basketball …qualifiers on cards

By Anesu Chakanetsa BULAWAYO will host the AfroCan and AfroBasket basketball qualifiers at the ZITF (Hall 3) from February 20 to February 28 2023 . Some teams in the region have confirmed their participation.  Angola, Zambia, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe will compete in the Women’s AfroBasket Zone Six...

Europe’s economics killing world football

By Anesu Chakanetsa THE transfer business in Europe has really gone to the dogs, to the extent other level-headed Europeans are now realising (like The Patriot before them) that these football economics have the potential to kill the game forever. There will never be any balance...

60 years of glamour but…

By Anesu Chakanetsa ON January 18 1963, Dynamos Football Club was born. Over the years, the nation’s biggest team has had its highs and lows.  Currently, they seem to be suffering from the latter phenomenon, especially for the past five-or-so years In January alone, Dynamos made 10 new...

Celebrating skillful Samaneka‘…junior policy key’

By Anesu Chakanetsa RONALDINHO did the elastic dribble with his legs, but Marvel Samaneka did it with the head; a skill that was just out of this world.  Cry our beloved past that has a deep void in keeping records that always continue to get Africa...

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