By Anesu Chakanetsa
“TAKAVA nerufaro muRufaro nekuda kwaRufaro.”
That was an exclusive pun from the late President Robert Mugabe after Rufaro Muchingura played the tournament of her life in 2011.
She had scored a winner for the Mighty Warriors in the final against Banyana Banyana of South...
By Anesu Chakanetsa
LIKE St Paul’s Musami triumph to Premier League glory in 1966 and Kirsty Coventry’s rise in the Sydney waters in the 2000 Olympics, Morocco has been the surprise package of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
And the search engines of people were busy...
By Anesu Chakanetsa
MOST Zimbabwean fans following the world soccer jamboree sided with Sub-Saharan nations that qualified for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Unfortunately, all of them have since fallen by the wayside.
And when ‘The Lions of Teranga’ (Senegal), were being mauled by the 'Three Lions'...
By Anesu Chakanetsa
THE quadrennial World Cup finally kicked off on Sunday.
It has not been a smooth road for the hosts Qatar to finally get to this day where the Western media, like always, has been making noise over so-called abuse of ‘human rights’ in...
By Anesu Chakanetsa
IT is exactly a month before nations battle it out in the world’s biggest tournament to be held in Qatar, the FIFA World Cup.
There will be a mix of different cultures and traditions for players, fans and officials who will make it...
By Anesu Chakanetsa
RECENTLY, the football fraternity experienced a horrible incident when at least 125 people were killed and dozens more injured in a riot and stampede at an Indonesian football stadium.
The tragedy in the eastern city of Malang has been described as one of...
By Anesu Chakanetsa
ZIMBABWEANS are hungry for international football, but sadly the powers that be seem to be on a sabbatical.
The green or gold national teams' replicas continue to gather dust in respective closets following the country’s suspension by FIFA.
The Warriors, the Mighty Warriors and...
BRAZIL’s record last season makes impressive reading: 10 wins and three draws, with 30 goals scored and just four conceded.
It might be thought, then, that the team would be sailing in the calmest of waters in the buildup to the World Cup.
But coach Tite...
By Sheldon Hakata
IN Zimbabwe, our women’s journey in sport has not been rosy.
However, they have gained a lot of ground and established their niche on the sporting landscape.
Access to sport has considerably developed over the decades, as sport has become part of most schools’...
By Anesu Chakanetsa
AFRICA has got talent.
But it is not being rewarded.
Europe is underpaying African greats.
After their 2-1 defeat on Monday evening by Manchester United, Liverpool was rightly said to be struggling in the absence of the talented Sadio Mane who now plies his trade...
By Anesu Chakanetsa
THE so-called big leagues in Europe began this month and a lot is already happening locally.
Last week, Manchester United were decimated by the ‘small’ Brentford 4-0 and a lot of sympathy went to Manchester United fans.
But then, an unfortunate incident happened in...
By Anesu Chakanetsa
SHOCKING news hit the media last week when Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis said African players who wish to join Napoli should consider themselves not being available for any future Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) events.
The Napoli president said players who sign...
