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...
…Zim must not lag behind
By Anesu Chakanetsa
THIS year has been a wake-up call for women who think they cannot take football as a career that can uplift their lives.
After South Africa won the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) recently held in Morocco, the...
By Anesu Chakanetsa
THIS year has been a wake-up call for women who think they cannot take football as a career that can uplift their lives.
After South Africa won the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) recently held in Morocco, the South African Football Association...
By Anesu Chakanetsa
FOOTBALL, too, is like a baby which goes through infant stages up to the moment of adulthood.
The Government of Zimbabwe is investing massively in Early Childhood Development (ECD).
The authorities went to the drawing board and realised that a better future is premised...
By Anesu Chakanetsa
WHILE it has been a dark spell in Zimbabwe sport for the past five-or-so years, the Chevrons have come out of the dungeon blazing.
It has been a ping-pong affair in Zimbabwe cricket for the past two decades.
Last week, the Dave Houghton-coached side...
By Anesu Chakanetsa
IT is a clash of organisation and the vagaries of weather.
It seems Africa is always at the receiving end of the so-called global leaders of football who dictate football organisation.
Currently, nature is wreaking havoc in the West African country of Cote D’voire...
BRITISH heavyweight Derek Chisora and Kubrat Pulev will meet in a rematch at The O2 Arena on July 9 — over six years on from their first meeting.
Chisora (38) lost to the 41-year-old Bulgarian on split decision in 2016.
The Londoner has won 32 and...
By Anesu Chakanetsa.
NEVER has any African team won the biggest tournament in the World, nor went past the quarter final mark.
Painful examples are the 2010 Johannesburg World Cup quarter final match between Ghana and Uruguay.
With bated breath, Africa watched the dying seconds of extra time;...
By Anesu Chakanetsa
THE headmaster at Glen View 2 Primary School finally came out with a plan to curb violence during football matches so as not to unnecessarily lose points.
He ordered home fans, that is GV 2 Primary pupils, to use the area near the...
BRITISH football fans and officials on Sunday condemned French police for using tear gas on Liverpool supporters ahead of Saturday’s Champions League final in Paris, saying they were treated ‘like animals’.
One fan, Paul Machin, said in a YouTube video that what he witnessed in Paris...
IT is supposed to be the biggest club match on the continent, but CAF has somehow decided to shroud the Champions League final between Wydad and Al Ahly in needless controversy that takes away from the prestige of the competition.
Having long lagged far behind...
By Fidelis Manyange
AT 21 years old, he was already a star sought after by several local, South African and overseas football clubs.
After a successful stint with big local premiership clubs, in South Africa, the young talented footballer decided to hang his boots and disappeared...
