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Warriors AFCON dream

By Anesu Chakanetsa THE Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is a great tournament.  Those who were advocating its postponement were left with egg on their face not only because it is currently underway, but also due to the events unfolding in the beautiful cities of Cameroon....

More talk less action in Zim sport.

By Anesu Chakanetsa FOR the past two years, there has been a lot of activity in sport, not on the field of play, but on the tables, on facebook, on Twitter and in the courts. The fun in sport has been steadily eroded by a lot...

AFCON 2021 should be last supper for Billiat

By Anesu Chakanetsa IT is barely a month to go before the Warriors start preparations for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2021 edition in Cameroon, but the football atmosphere in Zimbabwe has become dramatic. On his Twitter account, Khama Billiat announced that he is hanging...

Letter to Bonne

By Anesu Chakanetsa DEAR Macauley Bonne. Football is a beautiful game not a soapie series where a script writer always tries to get people curious all the time.  The Zimbabwe football fraternity is tired of ‘Next on Macauley Bonne’s Warriors call-up’.  Senior men’s national team gaffer, Norman Mapeza...

Sad day in boxing

By Anesu Chakanetsa IT is devastating for one to die doing what he/she likes, as is the case with Taurai Zimunya who died recently after being knocked out in a boxing match.  And many questions are being raised concerning the game of boxing, evidenced by comments...

Black athletes who changed the world

COULD you imagine sports without the Williams sisters orLeBron James?  It’s pretty difficult to picture, huh?  But, as we all know, there once was a time when black athletes weren’t allowed to be on the same playing field as white people.  Fortunately, there were African-American players who...

Watson: The forgotten black football hero

Sports Reporter  JUST like how the West has tried to outrightly scrap black history in politics and battle of patents, so is the case in sport.   England and its so-called heroes take credit for being football ‘inventors’, yet history shows that football started as game...

Will Motsepe save Southern Africa?

By Anesu Chakanetsa THE hot stick of African football presidency has finally landed in the most southern part of Africa, near where the beautiful country of Zimbabwe lies.  The maverick Dr Patrice Motsepe comes to the throne, finally bringing an end to the hullabaloo by different...

Soccer politics and imperialism…as Infantino takes over Africa

By Anesu Chakanetsa SOUTH AFRICAN billionaire Patrice Motsepe is projected to take over the Confederation of African Football (CAF) presidency on Friday next week following a series of fishy diplomatic moves. Many a South African sports journalist carried a story where FIFA had put all its...

Zimbabwe date Afghanistan

By Alvin Madzivanzira ZIMBABWE senior men’s cricket team, the Chevrons, go into battle on Tuesday when they play Afghanistan in first of the two Test match series.  The matches are scheduled for March 2-6 and 10-14 at Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The two nations meet...

Should we persecute Loga?

By Alvin Madzivanzira THE nation came out guns blazing on Zimbabwe senior men’s football team coach Zdravko Logarusic recently for the Warriors’ poor performance at the CHAN finals in Cameroon. The performance by the national team is one of the poorest shows the Warriors have ever...

FC Platinum host Senegalese side

By Alvin Madzivanzira ZIMBABWE giants FC Platinum go into battle this Sunday against Senegalese side ASC Jaraaf in a Confederation Cup group match first leg play off.  The match will be played at the National Sports Stadium. The Senegalese visitors arrived at the Robert Mugabe International Airport...

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