BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Losson Mtongwiza has been elected new president of the Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) at an elective AGM in Harare this morning. 50-year-old Mtongwiza now takes over from Aaron Jani, the outgoing president, who was bidding to...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe has opted for a surprise appointment in the form of little-known local coach Jairos Tapera for June’s crucial World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and South Africa, sparking heated outcry from fans over the federation’s...

BY LOSSON MTONGWIZA HARARE – In a nutshell, what we are trying to do in as far as development is concerned is that we are trying to pick up all the 17 to 22 year-olds that are in schools that...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Veteran Zimbabwean cricket administrator Nick Chouhan has been appointed by Grassroots Cricket as a representative for the African region. Grassroots Cricket, founded by Australia-based Zimbabwean enthusiast Tawanda Karasa, is an ambitious undertaking established for the purpose...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Losson Mtongwiza has always had a romantic connection to the Rugby World Cup since he keenly followed Zimbabwe’s progress at the 1991 edition as a star-struck 17-year-old Prince Edward schoolboy. That early experience for the famed...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Gerald Sibanda, the former Zimbabwe rugby international who is now vying to head the game in his homeland, has promised to deliver with “the same energy and spirit” he was known for as a player. The...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Sean Williams, the veteran Zimbabwean cricketer, will today announce his retirement from international T20 cricket following the just ended tour of Bangladesh which has finished with an eight-wicket consolation win for the African side, SportsCast...

HARARE – Zimbabwe international Brandon Mavuta has opened up on a marijuana addiction that he says left him struggling to eat or sleep.   Speaking after Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) this week lifted his suspension for failing an inhouse drugs test, the...

HARARE – Zimbabwe cricketer Wessly Madhevere has blamed peer pressure and naïvety for assuming using recreational drugs was just a way of having “fun”. “The first thing that led me to taking drugs, specifically marijuana, I think it was just...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Former Springbok assistant coach Gert Smal, who helped South Africa win the 2007 World Cup under Jake White, has been assisting Zimbabwe’s national team as a consultant for Saturday’s international friendly with Zambia. Smal was also...