Zimbabwe’s Young Sables destroy Côte d’Ivoire to open Africa Cup title defence in style
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NAIROBI – Defending champions Zimbabwe hammered miserable Côte d'Ivoire 55-0 in their first match of the Rugby Under-20 Africa Cup in Kenyan capital Nairobi in a strong statement of intent on Saturday morning.
The Young Sables emerged...
Ex-Sports Minister Coltart and historic Zim coach Murphy lead tribute to ‘Bucky’ Buchanan, a...
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HARARE – Former Zimbabwe Sports and Education Minister David Coltart and ex-national team coach Brian Murphy have led tributes following the death this week of Iain “Bucky” Buchanan, one of the country’s most capped rugby internationals and...
Gary Ballance retires from cricket less than a year after switching allegiance from England...
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HARARE – Former England batsman Gary Ballance, who recently switched international allegiance to his native Zimbabwe and scored a century on his Test debut for the Southern African side, against the West Indies in Bulawayo in February,...
‘Loosing is not an option’: declares De Souza as Zimbabwe bid to retain Under-20...
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HARARE – Zimbabwe Under-20 rugby coach Shaun De Souza has declared that “loosing is not an option” as the Young Sables launch defence of their Africa Cup title in Kenya next week.
De Souza’s charges last year in...
‘New Zimbabwean T10 cricket tournament to be free of match-fixing’
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HARARE – Zimbabwe’s new mega T10 cricket tournament will be safe from matching-fixing and illegal bookmakers, organisers have said.
On Friday, the African nation became the second full member of the ICC after Sri Lanka to launch a...
Zimbabwe’s rookies face brute foce of Namibians in Goshawks’ Mzansi Challenge opener
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HARARE – Zimbabwe returns to action in rugby for the first time since the disappointment of yet another failed World Cup bid, opening their Mzansi Challenge campaign against old foes Namibia at Harare Sports Club on Saturday.
As...
‘I love him, I love him’: Luton boss Edwards praises Zimbabwean ‘little N’Golo Kanté’...
LUTON Town boss Rob Edwards isn’t surprised if opposing teams are seeing triple when Aston Villa loanee Marvelous Nakamba, a player dubbed ‘a little N’golo Kante’ by team-mate Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu, is on the pitch for the Hatters.
The 29-year-old signed...
Zimbabwe’s Zemura signs for Udinese on free transfer from Bournemouth
AFC Bournemouth defender Jordan Zemura is set to join Serie A side Udinese this summer. The left-back's contract expires this summer and he has been linked with a Premier League move with Crystal Palace and West Ham United, as...
‘A Marvelous March’: Luton Town hails Nakamba as Zimbabwe star is Player of the...
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HARARE – Zimbabwe midfielder Marvelous Nakamba’s new lease of life at Championship side Luton Town has earned him the club’s Player-of-the-Month award for March following sublime performances in the middle of the park for The Hatters.
Nakamba was...
Zimbabwean-born coaching high priest Ian McIntosh: a great rugby pioneer and legend
CAPE TOWN – He carried the rare distinction of drawing his first and last Tests in charge of the Springboks.
Nothing else about Ian McIntosh's coaching career drew such ambiguity.
McIntosh, one of Zimbabwe's and this country's most prominent and respected...