Sports

THE Sports and Recreation Commission have turned down the request by Premiership football giants Highlanders to hold their Annual General Meeting had been scheduled for this weekend. Bosso were also looking to hold their elections next week but the sports governing body recommended that the events be postponed to a …

ZIFA have launched investigations to establish how defender Qadr Amini ended up in the Warriors’ line-up in the final Group A match against Mali at the CHAN tournament on Sunday despite expert advice to exclude him on health grounds. Amini, who was rested for the opening two matches because of …

ZIMBABWEAN professional golfer Robson Chinhoi managed to remain in the top ten of the Road to Kenya Open despite playing few tournaments. Chinhoi has now amassed 272 points and is sitting on sixth position after he took part in five tournaments. Chinhoi will have an opportunity to play in the …

WITH increasing uncertainty surrounding the future of football in the country driving both professional and amateur players into desperation, more and more of them have found solace in innovation. The latest in that growing list of footballers to secure a side occupation, at least for the duration of the Covid-19 …

ZIMBABWEAN football has been on an extended and indefinite hiatus defaultly caused by the marauding and deadly coronavirus pandemic. This has been an uncomfortable break, especially for football players and other support staff in football whose livelihoods virtually depends on the smooth running of the beautiful game. Clubs that pay …

ZIMBABWE’S long distance runner Munyaradzai Jari has been left disappointed following the postponement of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon. Jari is one of the several distance runners the National Athletics Association of Zimbabwe is hoping will make the qualifying time for marathon, for the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. …

The demise and decline of the football standards in Zimbabwe has reached dizzy heights of gross incompetence, terrifying decadence and extremely dangerous to the very survival of the game as a sport for wider multitudes in the grassroots levels across the country as we witnessed another disastrous episode in Cameroon …

ZIMBABWE international midfielder Marvelous Nakamba, who has been subject of intense speculations during the current transfer window, has proved why he is still key for English Premiership football side Aston Villa. The 27-year-old put up a blinding performance in midfield as aDean Smith’s men defeated Newcastle 2-0 at Villa Park …

SPORTS facilities remain important for the development, growth and success of the sector worldwide and for Zimbabwe it is one of the concerns that need to be addressed. Most of the facilities in the country are in a dilapidated state, which has seen some sporting disciplines such as hockey and …

The Zimbabwe Handball Federation has indefinitely put on hold their elective general meeting that had been scheduled for last Saturday at Girls High School in Harare. The national federation had engaged the Sports Commission for approval to go ahead with their elections for the national executive following the suspension of …