New Zealand highlighted the gulf in international cricket when they bowled Zimbabwe out twice yesterday to win the only test match of their tour at McLean Park in Napier by an innings and 301 runs.

Albert marufu
The Mighty Warriors technical team has decided to bring back forgotten striker Rufaro Machingura in the fold as they prepare to finish off the Lady Zebras at Rufaro this afternoon. 

By Brian Nkiwane
HARARE giants DeMbare will be ready to unleash their new acquisitions when they take on Hwange in the semi-finals of the Bob 88 Super Cup at Barbourfields this afternoon.

A goal in each half by Donald Ngoma and Joel Ngodzo was enough to send FC Platinum to the finals of the Bob 88 Super Cup after beating Motor Action 2-1 at Sakubva yesterday.

CAPS United assistant coach Joel Luphahla is optimistic his team is going to perform well in the four-team tournament set for Peter Mokaba Stadium today.
The invitational tournament will feature the former cup Kings, Mamelodi Sundowns, Black Leopards and Power Dynamos from Zambia.

Brian Nkiwane

THE Warriors failed to qualify for Africa’s bi-annual tournament, the 2012 Africa Nations Cup (Afcon) currently underway in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
It is disheartening as it means the team has failed to qualify for the tournament for the third consecutive time.

By Albert Marufu
Zifa president Cuthbert Dube’s company Buymore Investments has never donated money to the association, but gave them as loans which need to be paid back.

DAKAR — Senegal’s opposition yesterday called for more “resistance” against President Abdoulaye Wade, after a night of riots over his plans to run for a third term in elections next month.

By Brian Nkiwane
EVERY athlete has a secret to success, some of it bordering on superstition.
For Precious Kachasu, world-class wheelchair tennis, basketball and javelin player, who won a silver medal for Zimbabwe at the Maputo all Africa Games last year, the secret is in  her breakfast. 

BY ALBERT MARUFU
ZIMBABWE Rugby Union’s four national team  committees responsible for the Sables, Young Sables, Pangolins, and the Cheetahs are in a race against time to appoint the respective teams’ technical departments ahead of their forthcoming tournaments.

BY ALBERT MARUFU
HARARE’S Market Square, situated in the down-town part of the central business district, is just like any other terminus in the city.
Noise from travelling passengers, often drowned by obscene words from touts and smelling toilets, are the order of the day.

Learning golf with Mabikacheche

It is crucial that I go into details of some of the new changes which came into effect on January 1.
Under definitions, there is now a new definition for “addressing the ball” namely, a player has “addressed the ball” when he has grounded his club immediately in front of or immediately behind the ball, whether or not he has taken his stance.

BY Brian Nkiwane
ZIMBABWE Paralympic Committee (ZPC) has finally decided to take part in the Nedbank Championships that are set for Durban, South Africa from March 24 to 28.

By Brian Nkiwane
FOOTBALL experts have called for a speedy solution to the crisis in Division One football that has seen promotional issues in the Northern and Central regions being taken to the courts to avoid delays in the start of the 2012 Premier Soccer League season.

BY ALBERT MARUFU
FORMER Warriors midfielder Willard Mashingila-Khumalo believes that the Dream Team’s clash against musicians in a charity match at Rufaro this afternoon will bring back fond memories of the good old days of Zimbabwean football.

By Mike Madyira
CAF Confederations Cup participants Hwange have pardoned three of the six senior players the club fired last week.

BY ALBERT MARUFU
VETERAN administrator John Falkenberg has taken over the reins of the financially troubled Zimbabwe Rugby Union whose annual general meeting was held at Old Georgians sports club yesterday.

BY ALBERT MARUFU
ZIMBABWE tennis queen Valeria Bhunu will be hoping to take her form that saw her win the NetOne Zimbabwe Tennis Open tournament to the ITF East Africa 18 and Under Junior circuit in Kenya.

BY BRIAN NKIWANE
DESPITE the fact that the country’s economy is on a recovery path, with the domestic football league having started attracting sponsors, the country continues to lose top-class players thereby depleting our national teams in all age groups.

BY BRIAN NKIWANE
ZIMBABWE will this year host the Southern Region Youth Championships for the first time in three years.
The championships are set for April.