Zimbabwean-born English cricket star takes indefinite break from the game

Harare – Gary Ballance, the Harare-born cricketer, who starred for Zimbabwe at the ICC Under-19 World Cup before choosing to represent England where he helped them win the Ashes three years ago with a 3-2 victory over Australia, has taken a break from international cricket for an indefinite period for personal reasons. ...Read More

SuperSport’s rugby pundits’ row reopens racial wounds

Harare – It’s the game which some claim built the Rainbow Nation when Nelson Mandela rallied millions of blacks to embrace the Springboks in their successful adventure in winning the 1995 Rugby World Cup, in a script that even inspired a blockbuster Hollywood movie directed by Clint Eastwood. ...Read More

Boxing’s future in safe hands: Rabang

Windhoek – The future of boxing in Namibia is in safe hands, Namibia Boxing Federation (NBF) president Benjamin Rabang has said. ...Read More

50 athletes go AWOL . . . More than 200 seek asylum in Australia

Canberra – More than 200 Commonwealth Games athletes and officials remain in Australia after applying for refugee visas, with another 50 staying in the country illegally. ...Read More

Maringwa battle for football justice in Zim

Harare - Twenty years ago, he was just a 20-year-old playing in the biggest football game to feature a Zimbabwean club as Dynamos battled Ivorian giants ASEC Mimosas in the final of the CAF Champions League in Abidjan, which the West Africans won 4-2 in controversial circumstances. ...Read More