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BY SPORTSCAST WRITER PRETORIA – A new rugby case study developed by Zimbabwean-born and South African-based coach Kennedy Tsimba is exploring whether Africa's unique sporting environments may offer valuable insights into the future evolution of rugby. Known as the Shift Theory, the work examines the transition and unstructured moments of the game, the periods between set plays and organised phase structures where players must adapt, make rapid decisions and respond to chan

BY ENOCK MUCHINJO HARARE – Like Brendan Taylor, Tarisai Musakanda has been honest enough about the personal turbulence that threatened to tear apart not only his cricket career, but also himself. Musakanda was last week named in the two squads for the Zimbabwe ‘A’ tour of Bangladesh this June, returning to the reckoning for the first time since he last featured at any level of international cricket nearly four years ago. Tarisai Musakanda enjoyed a fruitful season with

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Sables star winger Matt McNab has signed for Coventry Rugby Club after leaving fellow English Premiership side Doncaster Knights, moving to a city where another Zimbabwean, Peter Ndlovu, made his historic breakthrough in football more than three decades ago. Bulawayo-born McNab (27) is joining his third Champ Rugby club with an impressive record in the second tier of England’s rugby system, having made 71 appearances in the league and scoring 3