Sporting News

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

BY TINO MOMBESHORA HARARE – I love travelling and exploring, when the pocket allows and there’s the real prospect of experiencing something totally new and exciting. So as a big fan of Zimbabwean sport, Uganda was the perfect destination, to witness the 2025 Rugby Africa Cup, a qualification competition for the 2027 Rugby World Cup. At the same time, an opportunity to discover the “Pearl of Africa”, as this East African country proudly calls itself. I’d never been to Ug

BY CRISPEN MHIKE HARARE – Mathew Mbundire, who passed away suddenly in Harare on Tuesday just seven days shy of his 60th birthday, had a career that stood firmly as testament to his passion for developing young people. Mukoma Mathew began his journey as the Sports Director at St John’s Preparatory School in Harare, where he shaped the character of countless young athletes across generations. His natural leadership skills and dedication eventually led him to the role of