Sporting News

By Brian Matamba HARARE – The pictures circulating on social media showing a house in Strathaven, Harare, have sparked questions about the welfare of Zimbabwe’s national rugby team, the Sables, as they prepare for their historic return to the Rugby World Cup next year in Australia. The images have understandably raised concerns, particularly when presented as evidence of the conditions in which the national team is living. However, there is important context missing fro

By SportsCast Writer HARARE – Zimbabwe on Thursday unveiled Spain’s Roman Català as the new men’s senior national team football coach, deputised by his two fellow countrymen Marc Sanchez and Vicente Girona Izquierdo alongside Zimbabwean Takesure Chiragwi. Head coach Català, holder of a UEFA Pro Licence coaching certificate, had spells at CE Sabadell, CF Damm, Villareal CF and RCD Mallorca. His youthful first assistant coach, Sanchez, drew applauses from the audience at

By Enock Muchinjo HARARE – World Rugby chairman Brett Robinson will make an official visit to Zimbabwe this weekend, accompanied by Rugby Africa president Herbert Mensah and David Carrigy, the Chief of International Federations at the sport’s global governing body. Australian Robinson, who was elected in November 2024, is traveling on a mission to drum up support for Zimbabwe’s participation at the next Rugby World Cup, to be hosted in his home country towards the end of

By SportsCast Writer HARARE – Members of the Zimbabwe national rugby team have described as a “smear campaign” claims by a blogger that members of the squad have been living in deplorable conditions at a run-down house in suburban Harare. Since the current Sables Trust was established nearly three years ago and the successful 2027 World Cup vision was launched, the Sables have been housed at a luxurious and spacious home on Piers Road in Harare’s leafy Borrowdale suburb.