African Sports Spotlight

HARARE – Former Zimbabwe cricketer and administrator Ray Gripper has died at the age of 88. Opening batsman Gripper’s innings of 279 not-out for Rhodesia against Orange Free State in the 1967-68 season remained a Currie Cup record for a prolonged time. Raymond Arthur Gripper was born on 7 July 1938 in Harare (then Salisbury), in the then colony of Southern Rhodesia, Growing up. In his adulthood, Gripper balanced cricket with his full-time occupation as a farmer. He was

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HARARE – For one close-knit farming family from Rusape, northeastern Zimbabwe, 1987 was a truly special year. Two of their own featured in one of the most iconic sporting milestones in the country’s history. First cousins Kenyon Ziehl and Kevin Curran, both Rusape born-and-bred, went to the World Cup five months apart. In the same calendar year, in two different sports. Fast forward, a World Cup for Zimbabwe in both rugby and cricket, in the same year, is a feat the Afr