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THE Confederations Cup is the traditional dress rehearsal for the FIFA World Cup. And as far as dress rehearsals go, the 2009 Confederations Cup recently held in South Africa was a splendid advert for this Rainbow nation.
The possible strike by construction workers will not affect the deadline to have 2010 FIFA World Cup stadia completed six months ahead of the tournament.
THE club vs country question is likely to disrupt Zimbabwe rugby coach Brendan Dawson's plans for the inaugural Confederation of African Rugby (Car) Trophy in Gaborone, Botswana, in a fortnight.
The national rugby team, the Welwitschias, followed their disappointing 13-13 draw in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, with a quality and dominant 54-14 win at home in the return leg last week.
FORMER Zimbabwe cricket captain and pace bowler Heath Streak says Zimbabwe would enjoy an advantage if they went for an all-out pace attack against Bangladesh next month.
CARA Black and Kevin Ullyett -- the two Zimbabweans playing at Wimbledon -- had mixed fortunes yesterday in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles.
Former Nigeria junior international, Peter Nieketien, has advised the players and coaches of the Super Eagles not to be carried away by the goalless score-line with Tunisia's Carthage Eagles in last month's 2010 World Cup qualifiers in Tunis.
Minister of Sports and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Sani Ndanusa, has restated the country's desire to invest heavily in international sports politics to enhance the nation's political and technical standing in the global sports arena.
THE Namibia Premier League will only have three categories when it holds its awards for the football season on July 10.
side football team participation in the first stage of the fifth edition of the "Great Prize of Brazil in Futsal" was considered as reasonable by a top official of this sport, Luís Mourão.
They are now second in Africa and 29th on the world stage.
EAGLES have handed Bigboy Mawiwi the job as head coach at the club - just less than a week after they sent their promotion-winning coach Mike Madzivanyika packing - and the former Lengthens coach has already started work at his new team.
KARATEKA Samson Muripo, the first full contact world karate champion from Africa, attributed his victory at the recent world championships to perseverance and dedication.
THE Sokhaya tournament, a soccer event designed for women living with HIV and Aids, is now going places.
ONE of Zimbabwe's biggest football fans, Promise Chabata, has blasted the leadership of the Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters' Association for chaotic arrangements that resulted in the bungling of the trip to watch the Confederations Cup final.
THE Zimbabwe Rugby Union has this year cancelled the annual inter-provincial tournament that is used as a basis for selecting national team players for the Sables.
THE junior squash development programme in this country received a major boost yesterday when one of its traditional sponsors announced that it was repackaging its sponsorship of the sport in schools this year, Collin Matiza writes.
AS the 13th British and Irish Lions' tour of South Africa in 121 years draws to a close, with the final Test at Ellis Park in Johannesburg tomorrow, it's a remarkable tribute to the productivity of Zimbabwean rugby that the ailing game continues to bathe in the global spotlight.
Onochie, How I wish you are watching South Africa's Bafana Bafana match and Spain. When will Nigeria's Super Eagles play with this type of zeal and determination? Again, I wish coach Amodu Shuaibu can learn about the current kick and rush football. Thanks, Nwosu Marius.
OLIVIER Costa is ready to power his Subaru N11 series in the Zambia International Rally after a useful reccing session yesterday.
WITH exactly 33 days to the 25th FIBA Africa Nations Championship for Men (Afrobasket 2009) in Libya, teams have stopped at nothing to make sure they are in the best possible shape. Rwanda's Group D opponent Morocco has been locked in the Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy.
Atraco FC's attacking winger Joseph Kabagambe's transfer to Sudanese side Al-Neel has hit a snag after confirmed reports that the player has failed to get an International Transfer Certificate (ITC).
AMAVUBI Stars fly to Cairo this afternoon ahead of Sunday's 2010 World /Africa Nations Cup qualifier against Egypt. The 30-man contingent leaves aboard Kenya Airways at 1pm.
Flying Eagles Chief Coach, Samson Siasia will soon commence final preparations for the 2009 FIFA junior World Cup as he gets set to lead his team out of the country on Wednesday to a training camp in Qatar.
Nigerian football referees who have suffered so much criticism in recent times over their inability to be picked by FIFA, the world's football ruling body to officiate at its major championships have vowed to silence their critics with superlative performance at the 2014 World Cup to be hosted by Brazil.
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