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FIFA’s appointment of a normalisation committee to run the affairs of the Guinea Football Federation, means two of the 2021 AFCON finals Group B countries are likely to be under caretaker leaders at their national football associations. The Sylie Nationale and the Warriors were placed in Group B, at the …

By Gilbert MunetsiYouth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister Kirsty Coventry is expected to appoint a new Boxing and Wrestling Control Board before the end of the year, an official at the commission revealed last week. Zimbabwe National Boxing and Wrestling Control Board (ZNBWCB) general secretary, Lawrence Zimbudzana, told Nhau that …

By Gilbert Munetsi Six year-old Wilfred Mashaya Jnr this week became the youngest of five other contestants who participated and scooped medals in the second edition of the recent International Karate and Kobudo Championships in India. The competitions were hosted by Shihan Ayan Chakraborty under the Traditional Karate-do Okinawa Kobudo …

By Gilbert Munetsi Zimbabwe will in March 2022 host the World Boxing Council All-Africa officials training workshop, a key takeaway that was endorsed at the recently ended 59th WBC convention held at the Presidente Intercontinental Hotel in Mexico City. This year was the first time Zimbabwe was represented at this …

By Gilbert Munetsi Zimbabwe Boxing Federation technical director Steven Masiyambumbi recently became the only referee/judge from the Southern African region invited to officiate at the AIBA World Men’s Championships. The global boxing extravaganza took place in Belgrade, Serbia, between October 22-November 7 this year. His call to duty came at …

By Gilbert MunetsiThe Zimbabwe U17 girls’ football squad is yet to go into camp ahead of the Zone 5 Youth Games penciled in for Setsoto Stadium in Maseru (Lesotho) early December this year. Placed in Group A, Zimbabwe has been drawn against Botswana who they play on December 1st, Zambia …

By Gilbert Munetsi Boxing progidy Charles Manyuchi is poised to defend his three world boxing titles and vie for yet another in January next year as he traces his roots back to his former stable, Oriental Quarries Boxing Promotions, of Zambia. The celebrated fighter is the reigning World Boxing Federation …

By Gilbert Munetsi The late professional boxer Taurai Zimunya – who passed on following a boxing contest that later turned fatal last Sunday – was laid to rest yesterday at Restland Cemetery in the high density suburb of Dzivaresekwa. For a budding boxer building a career in a sport ironically …

By Gilbert Munetsi Procrastination on the part of the Ministry of Youth, Sports, Arts and Recreation to appoint a boxing board of control has been blamed for the tragedy that recently struck the sport of boxing leading to the death of a boxer. Taurai Zimunya (24) died hours after subjection to …

By Gilbert Munetsi A professional non-title bout for an-up-and-coming pugilist, Taurai Zimunya, ended fatally after the young boxer later succumbed to head injuries sustained in a bantamweight contest. News of his passing on hit the local boxing community on the social media portal, Boxing Business Contacts, early this morning. The …