A FEW weeks ago I previewed Zimbabwe XI’s tour of the Netherlands and Canada for two Intercontinental Cup matches.

SHORT-LIVED England batsman Monty Lynch has become the latest overseas professional to join the Zimbabwe domestic cricket scene.
The 52-year-old former Surrey and Gloucestershire player has been signed by the Southern Rocks franchise as head coach for the upcoming 2010-11 domestic season.

DIEGO Maradona has accused the Argentine Football Association of “lies and betrayal” after his contract as national coach was not renewed.

MANCHESTER United manager Alex Ferguson has achieved astonishing success with young players in the past and his current squad show signs of being another golden generation.

ZIMBABWE Cricket’s ongoing revival exercise will receive a major boost in the next few weeks with the arrival of former Australia Test bowler Jason Gillespie to coach the Midwest Rhinos franchise.

FORMER Zimbabwe national football coach Sunday Chidzambwa has taken the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) to court to recover unpaid salaries amounting to US$67 000, a move that could disrupt the federation’s hunt for a new substantive coach.

STATISTICS don’t lie: Zimbabwe is a world-class sporting country, in individual sport — at least.

RIKI Wessels is an Australian-born, England aspiring cricketer of South African origin. His father — Kepler Wessels — played for both Australia and South Africa.

ZIMBABWE rugby coach Brendan Dawson has named his team for tomorrow’s high profile Victoria Cup match with Kenya at Harare Sports Club, the capital’s first test match of the year.

IT was an interview that leached serious passion for Zimbabwean rugby.

AFRICAN Champions League holders TP Mazembe continue the defence of their title when they play Dynamos in their opening Group A encounter on Sunday.

THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation’s failure to acquire adequate technical facilities will cost Dynamos US$136 899 in the group phase of the African champions league which begins this weekend with a home match against defending champions TP Mazembe.

ANDY Flower, the England coach, has commended the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)  for reopening cricketing ties with Zimbabwe.

DAVID Beckham admitted England’s players must take the blame for the team’s woeful performance at the World Cup.

THE long cry that begged Spain to report for duty at this World Cup was finally answered in Durban.

WITH Brazil confirmed as the hosts of the next Fifa World Cup in 2014, the race is now on for the 2018 and 2022 editions.

THE Zimbabwe A team’s upcoming tours of Netherlands and Canada mark the beginning of the country’s most important cricket season in years.

MISSING out on an Olympic medal by mere seconds still makes Brian Dzingai sad.

RAFAEL Nadal said he was going to spend time fishing and partying before setting his sights on the one Grand Slam title he has never won - the US Open.

WHEN the Uruguayan squad left their hotel in Kimberley  for the World Cup quarter-final with Ghana in Johannesburg, staff and guards at the gate bid them farewell singing “Shosholoza”.