Harare-born Ballance played for Zimbabwe at Under-19 level before moving to England in 2006 as a schoolboy.

Mandaza caught the eye with his impressive individual performances for the Cheetahs Academy during the Zambezi Challenge, which was played at Harare Sports Club last weekend.

Fifa insisted that what the SRC did constituted government interference.

The Moyos took home the winner's 50 points by after coming out tops at the 2023 Harare edition season opener by posting a solid 144 points, the same number of scores as the Mbizi clan.

ZIMBABWE’S netball team, the Gems, have dropped to one spot to position 13 in the latest World Netball Rankings released by the International Netball Federation.

The last couple of years has witnessed an increase in the number of gaming dens across the country, charging players as low as US$1 for a single game match.

The Zimbabwe Open, which was first played in 1984, is one of the leading events on the Sunshine Tour, the leading men’s professional golf tour in Africa.

The gamble appeared to have paid off as Ballance had settled into a key member of the Chevrons’ batting line-up across all formats of the game.

After initially getting off to a slow start, Follet-Smith finished strongly with a closing round of 68 for a tournament total of five-under-par 283.

He finally managed his first birdie of the day on the par-four 17th but immediately gave a shot back with a bogey on the 18th as he made the turn in 37.