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A Warrrior died. His name was Edzai Kasinauyo, the former Warriors, Ajax Cape Town and Moroka Swallows winger. He was 42.
Kasinauyo passed away at Donald Gordon Medical Centre, a private hospital in Johannesburg, where he had been admitted for a few days.
At the time of his death Kasinauyo had been cleared by the courts in a case where he was being accused by Zifa of being part of a match fixing racket that allegedly worked to fix Afcon qualifier matches between Zimbabwe and Swaziland.
One prominent friend remarked at the late playera��s funeral that Kasinauyo had died a bitter man.
a�?Edzai loved football, he managed countless players from Khama Billiat, Knowledge Musona, Willard Katsande among others and to be accused of match fixing was just so hard on him,a�? recounted the friend.
Charles Manyuchi: From hero to overnight villain.
It took just two minutes and 55 seconds for Charles Manyuchi to hit the floor and lose his WBC Welterweight silver title.
And local boxing fans were clearly not amused in the manner Manyuchi had surrendered his title to one Qudratillo Abduqahorov of Uzbekistan.
The general feeling was that the darling of Zimbabwean boxing had underestimated or even worse belittled his opponent.
As one boxing analyst remarked after the fight on 25 March 2017 in Singapore: a�?Manyuchi with his unorthodox style never really got going as he exposed himself from the first bell.
As the opening round drew towards a close Manyuchi was already wobbling from the punches Abduqahorov had landed.a�?
At the close of the first round Manyuchi had officially lost his title.
Local football violence: Of pitch invaders and missile throwing.
One would argue that in 2017 local football fans were trying to outdo one another in the unsavoury acts of missile throwing, pitch invasions and fan to fan violence.
Who would forget the abandoned Highlanders and Dynamos match at Barbourfields when unruly fans prevented the game from continuing by throwing a barrage of missiles onto the pitch after the latter had equalised?
At Mandava Stadium police had to use tear gas to disperse marauding fans baying for the refereea��s blood in a match pitting FC Platinum and Highlanders.
The PSL Disciplinary Committee was kept busy whipping teams in line to educate their fans and put in place mechanisms to bring an end to crowd trouble.
Highlanders CEO Nhlanhla Dube summed it up briefly.
a�?The fans never feel the effects of missile throwing and pitch invasions, ita��s the clubs that have to bear the brunt of paying fines and the costs of disciplinary hearings,a�? said Dube in an interview with B-Metro Sport sometime during the year.
Online Reporter