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Zimbabweans should invest in sports says Coltart
26 Dec 2012 at 11:38hrs | Views
Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister, Senator David Coltart says there is need for Zimbabweans to invest in sport if the country is to prosper in 2013. Senator Coltart said the country needs to emulate the German model of development and capitalise on the rich history the country has on the sporting front.
Germany has invested about one billion dollars in youth programmes in the past decade with academies run by professional teams and training centres overseen by the National Soccer Association.
The remarks made by Senator Coltart come at a time the country is reflecting on a disappointing year on the sporting front.
Apart from the Zimbabwe rugby team and the Zim Sevens side which qualified for the 2015 Sevens World Cup there was little to celebrate on the sporting scene.
Germany has invested about one billion dollars in youth programmes in the past decade with academies run by professional teams and training centres overseen by the National Soccer Association.
The remarks made by Senator Coltart come at a time the country is reflecting on a disappointing year on the sporting front.
Apart from the Zimbabwe rugby team and the Zim Sevens side which qualified for the 2015 Sevens World Cup there was little to celebrate on the sporting scene.
Source - Zbc
