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Fifa demand Mamutse reinstatement
WORLD football governing body Fifa have demanded the reinstatement of Zifa general-secretary Joseph Mamutse, who was suspended by the Sports Recreation Commission (SRC).Fifa observed that the ...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:25hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Warriors off to a losing start
Cameroon 1 - 0 ZimbabweZIMBABWE put on a commendable defensive effort but it was not enough as they succumbed to a morale sapping defeat in their first Group A fixture of the 2020 Afri...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 19:08hrs | 1678 | by Staff reporter
Billiat thanks Chiefs boss
KHAMA Billiat who played a starring role in Kaizer Chiefs' 1-0 win against Primeiro de Agosto on Tuesday to put the Soweto club through to their first-ever Caf Champions League group stages‚ says Am...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:38hrs | 1142 | by Staff reporter
Zanzibar square it off with Matebeleland
The spice islands roar into action on the 27th of March 2021 at Amani Stadium Zanzibar when the Zanzibar National Team takes on the Matabeleland National Team. A rare International friendly pi...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 17:51hrs | 829 | by Staff reporter
Mamutse should be back at work, says Zifa
ZIFA believe that their general-secretary Joseph Mamutse should be allowed to resume work by operation of law after he filed a notice of appeal against his suspension.Mamutse was suspended by ...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:12hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Warriors climb three places in world rankings
THE Warriors will finish the year outside the top 100 teams in the world, according to the end-of-year Fifa/Coca-Cola World Rankings.Zimbabwe is ranked number 108 with 1 180 points, three rank...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 18:56hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Zifa councillors exonerate Kamambo
ZIFA councillors who voted during the elections that saw Felton Kamambo landing the top soccer administration post fingered Philip Chiyangwa, Kamambo's opponent, for vote-buying efforts that ended up ...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:31hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo bribery case, Chiyangwa clutching at straws
THE bribery trial of ZIFA president Felton Kamambo is likely to attract the wide interest of the football community, including the world governing body FIFA, as the Zimbabwe football leader battles ...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:30hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
SRC goes after Zifa
SPORTS and Recreation Commission (SRC) board chairman Gerald Mlotshwa says the sports regulatory body will not back down in the face of a possible FIFA ban on the country's football over alleged gover...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:25hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
Sponsorship scuttles PSL mini-league
HOPES of seeing football action this year have been canned after the Premier Soccer League (PSL) could not secure funding for the proposed mini-league tournament.However, the football authorit...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:04hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Zifa propose March for PSL
ZIFA has proposed the first week of March next year for the resumption of Premier Soccer League pending localclubs approval.The return of local football had been in doubt in recent weeks f...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 20:47hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Zifa, Mamutse take SRC to court
IFA have launched a court bid to try and force the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) to rescind its decision to suspend the football body's general-secretary Joseph Mamutse.Last week, SRC...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:05hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean journalist wins the 2020 APO Group African Women in Media Award
APO Group yesterday announced Zimbabwean journalist Debra Matabvu (@dmmatabvu) as the winner of the 2020 APO Group African Women in Media Award.The award recognizes, celebrates, and empowers A...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:25hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's SRC ready for Fifa sanctions
THE Sports and Recreation Commission have said they will not be bullied by threats of FIFA sanctions, to force them to compromise their mission, to deal with issues they believe are holding back the d...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:13hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Zifa seek Fifa intervention
Zifa has written to Fifa asking for the world football governing body to intervene in their fight with the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC).after SRC suspended Zifa general-secretary Jos...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 07:02hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA come out guns blazing
THE ZIFA board have come out with guns blazing, accusing the Sports and Recreation of angling for the dissolution of their leadership, and saying the suspension of chief executive, Joseph Mamutse, wil...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:52hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Fifa reacts to Zifa CEO's suspension
WORLD football governing body Fifa has asked Zifa to submit a comprehensive report on suspension of its chief executive officer Joseph Mamutse by the Sports and Recreation Commission.The SRC c...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:05hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Diego Maradona dies
ARGENTINE football legend Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60, his spokesman announced yesterday.Renowned along with Brazil's Pele as one of the greatest footballers of all time, the Arge...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 06:54hrs | 631 | by Staff Reporter
CMG presents ZAA Global Virtual Summit
CMG International Media Group has announced a two-day ZAA Virtual Summit penciled for 26 and 27 November, to create an engagement platform for diaspora home-based stakeholders.The online event...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 10:10hrs | 370 | by Agencies
Munetsi in club-versus-country row
FIFA could be forced to invoke Fifa statutes on Stade Reims after the L. French Ligue 1 refused to release Warriors star Marshall Munetsi for national duty. The midfielder was named in the squ...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:34hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter
Kapini questions Warriors selection
FORMER Warriors goalkeeper Tapuwa Kapini has questioned the national team selection criteria saying player agents have undue influence in the picking of players that represent the senior national team...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:29hrs | 1964 | by Staff reporter
Warriors target upsetting the odds
ZIMBABWE has been a very difficult opponent for Algeria in recent years and the Warriors stars believe that they are ready to cause another upset when they go head-to-head in the 2021 Africa Cup of Na...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:56hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
Exclusion of Bulawayo boys in the Under-17 squad 'an insult'
FORMER national team and Highlanders captain Thulani Biya Ncube and Mkhokheli Dube have reacted with dismay and anger while questioning the criteria which career Under-17 boys coach Tafadzwa Mashiri u...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | 1492 | by Staff reporter
SA billionaire Motsepe to run for Caf job
South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe has been nominated as a candidate for the leadership of the Confederation of African Football as the race for the top post in African soccer gathers momentum....Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:42hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Fifa begins probe on match fixing claims raised by top Zimbabwean ref
WORLD football governing body Fifa have begun formal investigations on the match fixing allegations raised by top referee Allen Basvi in which he accuses a member of the Zifa Refereess Committee of us...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:41hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council identifies three sites for stadium
THREE locations in Cowdray Park, Emganwini and Killarney have been identified by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) as possible sites for the construction of a new state-of-the-art stadium that conforms ...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:50hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean footballers scour the globe for riches
MYANMAR, a Southeast Asian nation of more than 100 ethnic groups, bordering India, Bangladesh, China, Laos and Thailand, is not your typical destination for a professional footballer seeking both fame...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:27hrs | 943 | by Staff reporter
Loga in dilemma
WARRIORS coach Zdravko Logarusic (pictured left) is this afternoon expected to explain his squad selection for the back-to back Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers against African champions Alger...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:26hrs | 597 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo, Chiyangwa take war to Caf
ZIFA have refused to work hand-in-hand with Cosafa ahead of the upcoming 2021 Caf elections where the majority of the member associations on the continent have backed incumbent president Ahmad Ahmad t...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1780 | by Staff reporter
Loga challenges Zifa
WARRIORS gaffer Zdravko "Loga" Logarusic has challenged Zifa to improve in their planning and organisation of national team matches after the chaotic build-up to the team's international friendly matc...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:35hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter
Charter flight for Warriors
THE Warriors have been saved the nightmare of travelling a gruelling 600km journey by road for the international friendly match against Malawi after ZIFA finally bowed to pressure and arranged a chart...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 21:34hrs | 1169 | by Staff reporter
Makanda Dynamos move divides Highlanders opinion
HIGHLANDERS' fans have reacted with mixed feelings following the decision by out of contract striker Tinashe Makanda to sign for bitter rivals Dynamos. Makanda, who joined Bosso in 2018 after ...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 08:46hrs | 2173 | by Staff Reporter
Govt to approve Malawi trip
THE government is today expected to approve the Warriors trip to Malawi for an international friendly match against the hosts at Kamuzu Stadium on Sunday.Zifa had applied to the government thr...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:56hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Bonne in flying start
WARRIORS striker Macauley Bonne (left) scored for his new English Championship League side Queens Park Rangers (QPR) just 24 hours after signing for the club as they shared the spoils with Sheffield W...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:44hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Why the sport of football is so loved
Football is one of the most popular and loved sports in the world - that's a fact written in stone. There's no other sport with a fan base like football. Perhaps it's the competitive nature of the gam...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 13:18hrs | 883 | by Staff Writer
Bucket seats for Barbourfields Stadium
THE Government has started procuring bucket seats and electronic ticketing system for the National Sports and Barbourfields stadia in moves against time to ensure the Warriors and FC Platinum play the...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 22:25hrs | 2028 | by Staff reporter
How Lionel Messi became a billionaire
LIONEL Messi made history last week after becoming football's second billionaire - topping Forbes' richest athletes list ahead of rival Cristiano Ronaldo.While Ronaldo achieved the feat first,...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:54hrs | 5234 | by Staff reporter
Barbara Gonzalez ready to make Simba roar across Africa
In her world, 'I can' certainly sounds better than 'I can't'. In fact, Barbara Gonzalez has no talent for bowing to the inevitable, neither does the word impossible exist in her vocabulary.It ...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | 1503 | by Mthokozisi Dube
Reprieve for Warriors
THE Warriors look set to play their upcoming 2021 Cameroon Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier against Algeria in Zimbabwe amid indications that CAF will offer temporary relaxation of the requirem...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:11hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Blow for Warriors
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo has ruled out any possibility of the Warriors playing friendly matches ahead of the resumption of the qualifying games for the 2021 Cameroon Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon)...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:52hrs | 1299 | by Staff reporter
Zifa targets broadcast deal
THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) is working on getting a broadcasting partner that will also benefit the Premier Soccer League (PSL).The PSL has not had television coverage since their...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:39hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo digs in
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo has rubbished suggestions by the Premier Soccer League (PSL) that the association's disbursement of the Fifa Covid-19 relief funds was not in the best interest of the dom...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:33hrs | 820 | by Staff reporter
Warriors date Algeria as Caf releases Afcon schedule
THE Confederation of African Football (Caf) has released dates for the resumption of all qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) Cameroon 2021 tournament and the Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022. ...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:36hrs | 1457 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe not ready for soccer return'
THE spike of Covid-19 cases in the country makes it difficult for sporting activities, particularly football, to resume in Zimbabwe. With infections fast approaching the 5 000 mark and the death rate ...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 09:26hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean coach drags Chiefs to Fifa
FORMER Warriors assistant coach Bongani Mafu has taken Botswana team Mochudi Centre Chiefs to Fifa in a bid to force the team to pay him outstanding salaries and bonuses.Mafu was part of the Warri...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:35hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Bosso mull sabotage charges against its CEO
HIGHLANDERS chief executive officer Nhlanhla Dube is set to be charged for allegedly working against the interests of the club. Dube allegedly failed to inform the club's leadership about a US$50 000 ...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:51hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Ranking the Top 10 Playmakers in LaLiga Today
In football, the most significant part is scoring goals. Even punters on Betway and other sportsbooks use goals to decide some most of their bets. But, there is a group of players doing a lot of work ...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 17:44hrs | 1150 | by Staff Writer
'Chitembwe is the best coach'
WARRIORS assistant and Harare City Football Club coach Lloyd Chitembwe has been lauded by his former player, Ronald PFumbidzai, as one of the best coaches locally.The pair worked together at C...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1837 | by Staff reporter
Scotland-based Zimbabwean star eyes Warriors recall
SCOTLAND-BASED Zimbabwean footballer David Moyo has been receiving rave views in recent times and believes his top-notch performance for Hamilton Academical will earn him a place in the Warriors squad...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 08:29hrs | 1648 | by Staff reporter
'Demolition of BF not an option'
MATABELELAND North Senator Alice Dube, says demolishing Barbourfields for the iconic structure to meet FIFA and CAF standards must never be an option. Instead, Dube, a member of the Parliament...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 08:12hrs | 1329 | by Staff reporter
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