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Sepp Blatter to visit Zimbabwe
07 Jun 2013 at 18:27hrs | Views
Fifa president Sepp Blatter continues to warm to Zifa by agreeing to come to Zimbabwe and officiate at the ground breaking ceremony of the new stadium to be built at the Zifa Village.
While dates have not yet been set, Zifa president Cuthbert Dube, who met the world football boss at the Fifa Congress in Mauritius at the weekend, said Blatter had agreed to come but he would advise the local mother body on the dates he can make his second trip to Zimbabwe.
Blatter first came to Zimbabwe during the Cosafa Women's championships in 2011.
Cash-strapped Zifa have extended their begging bowl to Fifa, again, to fund the construction of lodgings at Zifa village which will be used as a source of revenue.
Already Fifa have agreed to build two offices for the Zifa in Harare and Bulawayo.
Fifa would make a decision on the Asiagate issue soon, after their direct communication with players and officials banned by Zifa.
Fifa asked 16 of the banned Asiagate suspects to write directly to Fifa making their own submissions on the case, but only seven responded and Fifa will move to finalise the cases based on the information they have.
While dates have not yet been set, Zifa president Cuthbert Dube, who met the world football boss at the Fifa Congress in Mauritius at the weekend, said Blatter had agreed to come but he would advise the local mother body on the dates he can make his second trip to Zimbabwe.
Blatter first came to Zimbabwe during the Cosafa Women's championships in 2011.
Already Fifa have agreed to build two offices for the Zifa in Harare and Bulawayo.
Fifa would make a decision on the Asiagate issue soon, after their direct communication with players and officials banned by Zifa.
Fifa asked 16 of the banned Asiagate suspects to write directly to Fifa making their own submissions on the case, but only seven responded and Fifa will move to finalise the cases based on the information they have.
Source - theindependent
