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Something is wrong at Zifa

AT one time, we thought everything was well at Zifa until information filtered through that the Zimbabwe Under 17 and Under 20 teams are still to be paid their allowances three months or so after their international participation.This only…

Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 12:02hrs | 327 | by Michael Kariati

We need Zacc in the Zifa elections

With the 2024 soccer season gone, the Zifa elections are dominating headlines everywhere with all sorts of names being thrown around as possible successors to Felton Kamambo.Since nominations opened on November 22, names such as Walter Mag…

Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:26hrs | 47 | by Michael Kariati

Home is best to invest

THE sad riches to rags story of Zimbabwe's Tendai Ndoro is a familiar tale in football which was made popular by Ivory Coast's Emmanuel Eboue, who made millions but now has nothing to show for all the sweat from the football field.Just lik…

Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:42hrs | 14 | by Michael Kariati

Chiyangwa laughs last?

NO ONE can fault former Zifa president and now Cosafa boss Phillip Chiyangwa for boasting that Zimbabwean football made a huge mistake in rejecting him in favour of Felton Kamambo.Events at Council of Southern African Football Associations…

Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:12hrs | 5 | by Michael Kariati

Zifa must go foreign

AN era has come to an end after Sunday Chidzambga called it quits as Warriors coach last week following heavy criticism in the wake of the Warriors' disastrous campaign at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals where they came back …

Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:25hrs | 3 | by Michael Kariati

Mhofu: The nation still needs answers

IT IS hard to forget the day the Warriors of Zimbabwe crashed out of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals and the manner they exited the 24-team foootball competition and the ghost of that humiliation is refusing to die.There are too many…

Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 14:57hrs | 3 | by Michael Kariati

Zimbabwe Warriors' new jersey raises eyebrows

THERE are a lot of talking points in Zimbabwean football right now, but the most topical issue has been around the kit that the Warriors will use at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals, which looks like one for a foreign team.Although ki…

Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:22hrs | 4 | by Michael Kariati

Time up for Chiyangwa, Sibanda

THE election of Zifa president Phillip Chiyangwa and his deputy Omega Sibanda into the Parliament of Zimbabwe for the next five years is a turning point for Zimbabwean football.Not that Chiyangwa and Sibanda will raise the issue of footbal…

Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:57hrs | 23 | by Michael Kariati

Chiyangwa owes Zimbabwe

The appointment of Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa as the vice-chairperson of the influential CAF Afcon Games Committee has brought with it different opinions, with others arguing that the flashy Harare businessman is on a journey for pers…

Published: 15 May 2017 at 09:47hrs | 4 | by Michael Kariati

Is Grobbelaar the answer to Zimbabwean football?

THE biggest talking point in Zimbabwean football this past week has been who should replace Kalisto Pasuwa as Warriors coach after Marabhundu's marriage with the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) finally came to an end on February 28.Th…

Published: 05 Mar 2017 at 15:18hrs | 3 | by Michael Kariati

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