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Cuthbert Dube denied Canadian visa
05 Jul 2015 at 08:48hrs | Views
Troubled Zifa president Cuthbert Dube was denied a visa by the Canadian Embassy as he had planned to travel and watch today's Fifa Women's World Cup final.
The Zifa boss has been absent from local football events, including Warriors matches, only to resurface at international occasions.
He was in Zurich in May for the 65th Fifa Congress where he expressed his love for embattled Fifa president Sepp Blatter in front of international media despite shunning the local press on many occasions.
But the Canadian Embassy refused to grant him permission to attend the Women's World Cup final as well as the Fifa Women's Football Symposium which ran on the sidelines of the competition, The Standard newspaper revealed.
Zimbabwe Women's Football administrator Theresa Maguraushe had to travel alone.
Zifa chief executive officer Jonathan Mashingaidze blamed the infighting at Zifa that has soiled Dube's name for him being denied the visa.
"He failed to travel due to visa issues," said Mashingaidze.
"It was very complex for him to obtain one because the Canadian Embassy was not willing. These shenanigans happening at Zifa are the cause and they complicated everything. At least there is Theresa and she is representing us well."
The Zifa boss has been absent from local football events, including Warriors matches, only to resurface at international occasions.
He was in Zurich in May for the 65th Fifa Congress where he expressed his love for embattled Fifa president Sepp Blatter in front of international media despite shunning the local press on many occasions.
But the Canadian Embassy refused to grant him permission to attend the Women's World Cup final as well as the Fifa Women's Football Symposium which ran on the sidelines of the competition, The Standard newspaper revealed.
Zimbabwe Women's Football administrator Theresa Maguraushe had to travel alone.
Zifa chief executive officer Jonathan Mashingaidze blamed the infighting at Zifa that has soiled Dube's name for him being denied the visa.
"He failed to travel due to visa issues," said Mashingaidze.
"It was very complex for him to obtain one because the Canadian Embassy was not willing. These shenanigans happening at Zifa are the cause and they complicated everything. At least there is Theresa and she is representing us well."
Source - The Standard
