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'Account for US$1m Warriors Afcon purse'
THE ongoing Zifa boardroom wrangle has sucked in top government officials with revelations that a Cabinet minister could have helped himself to over US$1 million meant for bonuses and allowances for W...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:59hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
Tembo's eyes on Warriors
FORMER Dynamos defender, Kaitano Tembo, who was recently sacked by SuperSport in South Africa, has his eyes only on the Warriors job and will not make a "step back" by taking up a job in the Castle La...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:52hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
'Warriors Afcon chances slim'
FORMER South Africa national team coach Gordon Igesund has ruled out Zimbabwe's chances of qualifying for next year's Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals in Ivory Coast after finding themselves in a ...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:39hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Warriors date Bafana again
FORMER Warriors coach, Sunday Chidzambwa, believes the senior national football team have been drawn in a fair Africa Cup of Nations qualifying group that has Morocco, South Africa and Liberia....Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:03hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors included in draw for Afcon 2023 qualifiers
ZIMBABWE has been given a chance to participate in the qualifiers for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers despite the country's suspension by world governing body Fifa after it was inclu...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 17:55hrs | 988 | by Staff reporter
Castle Lager Premiership takes Easter break
THE Castle Lager Premiership football will take a break this weekend for the Easter Holidays.The league resumes on April 23 with a full Week 12 programme.The intermission will also aff...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Hwange power station expansion inches closer to completion
SIGNIFICANT progress has been made on the US$1,5 billion Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7 and 8 expansion project, whose completion is now more than 84 percent as the country inches closer to energ...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:26hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to miss out on AFCON draw
THE 2023 Africa Cup of Nations draw will be held next week and Zimbabwe's Warriors will not be part of the teams that will go into the hat as the country continues to pay the price for poor administra...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:25hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo's Zifa board is the best, says Omega Sibanda
FORMER Zifa vice-president and Member of Parliament Omega Sibanda ranks the suspended Zifa board led by Felton Kamambo as the best to have taken charge of local football, and says their banishment is ...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:41hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
Warriors' keeper Mapisa set for historic La Liga move
FRINGE Warriors goalkeeper Martin "Neuer'' Mapisa could make history by becoming the first Zimbabwean player to sign for a Spanish La Liga team following reports two clubs from the division are chasin...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:25hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Fifa ratifies Zimbabwe suspension
THE world football governing body on Thursday ratified Zimbabwe's indefinite suspension from international football during the Fifa Congress in Doha, Qatar.Other countries who were also suspen...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 18:09hrs | 1428 | by Staff reporter
Work on Bulawayo, Hwange Thermal plants to start
INDIA remains committed to furthering the warm relations it enjoys with Zimbabwe as evidenced by the extension of a US$468 million loan facility for power projects in the country, a diplomat has said....Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:30hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's foreign legion poser after Fifa ban
THE suspension of Zimbabwe from the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Fifa) family over government interference may reverse all the gains that had been made in trying to convince em...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:45hrs | 887 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza's work ethic charms Mangwiro
HARARE City coach Taurai Mangwiro is charmed by Norman Mapeza's work ethic and has heaped praise on the FC Platinum coach ahead of the two teams' league clash at Mandava Stadium on Saturday.Th...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:45hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Reinstate suspended Zifa board, Antipas urges SRC
CHICKEN Inn coach Joey Antipas has urged the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) to consider reinstating the suspended Zifa board to avoid further "problems" for the country.SRC suspended t...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Chunga takes dig at referees
Veteran gaffer Moses Chunga has launched an attack on local football referees, who he says are biased towards certain teams.Chunga's Chapungu played out a 2-all draw against TelOne at the week...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son-in law plunging Zimbabwean football into disarray to settle personal scores
THE suspended Zifa board has accused Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) boss Gerald Mlotshwa of plunging local football into disarray in order to settle personal scores.Fifa on February 24...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:37hrs | 1077 | by Staff reporter
Bosso, Bulawayo City hostilities resume at BF
EVEN after just four weeks of play (OK, there was that long Afcon break), today's fixtures in the Castle Premier Soccer League bear a thoroughly intriguing look.Match day Five in the Premiersh...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:30hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo interrogates Afcon funding
Suspended Zifa president Felton Kamambo has questioned the SRC's move to fund the Warriors' preparations and participation at the Afcon finals held in Cameroon when the same Government has been failin...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:33hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Fifa bans Zimbabwe
AFTER months of speculation over Fifa's stance on the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC)'s suspension of the Zifa board in November last year, the world governing body, Fifa, yesterday banned Zimb...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:14hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
Gumbo tipped for Zebras' top job
FORMER Warriors' coach Rahman Gumbo has been tipped to be the next Botswana national team head coach, taking over from interim coach Teenage Mpote.Mpote is serving The Zebras on an interim bas...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:51hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
Former Zimbabwe Warriors player hijacked and killed in South Africa
Former Zimbabwe, CAPS United and Wits left-back Charles Yohane has been hijacked and killed in South Africa at the age of 48. Yohane who was now a driver fore-hailin...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 18:54hrs | 4094 | by Staff reporter
Villa feel Nakamba's absence
ASTON Villa are struggling to fill the void left by the injured Marvellous Nakamba, with Brazilian Douglas Luiz on the verge as he struggles for form.The Warriors star picked a knee injury on ...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo, Machana arrested
THE ongoing ZIFA saga took a new twist when the association's suspended president Felton Kamambo and board member finance Philemon Machana were arrested yesterday for fraud.The two were picked...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:40hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Mbeba commits to Bosso
HIGHLANDERS lanky defender Andrew Mbeba has further committed to Bulawayo football giants after he added another year to his contract.The development will see the player stay at Bosso until De...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Warriors fall in FIFA rankings
ZIMBABWE paid for their failure at the 2021 AFCON tournament in Cameroon when they dropped one place on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking.The Warriors are now ranked number 122 in the world and...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 17:40hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Caps unUnited in turmoil
Castle Lager Premier Soccer League giants Caps United have been thrown into further turmoil after players staged a training boycott over unpaid salaries just days before the resumption of the league w...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Football, cricket failure reflect badly on SRC
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, I wish to bring to your attention the fact that the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) seems to be doing little to ensure that sports ass...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 304 | by Tawanda Tafirenyika
Politics, corruption send Zimbabwe football to death bed
Zimbabwean football is in the doldrums and analysts have blamed it on political interference, corruption as well as an ever-shrinking economy."In any country, football is judged by the amount ...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:27hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA councillors vow to fight on
THE ZIFA councillors have vowed they will go ahead with the proposed special Extraordinary General Meeting despite the spirited attempts by some members of the association's suspended board to block t...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:23hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
Warriors super fan hospitalized in Cameroon
Warriors cheerleader Alvin ‘Aluvha' Zhakata has been hospitalized after he collapsed at a hotel in Yaounde following the Malawi, Morocco Africa Cup of Nations last 16 clash on Tuesday night....Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 06:15hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
Unknown German, Italian coaches interested in Warriors job
THE vacant Warriors' job has attracted interest from as far afield as Germany and Italy after about four European football coaches threw their names in the hat.ZIFA are expected to advertise t...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
8 dead, 50 injured in Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon stadium crush
Eight people were killed and about 50 injured in a crush outside a Cameroonian football stadium on Monday ahead of an Africa Cup of Nations match.Crowds attempted to enter through a southern e...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 06:06hrs | 3175 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA hunt for Mapeza's replacement
ZIFA are set to put in motion the recruitment processes to hire a substantive coach to replace Norman Mapeza whose contract ended last week following the Warriors' early exit from the African Cup of N...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Player exodus hits FC Platinum
BARELY a month after the departure of Silas Songani, Ralph Kawondera and Stanley Ngala, FC Platinum looks set to lose another senior player as defender Donald Dzvinyai has been linked with a move to H...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:38hrs | 1427 | by Staff reporter
Warriors make rich pickings, US$20,000 each
The Warriors started trooping back into the country yesterday from their Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) expedition with each of them getting about US$20 000 richer and expecting more despite public ang...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:38hrs | 3497 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe beats Guinea at Afcon
Guinea 1 - 2 ZimbabweGUINEA reached the last 16 at the Africa Cup of Nations despite losing their final Group B match 2-1 against already-eliminated Zimbabwe.The West Africans finished sec...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 19:14hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter
Warriors seek AFCON consolation
IT'S a tournament the players would want to forget in a hurry, given they flattered only to deceive in light of the massive financial support they have received from the Government through the Sports ...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:29hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza played 7, won 0, drew 2, lost 5
NORMAN Mapeza's latest tenure as Zimbabwe's national football team coach is turning out to be a nightmare for the 49-year-old ex-Zimbabwe international.The former defender is experiencing a di...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:29hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Harare Warriors dampen Zimbabwean's spirits
For the umpteenth time, the Zimbabwe national soccer team managed to raise the nation's hopes only to dampen football fans' spirits in cruel fashion.While the Warriors have failed to progress ...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:51hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Warriors booted out
Zimbabwe 1 - 2 MalawiIT had been long since the Warriors hogged so much spotlight as they did in the run-up to their Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) Group B encounter against Malawi here yesterday....Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:14hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Warriors, Malawi in make-or-break AFCON clash
WARRIORS coach Norman Mapeza says there is no room for error as Zimbabwe face Malawi in their second game of the African Cup of Nations at the Bafoussam Omnisports Stadium this evening.The mat...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:18hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa delivers passionate message of support to Warriors
THE Government has backed the Warriors to do well in their second Africa Cup of Nations Group B tie against Malawi tomorrow.The match is set for the Bafoussam Omnisport Stadium.Zimbabw...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:07hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu urges Musona to delay retirement plans
ZIMBABWE football legend Peter Ndlovu has implored Warriors skipper Knowledge Musona to delay his plans to retire from international football.Ndlovu, who led the Warriors to their maiden Afcon...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 04:26hrs | 2218 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza targets Malawi scalp
The Warriors will be targeting a win when they take on Malawi in their second Group B Africa Cup of Nations encounter in Bafassoum, Cameroon on Friday.Zimbabwe's suffered a heart breaking loss...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 18:37hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
Go Warriors Go!
AFTER all the boardroom squabbles that threatened Zimbabwe's participation at this year's edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals that kicked off in Yaoundé yesterday, the Warriors will b...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1536 | by Staff reporter
James Maridadi optimistic
Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Senegal Mr James Maridadi is optimistic that the embassy would be officially accredited in Mali, Guinea Conakry and the Gambia this year.Ambassador Maridadi represents...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 2022 | by Staff reporter
Warriors hunt for the Lions of Teranga
ZIMBABWE received some good news after all players and officials returned a clean bill of health in their last Covid-19 tests before the opening Group B encounter of the delayed 2021 AFCON finals agai...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Warriors 2022 AFCON squad
THE Warriors embark on a fresh battle on the continent this Monday when they face Senegal in their first match at the rescheduled 2021 AFCON finals in Cameroon.Zimbabwe were drawn in Group B a...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
'Politicians are killing Zimbabwe football'
FORMER Zifa president Vincent Pamire has said political interference is negatively affecting football in the country.Pamire was speaking at a church service for former vice-president Ndumiso G...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
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