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Another Anderlecht chance for Musona
BELGIAN giants RSC Anderlecht's new head coach Frank Vercauteren has given Warriors hitman Knowledge Musona a big chance to salvage his future with the club after welcoming him back into the first tea...Published: 16 hrs ago | 3439 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pleaded guilty to fix last AFCON game against DR Congo
A sensational report from a Madagascar newspaper claimed that Zimbabwe threw their last Africa Cup of Nations (A Fcon) pool match to make way for DR Congo in the final 16 of the competition, but with ...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 14:26hrs | 9875 | by Staff Writer
Musona is back
THE light is beginning to shine again for Warriors skipper knowledge Musona who has begun his rehabilitation with the Anderlecht reserve side after recovering from a hernia problem that kept him out o...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 06:56hrs | 3248 | by Staff reporter
Pagels proud of his Warriors
GERMAN coach, Dieter Klaus Pagels, says he feels proud that many of the players he introduced into the Warriors team have now become core players in the national team. Pagels arrived in Zimbab...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 07:05hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
Zifa did not ban any players
Zifa have, for the first time, said they never banned any of the Warriors from being picked from national duty after the 2019 Afcon debacle. The absence of a number of regular players, who usu...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 06:43hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo to have the last laugh
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo insists he remains the right man to take Zimbabwean football forward and the fierce criticism he has received will only transform him into a better leader of the game. He...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 06:36hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Zifa pursue Mapeza
There are indications that Zifa are plotting to engage Norman Mapeza to take over as the Warriors coach in January after the former national team captain quit FC Platinum to take a break from football...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 12:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nepotistic appointment exposed as Ndiraya is eliminated, fails test
Zimbabwe 0-0 South Africa (South Africa win 5-0 on aggregate) THE Young Warriors went to Barbourfields Stadium yesterday needing nothing short of a miracle to overturn a massive 5-0 Africa Cup...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 06:03hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
Billiat spares Zimbabwe blushes
Zimbabwe 3-1 Somalia (Zimbabwe win 3-2 on aggregate) ZIMBABWE came within five minutes of kissing goodbye to the 2022 World Cup but Khama Billiat's late strike averted a huge embarrassment for...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 06:01hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in-law want to interfere in Zifa via police after Fifa defeat
THE Sports Commission have engaged the police to investigate Zifa over alleged misappropriation of public funds. The investigation covers the period from December last year to now. Prince Mupa...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 06:09hrs | 2096 | by Staff reporter
Mudimu named Warriors captain
Wales-based Zimbabwean soccer player Alec Mudimu has been named the Warriors captain for the team's World Cup preliminary qualifier against Somalia in Djibouti today.The match starts at 5pm....Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:16hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
MP calls for Zifa board dissolution
A National Assembly legislator yesterday called for the dissolution of the Zifa Board following a string of incidents he says have embarrassed the country. Rising through a point of privilege, Souther...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:28hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Young Warriors, Amagluglug to clash at Orlando stadium this Friday
Young Warriors Coach, Tonderayi Ndiraya says his charges have what it takes to conquer despite facing a difficult task against South Africa in an Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier this Friday....Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 19:13hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Hadebe refutes Warriors boycott claims
TURKISH based Zimbabwe international defender Teenage Hadebe has reacted angrily to social media reports that he was one of the three senior Warriors players who had refused to fulfill the upcoming 20...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 18:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Billiat out of Somalia tie
WARRIORS poster-boy Khama Billiat has been ruled out of the team's 2022 World Cup preliminary round qualifiers against Somalia this week because of an injury.Zimbabwe play the minnows in the f...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:05hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Zifa plunged into fresh chaos
ZIFA was last Friday plunged into fresh problems ahead of a crucial week for the Warriors and the Young Warriors after its official bank account was placed under a garnish order by the High Court and ...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:04hrs | 1179 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo fails to live up to expectations
WHEN former Zifa president Phillip Chiyangwa withdrew from the rerun during the local football association's election in December last year to hand his rival Felton Kamambo victory, a breath of fresh ...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chipezeze called for Warriors duty?
WARRIORS' interim coach Joey Antipas is hoping for the regularisation of Macauley Bonne, David Moyo, Kundai Benyu and Brendan Galloway's documents to enable them to represent the country in the near f...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fifa shows Mnangagwa son in-law middle finger
FIFA have turned down a request from the Sport and Recreation Commission to use their power to remove the entire Zifa leadership from office, and replace it with a normalisation committee, to run dome...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:07hrs | 6291 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba's wait is over
WARRIORS' midfielder, Marvelous Nakamba, could make his much-anticipated debut for English Premiership football side Aston Villa in a Carabao Cup second-round clash against League Two side Crewe tonig...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | 2034 | by Staff reporter
Afcon renegades blacklisted
THE new Warriors technical team will be told not to select big goalkeeper George Chigova and China-based Nyasha Mushekwi among other players for future Warriors assignments, B-Metro Sport has learnt. ...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:25hrs | 4671 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over unqualified Chunga, silence over Luphahla
There has been outrage over Zifa's decision to bar Moses Chunga from coaching Premiership side TelOne because they say he isn't qualified for the job. Joel Luphahla who guided the team into the Premie...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:08hrs | 2043 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza rejected Warriors job, why is it that ONLY Mashonaland coaches are given that chance?
NORMAN MAPEZA was offered the chance for another romance as the Warriors coach, ahead of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, with the coach ready for a return to the ultimate job in domestic football. Howe...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:30hrs | 792 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba's debut delay clarified
Aston Villa manager Dean Smith has revealed that Marvelous Nakamba's debut for the Premier League side has been delayed by fitness issues.Nakamba signed for the Birmingham-based side from Club...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1569 | by Staff reporter
'Zifa Capture' fightback begins, Chiyangwa's sidekick 'spills the beans'
EXPELLED ZIifa board member Chamunorwa Chiwanza has challenged his recent dismissal from the football association's excecutive committee before accusing Zifa president Felton Kamambo and acting vice-p...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:58hrs | 2084 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in-law guns for Zifa board
The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has made damning corruption allegations against the Zifa board, accusing the Felton Kamambo-led football association of gross incompetence, mismanagement and...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
FIFA sucked into Zimbabwe football power struggles
FIRED Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) board member responsible for competitions, Chamunorwa Chiwanza has taken his fight against the Felton Kamambo led soccer mother body to Zuric, Switzerland, t...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:22hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in-law fights for Chiyangwa
THE Sport and Recreation Commission (SRC) have requested FIFA to use its powers, as enshrined it its statutes, to remove the entire ZIFA leadership from office and replace it with a normalisation comm...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 00:10hrs | 6260 | by Staff reporter
Zifa bombshell
ALLEGED ring leaders of a player revolt that rocked the Warriors camp before and during the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals in Egypt will not be selected for future national team assignments as t...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blessed Chiyangwa life ban?
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo and board member responsible for finance Philemon Machana have formally apologised to President Mnangagwa for the unfortunate events that rocked the Zimbabwe camp during ...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:20hrs | 1125 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs lash out at Billat's proposed 15 million Rand payout
Kaizer Chiefs have lashed out at Mamelodi Sundowns over comments made about their interest in Amakhosi striker Khama Billiat, saying the Zimbabwean "is committed to Kaizer Chiefs and is not joining an...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 22:33hrs | 5898 | by Daniel Itai
FULL TEXT: ZIFA statement disbanding Warriors
Subject: Meeting between the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and the ZIFA presidium and subsequent ZIFA Executive Committee's Emergency Committee meeting deliberations and resolutions of 9th Aug...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 14:56hrs | 1372 | by ZIFA
Musona reaffirms TB Joshua healing, slams false surgery rumours
Zimbabwe Warriors' captain, Knowledge Musona, has lashed out on Twitter slamming a report which claims he is to undergo surgery in Munich, Germany for an injury he once declared to be healed from afte...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 16:13hrs | 11274 | by Staff reporter
Adamski's 'retired' number 13 shirt resurfaces
WHILE Prince Dube might have joined legends Shackman Tauro, Vitalis Takawira, Peter Ndlovu, Knowledge Musona, Agent Sawu and Gilbert Mushangazhike when he bagged a hat-trick against Mauritius, the mem...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 09:45hrs | 2029 | by Staff reporter
Baxter parts ways with Bafana Bafana
South Africa's coach Stuart Baxter has resigned saying it is the right time to move on with a new cycle of Africa Cup of Nations and World Cup qualifiers ahead.His second spell in charge of Ba...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 16:49hrs | 1050 | by Daniel Itai
Rahman Gumbo keeps his options open
RAHMAN GUMBO says he will keep his options open if an offer comes from Zifa for him to become the next Warriors coach. The 55-year old gaffer, who was part of the technical team led by Sunday ...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:22hrs | 1480 | by Staff Reporter
Mushekwi splashes US$120 000 on luxury passenger coach for his beloved CAPS Utd
ZIMBABWE international striker Nyasha Mushekwi has splashed US$120 000 on a specially-customised 45-seater passenger bus for his old club CAPS United as a token of appreciation for the role the Green ...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:15hrs | 5373 | by Staff reporter
Northern Region Soccer league referees not receiving match fee
Editor,The Northern Region Soccer league has gone from week 9 (June 2019) without paying soccer referees match fees for all matches played despite teams having paid full amounts for referees w...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 19:22hrs | | by Anonymous
'Zifa not ready, capable to hire foreign coach'
FOOTBALL legend David "Yogi" Mandigora said Zifa should not hire a foreign coach to succeed Sunday Chidzambwa until they have the financial capacity to do so. The Warriors' coaching job became...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-coach Mhlauri tipped for Warriors top job
Charles Mhlauri is being tipped to be among the candidates that could take over as Warriors coach following the resignation of Sunday Chidzambwa last week.Just over 10 years since he was sacke...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 14:51hrs | 2014 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Hero's welcome for Alvin Zhakata
Zimbabwe's number one soccer supporter Alvin Aluva Zhakata touched down at Robert Mugabe International Airport on Sunday and was received by a huge crowd of colleagues who came to congratulate him on ...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 10:32hrs | 5014 | by Mandla Ndlovu
New Warriors coach imminent
Zifa has intensified efforts to find a replacement for former Warriors Sunday Chidzambga with caretaker coach for today's Chan match against Mauritius Rahman Gumbo and the entire technical team's futu...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Omega Sibanda dismisses 'match-fixing' allegations
FORMER Zifa vice-president Omega Sibanda has dismissed allegations by the Zifa leadership that he was among the former executive committee members that allegedly destabilised the Warriors camp during ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:21hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
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 Natio...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:25hrs | 512 | by Michael Kariati
Fans speak on Chidzambwa resignation
FOOTBALL fans in Mutare have welcomed the resignation of Warriors head coach Sunday ‘Mhofu' Chidzambga after a poor show at the just ended Africa Cup of Nations Tournament in Egypt.Chi...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 17:08hrs | 1905 | by Staff reporter
Cheers Mhofu and cheerio!
THIS is an open letter to Warriors coach Sunday "Mhofu" Chidzambwa proffering our two cents on what we think makes sense for the Zimbabwe senior men's soccer team . . .First, we would like to ...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:58hrs | | by Moffat Mungazi
More woes for Warriors
ZIMBABWE'S poor performance at the Africa Cup of Nations continue to haunt the team after they moved down the Fifa rankings released yesterday, which has dire consequences on their qualification for t...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:25hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Mhofu's Warriors slump on FIFA Rankings
Zimbabwe dropped three places on the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) world and continental rankings released today.The country's senior football team, Warriors is now ...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 11:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mhofu's resignation was long overdue
SUNDAY CHIDZAMBWA ended his latest spell as Warriors coach after picking information his technical team was set to be axed soon after completing their Chan assignment against Mauritius. The ve...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Sunday Chidzambga resigns
Sunday Chidzambga has handed in his resignation as coach of the Warriors. Those close to him say he is unhappy with "unprofessional" conduct at Zifa.His brief resignation letter says that...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 15:40hrs | 4967 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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