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Zimbabwe considers sending U23 team to upcoming CHAN Qualifiers
Warriors head coach Michael Nees is weighing the option of fielding a junior team for Zimbabwe's upcoming African Nations Championships (CHAN) round one qualifier match against Eswatini, scheduled for...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:12hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe appoints Mourinho's former assistant as coach
The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has named Baltermar Brito, a Brazilian-born coach and current Highlanders coach, as the interim manager for the country's senior men's team. Assisting him in t...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 15:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mr Mnangagwa, save our football from global isolation
DEAR President Emmerson MnangagwaYour Excellency, I write to you on a matter of grave concern, that of our football.When the Sports and Recreation Commission suspended the Zimbabwe Foo...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:45hrs | 8 | by Alfonce Mbizwo
Footballers ramp up pressure on captured SRC, Zifa
LOCAL footballers have ramped up pressure on the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) and Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) to resolve their differences so the country could be readmitted back in...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zifa meet over Warriors poor show
WITH pressure mounting from other football stakeholders, Zifa have expressed disappointment at the string of poor results by the national men's team under Zdravko Logarušić and his assistants Lloyd ...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo promises thorough Afcon preps
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo has promised thorough preparations for Warriors' Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals.Zimbabwe secured their ticket to the finals set for Cameroon next January af...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Loga flies back for Afcon qualifiers
WARRIORS coach Zdravko Logarusic arrived back in Harare yesterday from Croatia in preparation for the team's two critical Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers at the end of this month. Zimbabwe tr...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:26hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA back Loga
ZIFA have thrown their weight behind under fire Warriors coach Zdravko "Loga'' Logarusic, insisting the Croat's recent failure at the African Nations Championships (CHAN) tournament was a result of a ...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:52hrs | | by Bishop Lazarue
Warriors crash out
Zimbabwe 1 - 3 Burkina FasoZIMBABWE became the first team to crash out of this year's African Nations Championships (Chan) tournament after they were beaten 3-1 by Burkina Faso in a Group A match ...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Loga to park the bus
WARRIORS coach Zdravko Logarusic has hinted at a defensive approach to their African Nations Championships (Chan) finals Group A clash against Burkina Faso despite the team desperately needing a win t...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 07:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Warriors suffer setback
INJURIES and illness have hit the Warriors camp ahead of tomorrow's must-win game against Burkina Faso in the ongoing African Nations Championships (Chan) tournament, with five players set to be ruled...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:26hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Warriors off to a losing start
Cameroon 1 - 0 ZimbabweZIMBABWE put on a commendable defensive effort but it was not enough as they succumbed to a morale sapping defeat in their first Group A fixture of the 2020 Afri...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 19:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt clears Warriors trip
Ill-prepared Zimbabwe Warriors will take part at this year's African Nations Championships (Chan) which kicks off in Cameroon next week after Zifa secured government clearance to participate in the to...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Another COVID-19 case in Warriors camp
ZIFA have confirmed another case of coronavirus in the Warriors camp, with a member of the technical team the latest to return a positive result for the virus.Association spokesperson Xolisani...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Loga names Chan squad
Caps United have contributed five players to the final 23-man squad that will travel to Cameroon for the African Nations Championships (Chan).The Harare giants have Tafadzwa Jaravani, Ca...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mukamba in passport wait
THE Warriors technical team is battling to secure passports for midfielder Denver Mukamba and striker Tawanda Nyamandwe ahead of the African Nations Championships (Chan) finals scheduled for Cameroon ...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Relief for Loga
WARRIORS star King Nadolo has been ruled out for up to three weeks with an injury that he picked last week and the team's technical team is hopeful that the attacker will have fully recovered by the t...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:03hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Loga laments poor preps
WARRIORS coach Zdravko "Loga" Logarusic has expressed concern over his players' lack of competitive match fitness with Zimbabwe being one of four sides that will feature at the African Nations Champio...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 07:05hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Injuries hit Warriors camp
WARRIORS stars Partson Jaure and Nqobizitha Masuku have picked injuries at training although they are expected to have fully recovered by the time the African Nations Championships (Chan) finals start...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Loga chops off six
WARRIORS coach Zdravko Logarušić has dropped six players from the African Nations Championships (Chan) squad who failed to impress in friendly matches against local clubs.The Warriors played...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso pray for Princely performance
HIGHLANDERS coach Mandla Mpofu is hoping that Prince Dube can take his form from the international level to club action when Bosso host Chapungu in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) tie at Ba...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Warriors go for the kill this afternoon
DESPITE taking a healthy 4-0 aggregate lead into today's first round second leg 2020 African Nations Championships (Chan) qualifier against Mauritius, Warriors interim head coach, Rahman Gumbo's charg...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Milton Ncube relocates to UK
FORMER Highlanders utility player, Milton Ncube says he is still part of the game despite dumping the local Premiership to join his family in the United Kingdom. Ncube terminated his cont...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Warriors begin life after Mhofu
ZIMBABWE'S Warriors begin life without Sunday "Mhofu'' Chidzambwa when they face Mauritius at the George V Stadium in Curepipe today with the bunch of home-grown talent seeking to get their African Na...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zifa dumps Chiyangwa's Cosafa, set to join Cecafa
ZIFA's relationship with the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (Cosafa) appears to have irretrievably broken down, with the association now considering pulling out of the 16-member regi...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dembare won't miss Katema, Sadomba
DYNAMOS will be without their two top strikers Evans Katema and Edward Sadomba for their clash against Harare City in the Harare derby at Rufaro Stadium today, but the team's technical team is not wor...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Josta disappointed
CAPS United's flourishing midfielder Joel "Josta" Ngodzo, is disappointed that he has been overlooked in the Warriors provisional 32-member squad for the 2020 African Nations Championships (CHAN) qual...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dubious Zim ref rejects bribery attempt
ZIFA yesterday heaped praise on top Zimbabwean referee Norman Matemera after he upheld integrity in rejecting a $10 000 bribery attempt by Equatorial Guinea outfit Desportivo Niefang to influence the ...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ariel comes full circle at Bosso
MADINDA Ndlovu was in his first stint as Highlanders head coach when goalkeeper Ariel Sibanda made his senior bow for the Bulawayo football giants in 2009 after graduating from the team's development ...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu not yet ready for Warriors
PETER Ndlovu has ruled himself out of reckoning for the vacant Warriors coaching post saying he is not yet ready to take over the reins in this high pressure job.The Warriors coaching job rema...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 05:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa flies out
ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa left Harare yesterday for Morocco for a series of high-level Confederation of African Football meetings that will deliberate on the staging of the African Cup of ...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso search for left-back
CASTLE Lager Premier Soccer League club Highlanders have started looking for a left-back, as it is increasingly becoming apparent that they are going to lose Honest Moyo, who is heading for the South ...Published: 15 Jul 2017 at 11:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dembare in crisis
Dynamos' fine run in the Castle Premiership thus far is under threat as the club battles to avert imminent player mutiny over the nonpayment of salaries, allowances and bonuses.The situation w...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 16:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
$3 to watch Warriors
In a bid to attract a full house for Sunday's 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier between the Warriors and Liberia, Zifa have pegged the cheapest ticket at $3.Normally, international ...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 12:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa will be guided by Pasuwa
ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa has lifted the lid on the uncertainty that had appeared to surround the status of Callisto Pasuwa and says he stands guided by the Warriors coach's decision to quit...Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pasuwa to be 'demoted'
ZIFA'S High Performance Committee (HPC) is set to revive its push for the appointment of a technical adviser, casting further doubt on the future of under-fire Warriors coach Kalisto Pasuwa, in th...Published: 29 Jan 2017 at 09:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kappa kit sponsorship deal for Zimbabwe Warriors edging closer
ZIFA is at an advanced stage of getting all national teams kit sponsorship from reputable sporting apparel company.The deal should sail through before the Africa Cup of Nations tournament ...Published: 29 Nov 2016 at 10:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso top striker dragged into match-fixing scandal
HIGHLANDERS top striker Knox Mutizwa has been roped into the damaging match- fixing scandal.Zifa lawyers want to us Mutizwa as a witness.He travelled to Harare for intervei...Published: 04 May 2016 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Sports writer
Zifa expells Edzai Kasinauyo
ZIFA have expelled executive committee member Edzai Kasinauyo for dragging the association to court in a bid to fight his suspension from the board over match-fixing allegations.Kasinauyo has ...Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 23:55hrs | 22 | by Eddie Chikamhi
Pasuwa issues an apology
A CONTRITE Zimbabwe soccer coach Callisto Pasuwa yesterday issued an apology to the nation for the Warriors' poor African Nations Championships campaign in which they were eliminated at the group stag...Published: 25 Jan 2016 at 05:15hrs | 3 | by Petros Kausiyo
Zimbabwe Warriors booted out of CHAN 2016
Zimbabwe 0 - 1 MaliZIMBABWE coach Kallisto Pasuwa says the Warriors learnt the hard way as they crashed out of the African Nations Championships yesterday after missing chances to defeat Mali at U...Published: 24 Jan 2016 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Petros Kausiyo
Chiyangwa wants to pay Pasuwa $7,000
ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa insists the association is keen to engage national coach Callisto Pasuwa on a full-time basis and has allayed fears that contract talks between the two parties could co...Published: 11 Jan 2016 at 05:29hrs | | by Petros Kausiyo
Pasuwa demands $7,000 pay from Zifa
CONTRACT negotiations between the Zimbabwe Football Association and national team coach Kalisto Pasuwa seem to have hit a brick wall over the latter's salary demands.Pasuwa is reportedly deman...Published: 10 Jan 2016 at 06:03hrs | | by Ngqwele Dube
Warriors will share Chan spoils, says Chiyangwa
ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa has revealed that the Warriors will share the $100 000 that will come from the Confederation of African Football for the national team's qualification into this year's ...Published: 10 Jan 2016 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Langton Nyakwenda
Cash boost for Zimbabwe Warriors
THE good times are certainly rolling for Zifa and the Warriors these days.In yet another refreshing turn of events for the association and the senior national team, Harare businessman Wicknell...Published: 07 Jan 2016 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors step up act
WITH his Group D rivals Zambia, Mali and Uganda gearing up for the African Nations Championships, Warriors coach Callisto Pasuwa maintains that it would have been ideal for his charges to play at leas...Published: 06 Jan 2016 at 05:10hrs | 1 | by Eddie Chikamhi
Pasuwa eyes friendly matches
WARRIORS coach Callisto Pasuwa is still hopeful his charges will be able to secure at least two warm-up matches in order to gauge their preparedness for the African Nations Championships in Rwanda....Published: 04 Jan 2016 at 06:21hrs | | by Petros Kausiyo
Chiyangwa pledges to give Warriors max support
ZIFA president Phillip Chiyangwa has promised the Warriors that they will be adequately catered for in their preparations for the African Nations Championships and challenged the senior team to surpas...Published: 29 Dec 2015 at 08:20hrs | | by Eddie Chikamhi
Chivayo to pay $180 000 of Zifa debt
Just over two weeks into office, ZIFA have moved to start offsetting their crippling debt with the association's president Philip Chiyangwa yesterday securing a crucial million-dollar sponsorship deal...Published: 22 Dec 2015 at 09:39hrs | 1 | by Takudzwa Chitsiga
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