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Parly tells 'clueless' Zifa Normalization Committee to resign
On Thursday, the Parliamentary Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture Portfolio Committee called for the resignation of the ZIFA Normalization Committee, criticizing them for their lack of understanding...Published: 18 hrs ago | 285 | by Staff reporter
5 foreigners for Zimbabwe Warriors job
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has postponed the appointment of the new Warriors coach, initially expected this weekend, with interviews for five shortlisted foreign candidates now set for t...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 10:14hrs | 1604 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors stuck on worst Fifa ratings in 8 years
The Zimbabwe national team, the Warriors, learned their latest position on the FIFA rankings following the recent international tournaments. Despite participating in the Cosafa Cup and being e...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 11:45hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
Zifa to name Warriors coach
Zimbabwe's Warriors are set to have a new coach by the weekend, as ZIFA has shortlisted four candidates for the senior soccer team. The Warriors have struggled in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and are...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:01hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Warriors unchanged on Fifa rankings
Zimbabwe's men's national football team remains in 129th place out of 210 in the latest FIFA global rankings. In the continental rankings, they are still 38th in Africa. Despite winning two ma...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 05:54hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa at Euro 2024 final in Berlin
Former Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) and Cosafa president Phillip Chiyangwa is in Germany to watch the Euro 2024 final between Spain and England at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Invited by Uefa...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 16:41hrs | 4431 | by Staff reporter
Dodgy ZIFA leadership struggling to get anything right
ZIFA's Normalisation Committee is facing criticism for failing to pay the Warriors their promised winning bonuses for the recent COSAFA Cup. Despite registering two wins against Comoros and Zambia in ...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 08:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya did not see the $82,000 Fifa fine coming
The ambitious Premier Soccer League (PSL) team Yadah Stars, owned by the charismatic religious leader Walter Magaya, has been fined $82,000 by FIFA for breaching the contracts of Brazilian expatriate ...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 08:06hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Fifa extends Zifa Normalisation Committee's tenure
The global football governing body, FIFA, has extended the tenure of the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) Normalisation Committee by another six months. Initially led by Lincoln Mutasa, th...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 16:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warriors discover Afcon fate
Following their disappointing exit from the Cosafa tournament, Zimbabwe's Warriors will discover their next opponents as the draw for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) is set to be conducted by t...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 09:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors win opening fixture of Cosafa Cup
Zimbabwe 1 - 0 ComorosZimbabwe has registered an opening win at the Hollywood Bets Cosafa Cup 2024 competition after beating Comoros 1-0 in Gqeberha, South Africa on Thursday.Interim head ...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 16:18hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Confusion stalks Zifa as coach disowns 3 national team squads
Warriors interim coach Jairosi Tapera has distanced himself from the three different national team squads announced by ZIFA for this week's Cosafa Cup in South Africa, highlighting ongoing controversy...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 13:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors face grim Afcon draw
Zimbabwe's national football team, the Warriors, faced a setback in their FIFA rankings after recent losses to Lesotho and South Africa, dropping seven places to 129th globally and 38th in Africa. Thi...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fifa to name new Zifa Committee
FIFA is set to replace the current leadership of the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA), led by Lincoln Mutasa, with a new Normalisation Committee due to dissatisfaction with the reform process. ...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors drop 7 places on FIFA Rankings
Zimbabwe's senior men's football team, the Warriors, have dropped seven places in the latest FIFA rankings following their recent poor performance in the CAF World Cup Qualifiers. They lost to...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warriors faces Chipolopolo in Cosafa draw
Following two disappointing defeats in the Fifa World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and South Africa, the Zimbabwean national football team, known as the Warriors, will seek redemption at the upcomin...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 12:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe aims for first World Cup Qualifiers win against Bafana
The Zimbabwe senior men's football team, the Warriors, aims for its first win in the Group C CAF World Cup Qualifiers on Tuesday evening against South Africa at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein....Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warriors face Bafana after Lesotho disaster
Zimbabwe's national soccer team, the Warriors, led by coach Jairos Tapera, faces a challenging task after a disappointing 2-0 defeat to Lesotho in a 2026 World Cup qualifier at Orlando Stadium. This l...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warriors hit rock bottom
Zimbabwe 0 - 2 LesothoZimbabwe's national football team, the Warriors, suffered a significant setback in the 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers after a disappointing loss to Lesotho, leaving them at t...Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 13:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mohadi donates laptops, pushes for modern education
During his visit to Manama High School in Gwanda district, Matabeleland South, Acting President Kembo Mohadi, an alumnus, honored the school's significant role in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle. ...Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 12:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wolves's rising star now eligible for Zimbabwe Warriors
Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Tawanda Chirewa is now eligible to play for Zimbabwe in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Group C qualifiers after obtaining his passport. The passport, processed in ...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wolves forward ineligible for Warriors
Zifa is working tirelessly to assist striker Tawanda Chirewa in obtaining a Zimbabwean passport ahead of the 2026 Fifa World Cup Group C qualifiers against Lesotho and South Africa. Chirewa, o...Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Tagwirei's Sakunda Holdings acquires bucket seats for NSS
Kudakwashe Tagwirei's Sakunda Holdings acquires bucket seats for the National Sports Stadium in an exclusive deal with the government. The lack of bucket seats is one of the major flaws identi...Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 16:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zifa normalisation committee misses important deadlines
Elections for a substantive Zifa board are unlikely to occur before September, as the Normalisation Committee (NC) led by Lincoln Mutasa is unable to complete its six tasks by the upcoming deadline....Published: 02 Jun 2024 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors in SA for World Cup battles
All players called up for the Warriors' 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and South Africa, starting this week, are expected to arrive in South Africa today.The team will face Les...Published: 02 Jun 2024 at 09:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors coaching chaos
Disagreements between the ZIFA Normalization Committee and Solomon Mudege, FIFA's head of development programmes for Africa, have caused a delay in appointing the Warriors coach and thwarted Baltemar ...Published: 26 May 2024 at 13:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Iran leader's death blow to Zimbabwe'
President Mnangagwa affirmed Zimbabwe's commitment to collaborating with Iran in advancing mutual socio-economic development goals despite facing sanctions. He conveyed condolences to Iran following t...Published: 22 May 2024 at 09:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brito divides Zifa
The ZIFA Normalisation Committee members are currently divided over the selection of the Warriors coach, with reports indicating a push to reinstate Baltermar Brito gaining momentum within one faction...Published: 22 May 2024 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
SADC Summit exposes Mnangagwa regime incompetence
There is usually nothing out of the ordinary when countries hosting major international events spruce up their existing infrastructure or even construct completely new ones.As a matter of fact...Published: 17 May 2024 at 17:17hrs | 5 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zifa to host V.A.R training course for referees
The Zimbabwe Football Association is poised to organize the inaugural Video Assistant Referee (V.A.R) training course for Southern African countries next month, marking a significant step by COSAFA to...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 18:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Coventry shares NSS progress report
SPORTS minister Kirsty Coventry says the government has made progress in the sprucing up of the National Sports Stadium to meet Caf standards to host international football.The stadium was clo...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors likely to play their home matches in SA
HOMELESS Warriors are likely to play their next 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifying home match against Lesotho in South Africa after the government failed in its promise to rehabilitate the National Sports...Published: 05 Apr 2024 at 06:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Warriors move up on FIFA rankings
The Zimbabwean national football team, known as the Warriors, has shown notable advancement in the latest FIFA world rankings. This positive shift follows their recent participation in a four-nation t...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 13:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warriors date Harambee Stars in cup final
FOR the first time in almost four decades, Zimbabwe and Kenya national football teams are set to clash in a cup final when they feature in the Four Nations Tournament decider at Bingu National Stadium...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Good vibes for Warriors
THE Warriors are hoping to round off the international break with a win after it kicked off their preparations for the second phase of the Group C Fifa World Cup qualifiers with a bang, beating Zambia...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK-based Warriors in Malawi hunt
ENGLAND-BASED Tawanda Maswanhise and Macaulay Bonne were late yesterday expected to join the rest of the Warriors' squad in Malawi for the four-team tournament as they face Zambia in the opening match...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bruce Grobbelaar advises Zimbabwe to move fast on Trey Nyoni
FORMER Warriors and Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar has advised Zimbabwe to move fast on Liverpool's Trey Nyoni before the Warriors lose him out completely.Grobbelaar says Nyoni would be...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors face Nakamba blow
LUTON TOWN manager Rob Edwards has given a bleak assessment of Warriors captain Marvelous Nakamba's recovery progress, hinting the player may miss the remainder of the campaign.If Nakamba fail...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shepolopolo: Zambia's Copper Queens Conquer African Football
The Zambian women's national football team, affectionately called the Copper Queens or Shepolopolo, have been making giant strides in African football over the past decade. From qualifying for their f...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 20:59hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
National Sports Stadium to be ready for next Warriors home matches
The Zimbabwe's national football team will soon go back to the National Sports Stadium to host international matches, Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture Minister Kirsty Coventry told parliamentarian...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 08:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dembare, CAPS Utd match off
THE proposed Harare Mayor's Cheer Fund Cup showdown between Dynamos and CAPS United pencilled for Rufaro on Sunday has been put on ice. Harare's biggest rivals had been provided with an opport...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube wants PPPs in stadiums revamp
FINANCE, Economic Development and Investment Promotions minister Mthuli Ncube has urged private players to come on board to help revamp stadiums. Ncube said private players could come on board under t...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Low expectations as Dembare go to Caf contest
DYNAMOS chairman Moses Maunganidze says they will not be setting the bar too high ahead of their African Safari campaign after a long time of absence.The Harare giants will take part in the Co...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Smells nepotism as unknown Mangombe set for Warriors job
The ZIFA Normalisation Committee (NC) says it will soon announce the coach for the senior men's football team with indications pointing to Dynamos coach Genesis Mangombe getting the vacant Warriors po...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors invited to Europe
THE Warriors have been invited for a friendly match in Malta in March before they resume their Group C 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers campaign when they host Lesotho on June 3 at a venue yet to be ann...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brito's dance with Warriors hangs by a thread
WARRIORS interim coach Baltemar Brito's dance with the national team hangs by a thread after his contract expired on Sunday.Brito and the entire Warriors' technical team signed short-term cont...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fraud-accused ZIFA executives take fight to Constitutional Court
FIVE former executives of the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) facing fraud allegations are seeking to escalate their case to the Constitutional Court, claiming a violation of their rights....Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 09:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
PUMA dumps Israel national soccer team sponsorship deal
Sportswear giant Puma has announced its decision to terminate its sponsorship deal with the Israeli Football Association (IFA) in 2024. Contrary to speculation, Puma asserts that the decision is not l...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 13:35hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Warriors risk losing Brito
The Warriors risk losing coach Baltemar Brito as his contract with Zifa lapses at the end of this month.Zifa rode on Brito's contract with Highlanders which also ends on December 31 and now ha...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ariel Sibanda is the goalkeeper of the year
UTILITY man Qadr Amini was last night in a state of delirium as he was accompanied by his two wives to receive the Soccer Star of the Year crown.This follows a stellar season in which he capta...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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