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Omega Sibanda ordered to pay $6,750 debt
THE High Court in Bulawayo has ordered the MP for Vungu in the Midlands Province, Omega Sibanda to pay back a personal loan of US$6 750 which he got from a local freelance photographer eight years ago...Published: 11 hrs ago | 186 | by Staff reporter
Arsenal fumbles a 2-point lead to a draw against Watford
It can be frustrating for any football team to let a sizable lead shrink down in the second half of the game to eventually draw against their opponents. Such a situation occurred in the Premier League...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 14:29hrs | 438 | by Staff Writer
Bosso, Hwange share spoils at Colliery
Hwange 0 - 0 Highlanders A DRAW was probably the fairest result in this Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match between Hwange and Highlanders played before a huge crowd at the Colliery Stadium y...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 06:51hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
Can Bosso stand Colliery heat?
THAT Highlanders are finding the going tough this season is not a secret, it is the magnitude of the magnitude of that struggle that is shocking.Highlanders have won just five of the Castle La...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Final salute for Robert Mugabe
WHILE his remains will be interred at the National Heroes Acre after completion of a mausoleum currently being constructed at the national shrine, over the past week thousands of Zimbabweans gave the ...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:44hrs | 186 | 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 13:05hrs | 1498 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's own family bitterly divided
The family of Africa's strongman and fallen giant Robert Mugabe are in a squabble over the site and date of burial, not wanting to go against his last wishes.According to the family of the ex-...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:11hrs | 2163 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Mugabes bury the hatchet, settles row to give Mugabe hero's burial
Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe will be buried in the National Heroes Acre monument in Harare, his family says, following a row with the government over his final resting site.Family...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:07hrs | 4154 | by BBC
Zifa in court victory
The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has finally breathed a sigh of relief after efforts by a former employee, who had sought to garnish its bank account over a US$518 331 debt, were thwarted by t...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:01hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's influence on sports
BRUCE Grobbelaar, the legendary Liverpool goalkeeper, claims he was forced out of Zimbabwe by him.Peter Ndlovu, possibly the finest Zimbabwean footballer of all time, says he played a pivotal ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:30hrs | 330 | by Enock Muchinjo
Mapeza explains shock departure
NORMAN MAPEZA says the need for rest, after five demanding years in the trenches at FC Platinum, finally forced him to end his successful marriage with the Zvishavane miners. The Zimbabwe cham...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:53hrs | 2302 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's family decision to strain Grace, Mnangagwa relationship
Robert Mugabe's family has prevailed and Zimbabwe's former president will be buried in his rural home.This is a final snub to his former comrades. It is not unprecedented: other national heroe...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 22:18hrs | 3122 | by BBC Africa
Madinda out of ICU
ZIMBABWEAN football legend Madinda Ndlovu is now out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where he has been at a Botswana private hospital after collapsing while conducting a training session on Saturday....Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 20:53hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Dozens injured in stadium stampede to view Mugabe body
DOZENS of ordinary Zimbabweans were injured Thursday in a stampede at Rufaro Stadium to view late former President Robert Mugabe's body.The incident happened when the body of the country's fou...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 20:53hrs | 269 | by newzimbabwe
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 07:03hrs | 1053 | 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 07:01hrs | 603 | 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 07:09hrs | 2058 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe football is in safe hands'
Zifa president, Felton Kamambo, has said that Zimbabwean football is in safe hands and there is no need for the nation to be in panic mode, now and in future. The Zifa supremo was addres...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:29hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Warriors of shame!
The Zimbabwe senior men soccer team made a silent entry back into the country yesterday afternoon following a disgraceful defeat to football minnows Somalia in a 2022 Fifa World Cup preliminary round ...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:43hrs | 323 | by Munyaradzi Madzokere
What the heck is happening at Highlanders?
FOOTBALL without Highlanders and Dynamos in the mix or top of the log, should I say is not interesting and that on its own lowers the standard of football in the country.I'm writing with a hea...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:32hrs | 160 | by Zenzo Moyo
Zimbabwe says goodbye to last of formidable Mugabe, Muzenda, Nkomo combination
FOR soccer lovers, the combined talent of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar which became known MSN saw the trio terrorising defences across Europe.Working together in perfect harmony, the a...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:31hrs | 98 | by Gabriel Masvora
Peter Ndlovu used to consult Mugabe
LEGENDARY former Warriors captain Peter Ndlovu has revealed how he used to consult former President Robert Mugabe whenever he wanted to make a move in his illustrious footballing carrier. Muga...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 09:53hrs | 1280 | by Staff reporter
Warriors WC qualifier postponed
ZIMBABWE'S 2022 World Cup preliminary round second leg clash with Somalia, which had been scheduled for Sunday at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo, has been postponed to Tuesday following a request b...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:13hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Bosso must change now or die
"Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow". These are the words of famed English writer and theologist,...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:04hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
BF overlooked again by regionalists
ZIFA have moved the Warriors' home 2022 World Cup qualifier against Somalia to next Tuesday at the National Sports Stadium. Initially, the match was set for this Sunday at Barbourfields, but has now b...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:00hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Warriors lose to Somalia
Somalia 1-0 Zimbabwe ZIMBABWEAN football hit a new low last night when the Warriors lost to the world's lowest-ranked team, Somalia, in a Fifa World Cup preliminary round first leg match played at...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:51hrs | 748 | by New Ziana
Mnangagwa's govt condemns violent SA attacks
Government has condemned flaring attacks on citizens from other African countries in South Africa which have so far left five people dead, shops looted and property burnt down. Botswana,...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Zifa challenges Cosafa to furnish them with Fifa correspondence on Chiyangwa
ZIFA have asked COSAFA to furnish them with correspondence from FIFA on which they based their communication saying the ban on the region's football boss, Philip Chiyangwa, was null and void. ...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 07:46hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Zifa shields purse
The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa), whose account was recently garnished over a US$518 331 debt owed to former administrator Lazarus Mhurushomana, has petitioned the High Court with an urgent ch...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:44hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Warriors respectful of minnows on World Cup return
WARRIORS coach Joey Antipas is treating Somalia with respect despite their low-ranking and profile in world football ahead of their first leg preliminary round of the 2022 World Cup qualifier to be pl...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:40hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
National teams must not be used as pawns in Zifa fights
THE current Zifa leadership led by Felton Kamambo is under siege following its failure to raise a national women's team to fulfil a home Olympics Games second leg qualifier against Zambia, which had b...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:38hrs | 129 | by Editorial - Newsday
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 | 88 | by Staff reporter
Fifa wants unloved Chiyangwa back at Zifa
FIFA believe a solution could still be found to the crisis engulfing Zimbabwe football and have opened an avenue for dialogue between ZIFA president Felton Kamambo and COSAFA boss Philip Chiyangwa. Th...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:17hrs | 815 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry lashes out at Zifa
Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry has lashed out at the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) for the aborted second round Olympic qualifier between Zimbabwe national women soccer team and Zambia....Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 10:50hrs | 4058 | by Staff Reporter
Potraz demands US$1 million from Zifa
Problems continue to mount on the current Zifa leadership, with the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) taking the Felton Kamambo-led association to the High Court ...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:06hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Fifa backs Chiyangwa
COSAFA have said they have been advised by Fifa that the life ban imposed by Zifa, on the regional body's president Philip Chiyangwa, is null and void as due process was not followed by the domestic f...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:05hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Freddie Gwala, Majalisa date Bulawayo
SOUTH Africa's yesteryear musician Freddie "Amadamara" Gwala makes a return to Zimbabwe during the festive season where he is expected to hold a show alongside disco queen, Patricia Majalisa, in Bulaw...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1556 | by Staff reporter
The influence of top African football players on their teams
According to the football experts, the African continent will very soon have a nation capable of winning the World Cup title. The expansion of football here is enormous, and more and more fantastic pl...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 21:29hrs | 1229 | by Staff Writer
Mighty Warriors boycott home fixture
Zimbabwean football plunged to a new low yesterday after the senior women's national team failed to appear at their own home match where they were meant to host Zambia in a Tokyo 2020 Olympics qualifi...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:59hrs | 1485 | by Staff reporter
Bosso struggle against Mushowani
Highlanders 0-0 Mushowani Stars HIGHLANDERS coach Mandla Mpofu professed ignorance over the three-game ultimatum given to him by the club, saying he will soldier on to turn Bosso's fortunes around...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:34hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Mighty Warriors in no show at home to Zambia
A national embarrassment unfolded at the National Sports Stadium this afternoon after the Mighty Warriors did not pitch up for their scheduled Olympic qualifier against Zambia.A national team'...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 20:24hrs | 2558 | by Staff reporter
Breaking: Bosso coaches on way out
Highlanders technical staff Mandla Mpofu and his assistant Bekithemba Ndlovu are on their way out after failing to garner six points from three games....Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 16:34hrs | 2191 | 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 | 1167 | by Staff reporter
Civil service undergoing massive overhaul
Public Service Commission (PSC) chairperson Vincent Hungwe has revealed that the civil service is under massive transformation to improve professionalism and efficiencies.In an exclusive inter...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:51hrs | 1554 | 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 | 266 | by Staff reporter
Bosso abandon camping before home matches
AUSTERITY for prosperity?Bulawayo football giants Highlanders have reportedly abandoned going into camp a day before their Castle Lager Premier Soccer League home matches in what is said be on...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:23hrs | 282 | 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 | 720 | 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 | 6282 | by Staff reporter
FIFA warns Zimbabwe government
FIFA has written to the Sports and Recreation Council ordering it to stop interfering with the business of the Zimbabwe Football Association....Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 17:57hrs | 4940 | by Staff Reporter
Zambia wallop Mighty Warriors
Zambia 5-0 Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE'S Mighty Warriors will have an uphill task when they face Zambia in the second leg of the second round in the 2020 Olympic qualifiers after they were humiliated yester...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:33hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
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