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Zimbabwe Warriors to face Burkina Faso and Niger in Morocco friendlies
Zimbabwe's senior men's national football team, the Warriors, will take on Burkina Faso and Niger in international friendly matches scheduled for next month in Morocco, the Zimbabwe Football Associati...Published: 14 May 2025 at 08:47hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Vaaz not a Replica of MDC VAA nor a Mwonzora Baby: Veteran Activists Association Zimbabwe (VAAZ)
We've seen unscrupulous career politicians attempting to mislead the nation into believing the Veteran Activists for Democracy kowtow to Mwonzora. NADA, we all hate him and his entourage with a passio...Published: 23 May 2024 at 23:11hrs | 33 | by Mandava Blessing VAAZ Spokesperson
Khanye promises his best to the club and fans
Zimbabwe footballer Nkosilomusa Khanye who plays as a striker for Young Stars in Botswana promises to continue with his fine form from last season.The Zimbabwean plays his football in the Bots...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 19:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Aston Villa boss Emery ready to offload Nakamba?
ASTON Villa boss Unai Emery is reportedly ready to offload out of favour Zimbabwe international Marvelous Nakamba as part of plans to rebuild a squad he inherited following the sacking of Steven Gerra...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Liverpool starlet Mabaya misses Dubai camp due to injury
ENGLAND-BORN Zimbabwean starlet Isaac Mabaya has missed out on another opportunity to impress Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp after being ruled out of the Premier League giants' training camp in Dubai...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teenager signs first professional contract with Newcastle United
England-born Zimbabwean teenage striker Michael Ndiweni and seven other teenagers have put pen to paper on their first professional contracts with Newcastle United.Michael Ndiweni, Jamie Miley...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 18:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza's shock pick
Europe-based midfielder Kundai Benyu was a surprise inclusion into the Warriors' 23-member squad which left Harare yesterday for the Africa Cup of Nations finals to be played in Cameroon....Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 00:09hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
SRC reject ZIFA board comeback
THE Sports and Recreation Commission yesterday warned the rebellious ZIFA board members they risk facing severe consequences if they go ahead with their plans to defy the suspension imposed by the cou...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 07:17hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Police reject demo application
THE Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters Association were yesterday denied police clearance to demonstrate against under-fire Warriors coach, Zdravko Logarusic, who now appears on his way out. ...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Loga now in a better mood
WARRIORS coach, Zdravko Logarusic, is hoping his players will get the game time they badly need to put them into fine shape for the two FIFA World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and Ethiopi...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warriors drop one place on FIFA rankings
ZIMBABWE has moved one place down the ladder in the latest FIFA rankings.The Warriors are now ranked 108th in the world, according to the rankings released today. They also dropped two places ...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 15:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Criticism for Nakamba as Villa beat Bristol
DAYS after being praised for his performances, Zimbabwe international midfielder, Marvelous Nakamba, was the target of some harsh criticism after Aston Villa breezed to a 3-0 victory of Championship s...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba could save Aston Villa millions
The affable Marvelous Nakamba is so often the unsung hero who's set to feature more prominently for Aston Villa this season.With Douglas Luiz set for a break after his Olympic Games involvemen...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 17:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Boost for Sables' WC bid
THE Sables have qualified for the final phase of the 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifiers following the withdrawal of Tunisia from Rugby Africa Cup Pool D games, which will now be held in Zimbabwe from Jul...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Sables beat Zambia in friendly match
Zimbabwe 31 8 ZambiaZIMBABWE's Sables marked their return to competitive action with a victory over Zambia in a friendly international rugby match at Harare Sports Club yesterday.Newboy Do...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 06:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bosso take on bogey Chiefs
HIGHLANDERS will seek to gain momentum when they clash with bogey side Bulawayo Chiefs as they clash in the Chibuku Super Cup at Barbourfields Stadium tomorrow.Bulawayo City clash with Chicken...Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zifa cancel friendly matches
ZIFA has decided against organising friendly matches for the Warriors ahead of their Fifa World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and Ethiopia next month. Zimbabwe will also not take part in...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scottish-born, New Zealand-bred rugby star relishing Zimbabwe Sables dance
HE was born in Glasgow in Scotland to Zimbabwean parents, grew up in New Zealand, where he honed his rugby skills at the famed Waikato Rugby Academy, had stints in his native country with the PRO14 si...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Stakes high ahead of Zimbabwe, SA clash
THE Zimbabwe, South Africa World Cup qualifying clash set for June 5 at the National Sports Stadium is still a month-and-a-half away, but it is already dominating discussion among football enthusiasts...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mighty Warriors secure SA friendly
Banyana Banyana will play two international friendlies this month in preparation for the 2022 Caf Africa Women's Cup of Nations qualifiers.The South African Football Association (Safa) have co...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mafu warns of Zebra kicks
FORMER Warriors assistant coach Bongani Mafu has warned Zimbabwe against taking the Zebras of Botswana for granted ahead of tonight's crucial Group H Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier in Francis...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors drop in world rankings
The Warriors continue making headlines under new coach Zdravko Logarusic, albeit for the wrong reasons, after they dropped the most points in the latest Fifa/Coca-Cola world rankings released on Monda...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Warriors suffer biggest plunge
ZIMBABWE were the biggest losers in the world in the latest FIFA rankings after the country plunged four places down the table into 112th place. The Warriors shed four places down the ta...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
No friendly matches for Warriors
THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has turned down Zifa's request to play friendly matches in the build-up to next month's Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers against Botswana and Zambia....Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zifa submits bloated squad for Chan
ZIFA has been forced to submit a bloated final Warriors squad list for the African Nations Championship (Chan) as the Confederation of African Football (Caf) are taking their time to respond to their ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Loga tests positive for COVID-19
ZIMBABWE's participation at next month's African Nations Championship (Chan) finals is in doubt after Warriors coach Zdravko LogaruĊĦic was said to be among the 14 players and officials who contracted...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:54hrs | 1 | 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 | 10 | by Staff reporter
Blow for Warriors
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo has ruled out any possibility of the Warriors playing friendly matches ahead of the resumption of the qualifying games for the 2021 Cameroon Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon)...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Messi banned from international football
Argentina captain Lionel Messi has been banned from international football for three months after claiming the Copa America was "corrupt."Barcelona forward Messi, 32, was sent off in Argentina...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 16:50hrs | 2 | by Daniel Itai
How to speak Zimbabwean
Very often, you hear the words "resilient" and "innovative" attached to Zimbabwean people. But what most outsiders don't know is that to be Zimbabwean, one must speak a language only known to the coun...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 19:55hrs | 1 | by Chazz Cummings
Gidiza rues lost opportunity
Former Warriors midfielder Ronald "Gidiza" Sibanda believes Zimbabwe missed an opportunity to do well at the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals considering the quality that coach Sunday Chidzambga h...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chidzambga's father dies
Captain Knowledge Musona has challenged the Warriors to win the Cosafa tournament for the team's coach Sunday "Mhofu" Chidzambga, whose father passed on in Harare yesterday.Mhofu was forced to...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warriors make preparations for 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
As the finals of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) loom large, Zimba...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 16:33hrs | 12 | by Staff Writer
Bonne submits papers for Zimbabwe passport, ready for Warriors
United Kingdom-born Warriors' striker Macauley Bonne is now expected to play for the national team in competitive matches after applying a passport at the Zimbabwean embassy in London today.Th...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 21:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Warriors line up Bafana friendly
AS Zifa step up preparations for the Warriors ahead of the upcoming 2019 African Cup of Nations finals, several high-profile countries including South Africa's Bafana Bafana, Nigeria and Ivory Coast h...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Akbay lauds Zimbabwe's quality
Ngezi Platinum Stars coach Erol Akbay has claimed that there is not much of a difference in quality between his players and those of South Africa top-flight league log leaders Wits University despite ...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 14:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bosso players strike again!
A STRIKE by Highlanders players yesterday forced the club to cancel this week's training programme after players insisted they would only return to training after being paid at least their January sal...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zifa executive holds maiden indaba
THE newly appointed Zifa excecutive committee held its first board meeting in Harare with issues of football development of the men and women's game as well as the preparations for the Warriors' final...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 09:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Aide shares memory of Joshua Nkomo
One of the founding fathers of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle and late Vice President Dr Joshua Nkomo, a larger than life character is still alive in the hearts of many, for he was and still is an ico...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa flying on broken wings
Following the passing on of Tsvangirai, the late leader of a faction of the MDC, I had an animated discussion with some opposition figure whose identity I shall not disclose. Congenitally boisterous a...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:28hrs | 1 | by Igomombe
ZIFA engage Govt on British Brigade
ZIFA have engaged the Government to help facilitate the application for Zimbabwean passports for players born or raised abroad for possible inclusion for the Cosafa Cup which gets underway in South Af...Published: 10 May 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Madinda pleased with Bosso progress
Highlanders coach Madinda Ndlovu is happy with the way his project is shaping up, after his youthful side again collected maximum points in a 2-0 win over a battling Herentals at the National Sports S...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Warriors, Bafana Bafana clash in international friendly
EIGHTEEN years after their World Cup qualifier at the National Sports Stadium was blighted by the deaths of 13 fans, Zimbabwe's Warriors and South Africa's Bafana Bafana are set for a showdown at the ...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 05:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's bag of empty promises
HIS ascension to Zimbabwe's most influential football position started off as a social media jibe, and one is tempted to wish it had remained so.It was even unfathomable that the flamboyant bu...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 22:12hrs | 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
Zimbabwe Warriors lose again
Namibia 3 - 1 ZimbabweTHE Warriors suffered their second defeat in three days when they went down 3-1 to Namibia in an international friendly dubbed the Dr Hage Geingob Cup, at the Sam Nujoma Stad...Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 17:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Musona forced out
WARRIORS skipper Knowledge Musona has been ruled out of the team's two international friendlies against Lesotho and Namibia this week after picking an injury playing for his Belgian side KV Oostende a...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Benyu, Bonne, Darikwa, Muskwe join Warriors camp
TALISMANIC forward and skipper Knowledge Musona has been ruled out of Zimbabwe's international friendlies against Lesotho and Namibia but the Warriors yesterday welcomed their British based new recrui...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu, Benjani Mwaruwari to play against Barcelona
ZIFA are wooing former Warriors captain Peter Ndlovu and Benjani Mwaruwari to be part of the high-profile names that will grace the exhibition match between a Zimbabwe side and the Barcelona Legends n...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 05:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chidzambwa continues as Warriors interim coach
SUNDAY Chidzambwa is set to continue his role as Zimbabwe Warriors interim coach for the team's next assignments.Zimbabwe play two international friendlies in November during the Fifa internat...Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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