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Benjani breaks silence
BENJANI MWARUWARI could probably rival Belgian Tom Saintfiet among the shortest-serving members of the Warriors technical team in local football history.He was appointed assistant coach on Aug...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Loga's US$90k golden handshake
ZIFA'S ill-fated experiment with hapless Croatian coach, Zdravko Logarusic, has cost the association a cumulative bill of over US$223 000 in salaries and bonuses over the last 20 months. And, all they...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 1 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
'Chiyangwa to blame for Afcon crisis'
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo yesterday made sensational claims accusing his predecessor, Philip Chiyangwa, for allegedly being part of a cartel that caused mayhem that stalked the Warriors' 2019 Afco...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa isn't losing any sleep
ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa says he isn't losing any sleep about the possibility of not extending his stay as the leader of domestic football by another four years because he feels he is standing ...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zifa leap to Chiyangwa defence
ZIFA have hailed the efforts of their president Philip Chiyangwa in sourcing sponsorship for the association, which has augmented the nearly $1 million they received under the Financial Assistance Pro...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 23:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cannot afford to employ Herve Renard
ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa says they cannot afford to employ a coach like two-time Nations Cup winner, Herve Renard, whom he met during his week-long tour of duty in Egypt and Bahrain.Chi...Published: 14 May 2017 at 14:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mapeza to take charge of Warriors's 2019 Afcon battles
EXACTLY seven years after Norman Mapeza guided the Warriors in their opening 2012 Nations Cup qualifier against Liberia, life will come full circle for the gaffer when he, once again, takes charge of ...Published: 04 May 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pasuwa joins the money queue
Former Warriors coach Kalisto Pasuwa is joining what has become a permanent feature at Zifa: the long queue of people waiting for the football association to pay what it owes them. And if one cons...Published: 05 Mar 2017 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa backs Warriors
ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa has thrown his weight behind the Warriors and dismissed the criticism which the senior national team has been facing in some sectors in the wake of their first roun...Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa hits out at critics
PHILIP CHIYANGWA has come out all guns blazing saying he remains the bona-fide leader of the domestic football governing body and those who are battling to topple him are wasting their time and will f...Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 08:16hrs | | by Sports Reporter
Musona's third time luck
For talismanic Zimbabwe striker Knowledge Musona, the Warriors qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations to be held in Gabon early next year was a classic case of third time luck.Musona led ...Published: 06 Jun 2016 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Grace Chingoma
Affirmative Action Group engages Wicknell Chivayo
THE Affirmative Action Group yesterday plunged into the drama which saw Wicknell Chivayo pulling the plug on his sponsorship package for the Warriors by engaging the Harare businessman and asking him ...Published: 06 Apr 2016 at 06:31hrs | | by Eddie Chikamhi
Wicknell's bombshell - Withdraws sponsorship to Zifa
Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo has dropped a bombshell by cutting ties with Zifa and ending his sponsorship to the Warriors.Chivayo was angered by Sunday press reports that Warriors head ...Published: 04 Apr 2016 at 11:34hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
COSAFA feathers on Chiyangwa's cap
ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa's international profile continues to grow after he was appointed to the marketing committee of the Confederation of Southern African Football Associations.The H...Published: 08 Mar 2016 at 09:19hrs | | by Sports reporter
Sir Wicknell buys Warriors 250 pairs of football boots
ZIFA partner Wicknell Chivayo's love affair with Zimbabwe football is turning into an obsession with the businessman – who secured brand new cars for Warriors' coach Callisto Pasuwa and Mighty Warri...Published: 19 Feb 2016 at 06:12hrs | | by Robson Sharuko
Pasuwa gets his $70 000 wheels
Warriors head coach Callisto Pasuwa was today handed his donated $70 000 vehicle.The vehicle a Toyota D4D was donated by businessman Wicknell Chivayo who is also a ZIFA sponsor. Chivay...Published: 08 Feb 2016 at 14:15hrs | | by Thobekikle Zhou
Wicknell backs under-achieving Pasuwa
ZIFA partner Wicknell Chivayo has thrown his weight behind Callisto Pasuwa and says the brand new vehicle he acquired for the Warriors coach should be delivered to the coach, as promised, despite the ...Published: 02 Feb 2016 at 05:17hrs | | by Robson Sharuko
Sir Wicknell buys Pasuwa a car
ZIFA partner Wicknell Chivayo has moved in quickly to ease some of the tension between the country's football controlling body and Warriors' coach Callisto Pasuwa over a contract for the gaffer by sec...Published: 14 Jan 2016 at 05:15hrs | | by Robson Sharuko and Petros Kausiyo
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
Year 2015 in review
THE year 2015 was another disappointing year for Zimbabwean sport although some people continue to hope that things will improve.Our sport, whether it be football, cricket or rugby, was largel...Published: 01 Jan 2016 at 11:31hrs | 2 | by Ricky Zililo and Sikhumbuzo Moyo
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
Ex-convict Wicknell says $1m Zifa donation is like petty cash
Harare businessman, Wicknell Chivayo who is reportedly connected to the Zanu PF elite and recently rescued Zifa with his $1million donation has said the cash injection is 'like petty cash'.Las...Published: 27 Dec 2015 at 09:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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 | | by Takudzwa Chitsiga
Chiyangwa meets SA's Jordaan
A week after he swept to power as ZIFA president, Philip Chiyangwa will get a feel of his first international duty when he attends the South African Football Association's annual meeting as guest in S...Published: 12 Dec 2015 at 11:29hrs | | by Sports Reporter
Chiyangwa goes on leave
Newly-appointed Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa yesterday came out from his first board meeting announcing he will be going on leave while revealing the association's resolutions to engage KPMG to con...Published: 09 Dec 2015 at 12:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pay Valinhos in an effort to rescue SWC 2018 dream
GOVERNMENT has made the first steps towards their efforts to rescue Zimbabwe's 2018 World Cup qualifying dream after settling the long-standing debt with former national football team coach Jose Claud...Published: 20 Oct 2015 at 09:33hrs | | by Eddie Chikamhi
Cuthbert Dube finally quits as ZIFA president
CUTHBERT Dube quit his post as ZIFA president last night, just a few hours before the domestic football governing body's councillors were due to revoke his mandate as their leader at their extra-o...Published: 03 Oct 2015 at 07:10hrs | | by Robson Sharuko
D-day for Cuthbert Dube
Saturday could be D-Day for Zimbabwe Football Association president Cuthbert Dube as councillors meet to find a solution and chart a way forward into the continued decline in Zimbabwe football....Published: 01 Oct 2015 at 16:19hrs | | by Sports reporter
Zimbabwe face another Soccer World Cup ban
YET another major World Cup heartbreak is looming for Zimbabwean football amid revelations that the country could be thrown out of the 2022 tournament in Qatar if ZIFA fail to settle their long-standi...Published: 29 Sep 2015 at 06:41hrs | | by Petros Kausiyo
Zimbabwe parliament panic over 2018 Soccer World Cup
PANIC swept across Parliament yesterday as Zimbabwe stumbled closer to missing the 2018 World Cup qualifiers as reality began to sink that for first time since Independence the nation could fail to be...Published: 17 Jul 2015 at 07:55hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Zifa blew $500k on Asiagate scandal investigations
The debt-ridden Zimbabwe Football Association blew half a million dollars in investigating the alleged Asiagate scandal.ZIFA has a $6 million debt that includes $600 000 owed to former employe...Published: 23 Jun 2015 at 15:54hrs | | by Sports reporter
Former Warriors coach set to take charge of Togo national team
Belgian coach Tom Saintfiet is set to take charge of the Togo national team on a two-year contract.He is due to sign on 1 June, just a week before the Hawks take on Ghana in an international f...Published: 20 May 2015 at 12:46hrs | | by BBC
Fifa throw Zifa a SWC 2018 lifeline
FIFA have handed Zimbabwe a lifeline after giving the national football association up to the end of this month to clear outstanding salary arrears owed to former coach, Brazilian Jose Claudinei Georg...Published: 14 May 2015 at 08:46hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Ian Gorowa threatens to report Zifa to Fifa
Former Zimbabwe coach Ian Gorowa is threatening to report the country's football association (Zifa) to Fifa, in a bid to recover money which he claims is owed to him.Football's world governing...Published: 26 Apr 2015 at 16:17hrs | | by Kennedy Gondwe BBC Sport
Madinda, Mapeza come together again
FORMER Warriors coaches Norman Mapeza and Madinda Ndlovu have come together again, but this time on a mission to try and attain a Confederation of African Football A-Licence badge at a course whic...Published: 20 Dec 2014 at 07:21hrs | | by Petros Kausiyo
Zimbabwe Warriors disbanded
ZIFA have disbanded the Warriors and will roll out a strategic plan, whose emphasis will be on the development of junior national teams, with the association hoping that this will roll out players goo...Published: 08 Aug 2014 at 10:02hrs | | by Augustine Hwata
Bafana Bafana job for Gorowa?
ZIFA'S failure to tie Warriors coach Ian Gorowa to a long-term contract could return to haunt them amid revelations that the South African Football Association are considering an audacious bid to lure...Published: 04 Feb 2014 at 08:04hrs | | by Sports reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors begin Cosafa defence
The Zimbabwe national football team begin their Cosafa Cup defence Saturday afternoon when they face Malawi in the first quarterfinal match at Nkoloma Stadium in Zambia. The Warriors are four-...Published: 13 Jul 2013 at 06:21hrs | | by Sports reporter
Confirmed, Rahman Gumbo is in charge
NORMAN MAPEZA'S tenure as Warriors coach virtually ended yesterday when the Zifa board resolved to maintain the interim set-up in which Rahman Gumbo will be in charge, with the FC Platinum mentor tak...Published: 31 Mar 2012 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Two Zimbabwean soccer players set for trials in Germany
Another two Zimbabwean hottest football talents, Achieford Gutu and Abbas Amidu, are set for trial in Europe as the Young Warriors continue to attract European interest. Dynamos' Gutu and Bl...Published: 24 Jun 2011 at 07:41hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Concern raised over Zimbabwe Warriors' preparations
Local-based coaches have expressed concern with the Warriors' preparations that appear to be behind schedule for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier match against Mali on June 5 at the National Sports...Published: 18 May 2011 at 07:57hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Zimbabwe soccer great Peter Ndlovu in greats match
ZIMBABWE soccer legend Peter Ndlovu returns to domestic action this weekend after a two week absence in which he starred for his international team Global United FC in Namibia. "Nsukuzon...Published: 21 Apr 2011 at 07:29hrs | | by Byo24News
ZIFA board member denies being a tribalist
ZIFA board member Benedict Moyo says accusations that he is a tribalist, when he is on a mission to champion the interests of the Southern Region, are baseless and insists he is only driven by a burn...Published: 15 Apr 2011 at 04:05hrs | | by Byo24News
Zifa ignore Fifa warning on players who accepted bribes
Despite the axe hanging over their heads for accepting bribes to throw matches during a Far East tour two years ago, the Mamelodi Sundowns pair of Nyasha Mushekwi and Method Mwanjali as well as Kaizer...Published: 07 Mar 2011 at 12:26hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Its final, Norman Mapeza gets the Warriors job
Former Zimbabwe defence stalwart Norman Mapeza has been appointed national coach on a contract running up to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations finals....Published: 03 Mar 2011 at 10:51hrs | | by Byo24News
We want Rush: Zifa
Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) official, Benedict Moyo has said that two of his colleagues have been tasked with negotiating with Gumbo. The men given the job of trying to lure the co...Published: 25 Feb 2011 at 05:44hrs | | by Byo24News
Zifa expected to announce Warriors coach early next year
THE Zifa Board is expected to announce the new national soccer team coach by Christmas this year or by the New Year at the latest, according to the association’s act...Published: 14 Dec 2010 at 17:23hrs | | by Byo24 Sports
Tom Saintfiet's work permit appeal rejected
TOM SAINTFIET√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢S last hopes of securing a work permit to coach the Warriors ended in disappointment when the Department of Immigration rejected the Belgian gaffer√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ...Published: 02 Dec 2010 at 21:33hrs | 11 | by Petros Kausiyo
Zifa farce: Gumede, Moyo face arrest
ZIMBABWE Football Association vice president Ndumiso Gumede and board member competitions Benedict Moyo are wanted by police for allowing Belgian soccer coach Tom Saintfiet to work with the n...Published: 13 Oct 2010 at 08:25hrs | | by Chronicle
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