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Fifa investigating 'illegal' Chiyangwa?
Zifa president Phillip Chiyangwa yesterday threatened to sue blogger, Hope Chizuzu who claimed on social media recently that he is in office illegally. Chizuzu, who is also a Harare City FC o...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 21:19hrs | 3819 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fingered in $1million Potraz fraud
Exiled former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo has alleged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa instructed disgraced former Minister of ICT Supa Mandiwanzira to transfer $1million to Zimbabwe Football...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 10:45hrs | 5817 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Incompetent Zifa councillors back Chiyangwa
TEN of Zifa's councillors yesterday reaffirmed their support for the football mother body's president, Philip Chiyangwa, who is set to controversially bounce back for a second term in office, as he is...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Illegal $1m Potraz loan to Zifa under scrutiny
FORMER Cabinet ministers Makhosini Hlongwane (Sport) and Supa Mandiwanzira (ICT) are both set to be summoned to appear before Parliament, where they will be quizzed over loans that were advanced to th...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:44hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
'You all miss Mugabe after your-PFee'
My People,I perfectly understand the fact that all of you are feeling guilty about your premature celebrations following the military ouster of Gushungo around this time last year.In f...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 13:36hrs | 3134 | by Dr Stop It
Chiyangwa's blow hits many
The blow that hit disqualified Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) aspiring presidential candidate Felton Kamambo has also struck many of those who have been fighting for the removal of Zifa presiden...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:57hrs | 2413 | by Michael Kariati
Court orders Zifa to pay Mlauzi $187,000
THE Zimbabwe Football Association will have to fork out $187 290 to pay former Mighty Warriors coach, Shadreck Mlauzi after the Labour Court confirmed he is owed the dues.An initial ruling by ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:26hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Zifa circus: New details emerge
FRESH details have emerged on how Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa allegedly used dirty tricks to try and ring fence his position from being contested in the December 1 board elections, with disqualifi...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:05hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Banda ropes in Fifa to challenge Chiyangwa's dirty tactics
ASPIRING Zifa vice-president, Gift Banda, who was disqualified from the race, says he will not hesitate to approach the courts in the event that the national football association does not hear his app...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:37hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe football poll circus
THE build-up to Zifa's national executive council elections has so far been chaotic, and the circus is showing no signs of abating after one aspiring candidate Gift Banda, who was disqualified from co...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:08hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo takes Chiyangwa head-on
ZIFA presidential aspirant Felton Kamambo has come out guns blazing, challenging incumbent Philip Chiyangwa's decision to block him from taking part in the elections for the association's top post on ...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 1625 | by Staff reporter
New twist to Zifa elections saga, Chiyangwa 'doctored' Banda suspension letter?
THE Zifa executive committee elections took a new twist yesterday when the national association questioned the authenticity of the 2012 letter lifting the suspension of former Southern Region boss, Gi...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:23hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter
Zifa selectively applying rules to bar Gift Banda from contesting
ZIFA is alleged to be selectively applying the association's rules to bar Gift Banda from contesting the vice-presidency position as well as denying him an opportunity to appeal against his disqualifi...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 07:02hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's 'tricks' exposed, invents rape charges
ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa's spirited effort to retain his post at all costs in next month's executive committee elections have been exposed, amid shocking claims that he invented fictional rape ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:11hrs | 2019 | by Staff reporter
Zifa election fires rage on
THE fires continued to rage in the build-up to ZIFA's December 1 board elections with the association yesterday officially writing to the pair of Felton Kamambo and Gift Banda, rejecting their despera...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:47hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa hikes appeal fees from $1 000 to $10 000 to frustrate Kamambo
ZIFA presidential aspirant Felton Kamambo continues to be frustrated by the system in his bid to challenge incumbent Philip Chiyangwa after it emerged yesterday that the appeals committee hiked the ap...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:40hrs | 933 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa 'bans' Kamambo, Banda
ANY hopes that the pair of Felton Kamambo and Gift Banda had of appealing and overturning their disqualification from the ZIFA election were dashed yesterday, with the association ruling that their lo...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:22hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa appoint Karikoga Kaseke
ZIFA have appointed a fund-raising committee headed by Zimbabwe Tourism chief executive officer Karikoga Kaseke at the weekend. Kaseke will chair the committee that will be tasked with mobilising reso...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:22hrs | 1101 | by Staff reporter
Zifa election storm brews, court challenge becons
A storm is brewing in local football ahead of the Zifa executive elections after three aspiring candidates, including reputable football administrators Felton Kamambo, Gift Banda and Mlungisi Moyo, we...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:00hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa rivals controversially disqualified, fail 'integrity test'
INCUMBENT Philip Chiyangwa has won another term as Zifa president after he emerged as the only candidate nominated for the post following the vetting exercise by the Electoral Committee which met yest...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:51hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa using unorthodox ways to bar his rival from Zifa poll
ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa has been accused of rigging the soccer mother body's presidential elections set for next month by employing unorthodox ways to bar his rival, Felton Kamambo, from conte...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:44hrs | 1019 | by Staff reporter
'I turned down calls to challenge Phillip Chiyangwa,' says Banda
ASPIRING Zifa vice-president, Gift Banda, says he turned down "people's calls" to challenge Phillip Chiyangwa for the presidency to save Zimbabwe's positions at Cosafa and Caf. Banda is challenging fe...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:30hrs | 1105 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance in Zifa showdown
BULAWAYO businessperson and politician Gift Banda has set his sights on challenging Omega Sibanda for the post of vice president in the Zifa executive committee in the December 1 elections.Sib...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:27hrs | 1241 | by Staff reporter
Chipangano bounce back
HWANGE have made a quick return to the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) after clinching the Zifa Southern Region Soccer League title with a win over contenders Tsholotsho at the Colliery Stadi...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:56hrs | 1050 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa ally eyes Zifa post
AFFIRMATIVE Action Group president Chamu Chiwanza has emerged as a surprise potential candidate for one of the positions on the Zifa board ahead of the local football governing body's excecutive commi...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:14hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Let's fix the stadiums first
WHEN the Warriors complained bitterly over the poor state of the National Sports Stadium pitch which they said deprived them of a chance to maximise on home advantage, they were not speaking for thems...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:24hrs | 242 | by Staff writer
'Chiyangwa a coward, resorting to dirty tricks'
FORMER Zifa board member Felton Kamambo has described Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa as a "coward" who is trying to block his challenge for the federation's top post ahead of the elections on Decembe...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 06:39hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa faces Kamambo challenge
FORMER Zifa board member Felton Kamambo - a rabid critic of the current Zifa leadership - yesterday revealed his bid to challenge incumbent Philip Chiyangwa in elections scheduled for December 1....Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:50hrs | 914 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa banned possible challengers
AS the ZIFA election season reaches its business end with focus shifting to the polls to choose a new board, moves to disrupt football governance have returned to haunt some of the protagonists of the...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:38hrs | 1129 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa demands respect he doesn't deserve
ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa has demanded that his leadership be accorded respect as they battle to keep national football afloat in a tough operating environment under which many an institution co...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:09hrs | 924 | by Staff reporter
Zifa complicit in Dembare disgrace!
Dynamos 2 - 1 Black RhinosThe entire stadium saw it but unfortunately for Black Rhinos, the man who mattered most did not see anything.Harare-based referee Josiah Masimira probably needs e...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 13:49hrs | 2933 | by Staff reporter
Darikwa cannot speak Shona
Just two competitive appearances for England-born Zimbabwe Warriors defender Tendayi Darikwa and he is already a cult-hero among local football fans.The English Championship side, Nottingham F...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:55hrs | 5803 | by Staff reporter
Zifa lost $100,000 from DRC chaos
The Zimbabwe football association has admitted to losing at least $100 000 in gate-takings following the chaos that marred the Zimbabwe-Democratic Republic of Congo encounter at National Sports Stadiu...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:49hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
Bungling Zifa unapologetic over National Sports Stadium chaos
THE Zimbabwe Football Association has refused to take blame for the chaotic scenes at the National Sports Stadium on Tuesday night when supporters stampeded to gain entry to watch Zimbabwe play the De...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 08:20hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa dares would be challengers
ZIFA president Phillip Chiyangwa has dared possible challengers to his leadership to pick up nomination papers before the October 30 deadline and go for the polls in December instead of making unfound...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 08:11hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Mandaza appeals elections result
LOSING candidate for the Zifa Southern Region chairmanship Musa Mandaza has appealed to the Zifa Electoral Appeals committee challenging the outcome of the elections that saw him losing to Andrew Tape...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:36hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Guns, Dogs, Water cannons and armed police officers have no place in the modern day football
It is sad that the nation is still overburdened by the sad memories of the atrocities of 1 August, where innocent civilians died in the streets of Harare, with little regard of this unfortunate event,...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 17:31hrs | 950 | by Leonard Dengezi
Ex-Zanu PF MP in court over $10m theft
Former Zanu PF MP for Muzarabani South and Zimbabwe Farmers Development Company (ZFDC) chairperson, Edward Raradza appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Courts yesterday facing charges of defrauding the...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:55hrs | 1443 | by Staff reporter
Pasuwa on the verge of joining Nyasa Big Bullets
KALISTO Pasuwa is reportedly on the verge of joining Malawi Premier League giants, Nyasa Big Bullets, almost two years after taking a sabbatical from coaching.Reports from Lilongwe yesterday s...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:51hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors on track
Zimbabwe 1-1 DRC ZIMBABWE'S Warriors might not have reached the Promised Land last night but they put one foot into the 2019 African Cup of Nations finals after they were left to contend with a sh...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:37hrs | 2271 | by Staff reporter
Tapela wins Zifa Southern Region chairman post
FORMER Highlanders secretary Andrew Tapela was voted the new Zifa Southern Region chairperson after he trounced incumbent Musa Mandaza in an election that was held in Bulawayo yesterday.Tapela...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:43hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry fires SRC board
EDWARD SIWELA'S 13-year-tenure in the Sport and Recreation Commission came to an end yesterday when Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister Coventry dissolved his board. The Minister wielde...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:58hrs | 3715 | by Staff reporter
PSL deny league expansion rumours
THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) has scoffed at rumours circulating on the social media insinuating that the topflight will expand the league to 20 teams by relegating two sides and promoting four team...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:19hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
Ngezi captain assaults referee, summoned
NGEZI Platinum Stars captain Liberty Chakoroma faces a lengthy ban should he be found guilty of assaulting a match official after last weekend's Chibuku Super Cup first-round exit. The Warrior...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:47hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Tendayi Darikwa to finally get a Zimbabwean passport
WARRIORS coach Sunday Chidzambwa believes Tendayi Darikwa could help solve the puzzle he has been having on the right side of his defence, amid revelations that the Nottingham Forest defender could be...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 06:39hrs | 999 | by Staff reporter
PSL change calendar
THE Premier Soccer League have finally conformed to the Caf decision to align their calendar with other modern African leagues that also move in line with other Fifa competitions. From next year the l...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Evening kick-off for DRC showdown
FOR the first time in many years, Zimbabwe will play a competitive international assignment at home under floodlights after ZIFA yesterday confirmed a hectic weekend for the Warriors next month. ...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:18hrs | 1059 | by Staff reporter
Cheeky panner breaks colleague's hand over hammer
A 37-YEAR-OLD Mazowe artisanal miner has been sentenced to seven months in prison by Concession resident magistrate Ruth Moyo for breaking a colleague's hand, accusing him of stealing a hammer....Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:12hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Dembare chaos
DYNAMOS Football Club on Friday held a crisis meeting in the presence of Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa, as part of efforts to stem growing tensions between executive. DeMbare board chair Bernard Mar...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:45hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Banning White City Stadium and approving Vhengere is witchcraft
HIGHLANDERS have described as "witchcraft" the decision to continue allowing Vhengere Stadium in Rusape to host Premier Soccer League matches after falling 0-1 to relegation-threatened Mutare City Rov...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:05hrs | 1231 | by Staff reporter
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