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Coup stress accelerated Mugabe's health challenges
LATE former President Robert Mugabe's nephew says the founding leader's health challenges took a turn for the worse when he was forcibly removed from power 2017 by his most trusted lieutenants....Published: 8 hrs ago | 1261 | by newzimbabwe
Inside the fight over Robert Mugabe's body
Former president Robert Mugabe's family was told that they risked losing his Harare mansion and other Harare properties if they did not accede to government's demands that the long-time ruler should b...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:59hrs | 2053 | 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 | 1476 | by Staff reporter
SRC in another own goal against Zifa
THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) is facing another prospect of an own goal against Zifa following revelations that the Zimbabwe Republic Police Commercial Crimes Division has found no case a...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:08hrs | 215 | 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 | 2126 | by Staff reporter
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 | 409 | 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 | 328 | 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 | 2285 | by Staff reporter
Top referees fail fitness test
THREE top referees, including Fifa referee, Pilan Ncube, were casualties at the ongoing Elite Referees' Course being conducted by Fifa instructors Felix Tangawarima and Gregory Krzosek from Poland who...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:04hrs | 315 | 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 | 2051 | 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
Top referee Brighton Mudzamiri drags RG's office to high court over passport
IN an unprecedented move, a local referee dragged the Register General to the High Court to compel the civil registry's office to issue him with a travel document for a 2022 World Cup qualifier match....Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 23:13hrs | 1824 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe family bans Matemadanda, Muchinguri from funeral
Robert Mugabe's family has requested that two senior Zanu-PF officials do not attend his funeral, ZimLive reported.Zanu-PF chairperson and defence minister Oppah Muchinguri and the party's pol...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 20:59hrs | 5967 | by ZimLive
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 | 409 | 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 | 741 | by New Ziana
Mudimu named Warriors captain
Wales-based Zimbabwean soccer player Alec Mudimu has been named the Warriors captain for the team's World Cup preliminary qualifier against Somalia in Djibouti today.The match starts at 5pm....Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:16hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Fabisch pulls out of Young Warriors
YOUNG Warriors midfielder, Jonah Fabisch, has pulled out of the team to take on South Africa in an Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier tomorrow. The first leg of the final qualifying roun...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 07:55hrs | 1201 | 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
Hadebe refutes Warriors boycott claims
TURKISH based Zimbabwe international defender Teenage Hadebe has reacted angrily to social media reports that he was one of the three senior Warriors players who had refused to fulfill the upcoming 20...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 18:20hrs | 984 | 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 | 4022 | 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
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
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
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
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
Chiyangwa undergoes major surgery in SA
COSAFA president Philip Chiyangwa underwent complex and major surgery, conducted by two of the world's leading specialists, in Cape Town, South Africa, on Monday to treat a sight-threatening condition...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 12:37hrs | 4799 | 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 | 718 | by Staff reporter
Zifa withdraw from Chiyangwa's Cosafa tournaments
ZIMBABWE will not send developmental teams to the Cosafa Under-17 and Under-20 tournaments, with Zifa citing the prevailing economic challenges. The comes against the backdrop of frosty relati...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:09hrs | 880 | 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 | 6280 | 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 | 4920 | by Staff Reporter
Carnage in Warriors
Just 10 out of the 23 players who represented Zimbabwe at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Egypt have made the cut for the Fifa World Cup qualifier against Somalia next month, with captain Kno...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | 1100 | by Staff reporter
Horror start for Rahman Gumbo
ZPC Kariba 3 - 0 TelOneRAHMAN Gumbo's stint at TelOne got off to a horrific start after the relegation threatened Gweru side suffered their worst defeat of the season at Nyamhunga yesterday. Gumbo...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 09:23hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
Afcon renegades blacklisted
THE new Warriors technical team will be told not to select big goalkeeper George Chigova and China-based Nyasha Mushekwi among other players for future Warriors assignments, B-Metro Sport has learnt. ...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:25hrs | 4643 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over unqualified Chunga, silence over Luphahla
There has been outrage over Zifa's decision to bar Moses Chunga from coaching Premiership side TelOne because they say he isn't qualified for the job. Joel Luphahla who guided the team into the Premie...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:08hrs | 2017 | 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 | 765 | by Staff reporter
Chicken Inn forced to release Augusto
Chicken Inn coach Joey Antipas revealed at the weekend that the club was forced to let go of striker Clive Augusto, who had become unsettled at the club.According to a SuperSport report yester...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:55hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Chunga not qualified to coach TelOne side
ZIFA have blocked Moses "Bambo" Chunga from securing a job with Premiership side TelOne saying he doesn't possess a Caf A licence. They also claim he doesn't qualify for an exemption, which is given t...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:06hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
Match fixing scandal rocks Zifa Southern Region
A CHAMPIONSHIP chasing Zifa Southern Region Division One club has been caught in a match fixing scam after its runner was nabbed trying to bribe four players from a team they were suppose to play over...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:06hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Antipas appointed Warriors caretaker head coach
The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) Executive Committee has appointed Chicken Inn coach Joey Antipas as the caretaker head coach of the senior men's team, the Warriors, until the 31st of December...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 21:00hrs | 1718 | by Staff reporter
Dembare hooligans at it again
Hwange 2-2 Dynamos HOOLIGANISM reared its ugly head in a Castle Lager Premiership match at the Colliery Stadium yesterday resulting in a 21-minute stoppage in the 55th minute when an overzea...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
'Zifa Capture' fightback begins, Chiyangwa's sidekick 'spills the beans'
EXPELLED ZIifa board member Chamunorwa Chiwanza has challenged his recent dismissal from the football association's excecutive committee before accusing Zifa president Felton Kamambo and acting vice-p...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:58hrs | 2091 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in-law guns for Zifa board
The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has made damning corruption allegations against the Zifa board, accusing the Felton Kamambo-led football association of gross incompetence, mismanagement and...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:46hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
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