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Ernest Maphepha joins City
CHARISMATIC and experienced administrator Ernest "Maphepha" Sibanda has joined Zifa Southern Region Division One outfit Bulawayo City as a board member. The municipal side was relegated from t...Published: 4 hrs ago | 258 | by Staff reporter
British company Umbro sabotages Zifa?
ZIFA could be forced to dress the Warriors in an alternative kit after encountering problems with the kit delivery from their suppliers, Umbro. The company have also faltered on their promise ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 169 | by Staff reporter
Zifa selectively applying Caf A requirements
FORMER Warriors forward Joel Lupahla has made a passionate plea to football authorities to look beyond just the Confederation of African Football (Caf) A coaching license as he bids to keep his job at...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 07:04hrs | 1836 | by Staff reporter
PSL hikes gate charges for new season
THE Premier Soccer League has hiked gate charges for the new season that kicks off on March 30. Fans will now pay $5 for the rest of ground, up from $3. The league's board of governors agreed on the n...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:37hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Warriors kit ready
ZIFA was last night expected to take delivery of the new national teams' gear from official kit sponsor Umbro ahead of the Warriors and Young Warriors' 2019 Afcon qualifiers against Congo and Mozambiq...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:33hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
Gift Banda to stay in the cold for much longer
ON Saturday, the clock marked exactly two months since ZIFA vice-president Gift Banda was suspended and, with the association postponing the Congress where his fate was meant to be discussed this week...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:26hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Only 100 Warriors v Congo tickets for Bulawayo fans
ONE hundred Bulawayo-based football fans have the opportunity to buy tickets for the crucial Warriors' 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Congo Brazzaville from the local Zifa office. ...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:44hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Dembare, Chicken Inn player wrangle rages
THERE is seemingly no end in sight to the ongoing player wrangle between Harare giants Dynamos and Chicken Inn involving winger Valentine Kadonzvo, who allegedly acquired a clearance from the Harare f...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:51hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Chikwata striker bemoans low standards
FORMER Zimbabwe Saints striker Lexington Mujokoro is a disappointed footballer.The standards of the game, he believes have gone down in an era where coach education is compulsory."Our ...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:42hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Warriors seek fans support
WARRIORS players have called on supporters to fill up the National Sports Stadium and rally behind the team when they make their final push to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) with a tric...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:13hrs | 1130 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa demands more money in sport
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on both his government and the private sector to inject more resources to support sport.Mnangagwa was addressing youths at a symposium where he called u...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:12hrs | 1109 | by Staff reporter
Where are the Warriors jerseys? supporters ask
WARRIORS fans yearning to don the new national team jersey are becoming impatient following the delay by Umbro, which is yet to deliver replica jerseys and playing kit to Zifa. With about a week befor...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:04hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
Filabusi Utd ready for Division One battle
AFTER beating newly-promoted Castle Lager Premiership boys TelOne in a friendly match played in Gwanda a fortnight ago and holding Highlanders development side Bosso 90 on Saturday, Filabusi United ar...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:43hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho FC folds
FORMER Premier Soccer League side, Tsholotsho, have withdrawn their participation in the Zifa Southern Region Division One League due to financial constraints. Tsholotsho spent three seasons i...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 22:44hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum to play Esperance at BF
THE Confederation of Africa Football (Caf), have ordered FC Platinum not to use their Mandava fortress in Zvishavane for their Champions League group game against Esperance on Saturday. Concerns have ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:50hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Alexander Maseko absolves John Sibanda
ZIMBABWE looked set to beat Congo-Brazzaville on 14 July 1991 to set a last Group F win and qualify situation against Malawi in Lilongwe two weeks later in the build up to the 1992 Africa Cup of Natio...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:50hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Mhofu gets new ZIFA contract
The ZIFA Executive Committee has unanimously agreed to renew Sunday Chidzambga's contract as senior national team head coach.This came when the country football mother body's Executive Committ...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 21:12hrs | 1282 | by Staff reporter
Umbro yet to supply Warriors kit
MORE than a month after sealing a kit sponsorship deal with British sportswear company, Umbro, Zifa are yet to get any supplies-playing kit and replicas - with less than two weeks before the Warriors'...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe, Zanu-PF bigwigs looted $1 million ZINARA funds
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe as well as top ZANU-PF leader went on a looting spree and stole over $1 million funds from the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA), according to a report by ...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 00:25hrs | 8777 | by Staff reporter
Fears of 'embezzlement' of ex-Zifa staffer's pay resurfaces
FEARS of misappropriation of funds by a former Zifa senior staffer resurfaced this week after Caf publicly confirmed that they had been releasing funds for the remuneration of then Zifa education offi...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 23:29hrs | 1064 | by Staff reporter
No Warriors tickets at stadium
WARRIORS fans who want to watch their team in action against Congo-Brazzaville on March 24 will have to purchase tickets before the match day.Zimbabwe senior men's national football team face ...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 12:51hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
Zifa sued again
Zifa have once again been dragged before the High Court by Traverze Travel Agency for failing to pay for air tickets and service fees amounting to $18 133. According to the summons filed at th...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 22:34hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo ready to work with Banda
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo insists that he does not hold any personal differences with his suspended deputy Gift Banda and is ready to work with him once he is cleared by the association's discipli...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 13:24hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Zifa eye $2m sponsorship deal
AN unnamed fuel dealer is interested in injecting more than $2 million into football sponsorship in the country, Zifa president Felton Kamambo has revealed.Kamambo told the Zifa Southern Regio...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 13:23hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Zifa, Warriors headed for allowance stand-off
A CRIPPLING stand-off between the Warriors and Zifa looms large over allowances amid revelations the players are set to demand as much as US$3 000 a day for their seven-day camp for the crucial 2019 A...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 11:57hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Filabusi United to be unveiled in style
IT will be festivities galore at Filabusi Centre on Saturday when Filabusi United, who will be playing in the Zifa Central Region Division One are officially unveiled.Proceedings on the day wi...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:35hrs | 1292 | by Staff reporter
Nyatanga sues Coventry
ZIMBABWE National Soccer Supporters Association president Charles Eddy Nyatanga has taken Sports minister Kirsty Coventry to court, alleging that she erred in appointing a Sports and Recreation Commis...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 00:54hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Debt-ridden Zifa 'splurge on SA trip'
DEBT-ridden Zifa allegedly blew over half a million rand in allowances for a 12-member entourage that went for a five-day capacity-building and benchmarking interactive workshop at the South African F...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:10hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Zifa barred from accessing funds
High Court judge Justice Amie Tsanga has ordered Ecobank Zimbabwe Limited to stop Zifa from accessing funds held by the financial institution pending the finalisation of a wrangle between the football...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 20:31hrs | 1073 | by Staff reporter
Caf recommend improvements to Barbourfields Stadium
THE Confederation of African Football (Caf) has recommended improvements to Barbourfields Stadium and the National Sports Stadium for the two facilities to meet the continental body's standards before...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 06:49hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
Mushekwi faces China exit
Zimbabwe international forward Nyasha Mushekwi insists he is not worried about speculation surrounding his football future following reports that he could be on his way out of Chinese Super League sid...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 22:50hrs | 2649 | by Staff reporter
Seven key PSL venues, including Rufaro condemned
A HOST of stadiums, including Rufaro, have failed to meet the Premier Soccer League (PSL) standards to host top-flight matches, a development that puts a number of teams in a dilemma.A prelimi...Published: 23 Feb 2019 at 06:21hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Sunday dumps Katsande
THE Warriors' technical team led by coach Sunday Chidzambga is facing a team selection quandary that has forced them to drop former captain Willard Katsande from the squad that faces Congo Brazzaville...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 07:14hrs | 3775 | by Staff reporter
'Rahman Gumbo ended Chunga’s career'
ONE of the finest footballers to ever emerge from Zimbabwe Moses "Bambo" Chunga's national team career was ended by former Highlanders' midfield kingpin Rahman Gumbo. Chunga, a dribbling wizar...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 22:36hrs | 2785 | by Staff reporter
Cosafa blow for Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE is no longer hosting the regional Cosafa tournament which was scheduled to begin on May 19.Cosafa chief executive Sue Destombes last month announced that Zimbabwe is set to host this ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 14:55hrs | 2800 | by Staff reporter
Bosso capture Young Warriors gem
HIGHLANDERS have made yet another major scoop, tying down Zimbabwe national Under-20 attacking midfielder Devine Mhindiriri on a two-year deal as they ramp up their preparations for the 2019 Castle La...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1592 | by Staff reporter
Zifa Cup set for return
The Zimbabwe Football Association is set to bring back the biggest football competition, the Zifa Cup, after more than a decade of absence.The tournament was last contested for in 2005 as the ...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:02hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Bosso end pre-season training
HIGHLANDERS concluded their pre-season camp in the Eastern Highlands with a 2-1 aggregate triumph over Zifa Eastern Region Division One side Green Fuel in a practice match played at Green Fuel Arena i...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:52hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Zifa to bring Warriors games to BF
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo has promised to bring some senior national team games to Bulawayo's Barbourfields Stadium in a move that is expected to be warmly embraced by soccer crazy footballers lov...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:06hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Bank sued over Zifa debt
Daisy Guest House is suing EcoBank for allowing Zifa to access funds in its account after the football-controlling body's money had been attached over their failure to pay for $161 762 in accommodatio...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:46hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
9 designs for new Zimbabwe national team kits
ZIFA official kit sponsor Umbro has given the national association nine options to select designs for the gear national teams will don.The English sportswear and football equipment supplier an...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 16:32hrs | 5744 | by Staff reporter
After taking TelOne to PSL, Luphahla to be re-assigned, someone from the north to take over
Premier Soccer League new boys, TelOne FC, have assured Joel Luphahla that his place in the team's technical department is safe amid murmurs that there were plans to cut ties with the former Warriors ...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:44hrs | 2545 | by Staff reporter
SRC grilled over $1,2m Potraz loan to Zifa
SPORT and Recreation Council (SRC) director of sport Joseph Muchechetere was yesterday grilled in Parliament over a $1,2 million loan which the SRC sourced from Potraz to fund the Zimbabwe senior nati...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:41hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Discord at Dynamos mirrors national ills
WITH about a month-and-a-half to go before the start of the 2019 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season, there is a lot of excitement generated from the activities in the transfer market, where clu...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:35hrs | 494 | by Editorial - newsday
PSL hails Kamambo
Premier Soccer League (PSL) chairperson Farai Jere has heaped praise on new Zifa president Felton Kamambo's leadership style, describing the new soccer controlling body as a winning team and the panac...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:35hrs | 1246 | by Staff reporter
Muuya joins Highlanders
GOALKEEPER, Wellington Muuya, completed his move to Highlanders yesterday after successfully terminating his contract with Zifa Southern Region Division One League side, Bulawayo City. Muuya, ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 22:53hrs | 1446 | by Staff reporter
e-ticket response excites Zifa
THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) is pleased with the response they are getting from the Warriors fans having sold over 900 tickets on the first day they went on sale. Having endured ye...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 12:59hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo meets supporters
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo received a courtesy call from the Friends of The Warriors at ZIFA House where he called on unity between supporters' associations on Friday. Kamambo said he is lo...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 23:00hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Zifa get Umbro kit deal
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo is confident the new deal to bring back Umbro as the official kit sponsors for the national teams will have huge benefits for the association. The three-year deal...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:55hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's foreign based player pool keeps increasing
AS Zimbabwe brace for the Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations football qualifiers when they take on Mozambique next month, the technical department will have a broad base to pick from following indications...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:55hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
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