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Zifa suspends officials after 'shocking' blunders
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has suspended three match officials following what it described as "shocking" performances during recent Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) matches....Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 17:17hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Poised to Introduce VAR Technology in PSL
In a landmark development set to transform Zimbabwean football, the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) is moving swiftly to introduce Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology to the Premier Soccer L...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:52hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Bosso edge woeful CAPS United as Green Machine crisis deepens
Highlanders 1 - 0 CAPS UnitedCAPS United's Castle Lager Premier Soccer League campaign took another grim turn at Barbourfields Stadium yesterday, where they slumped to a 1-0 defeat at the hand...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:02hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
5-year ban on Dynamos referee for match-fixing
Assistant referee Kudzanai Hiya has been handed a five-year ban and fined 100,000 Swiss francs (approximately US$116,650) after being found guilty of match manipulation and corruption in the Castle La...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 11:19hrs | 2914 | by Staff reporter
Bosso bombshell
Highlanders Football Club has made sensational claims that their abandoned Chibuku Super Cup quarter-final match against Simba Bhora was rigged, accusing match officials of orchestrating the chaos tha...Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 09:59hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Simba Bhora referee suspended
Cecil Gwezera, the referee at the center of the controversy during Sunday's Chibuku Super Cup quarter-final between Simba Bhora and Highlanders at Wadzanayi Stadium, has been suspended. The ma...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 09:50hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe referees for Cosafa Cup
Brighton Chimene and Thabani Ruzario are among the match officials for the 2024 Cosafa Cup, starting Wednesday in South Africa. Referees have been undergoing training in Johannesburg, includin...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 06:35hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zifa to host V.A.R training course for referees
The Zimbabwe Football Association is poised to organize the inaugural Video Assistant Referee (V.A.R) training course for Southern African countries next month, marking a significant step by COSAFA to...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 18:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PSL referees under attack
WITH five rounds of matches having been played in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League so far this season, referees have hogged the limelight facing brick bats from coaches on a weekly basis....Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jere blasts unruly Caps United fans
PREMIER Soccer League and Caps United president Farai Jere has torn into his team's supporters after they invaded the pitch in protest against the referee's decision to disallow their equalising goal ...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 18:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Farai Jere's Caps united fans invade the pitch, match abandoned
Match abandoned after 86 minutes.FC Platinum 1-0 Caps UnitedTHE Castle Lager Premier league match between FC Platinum and Caps United was aband...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mighty Warriors reach COSAFA Cup semi-finals
Zimbabwe 1 - 1 BotswanaZimbabwe's senior national women's football team, the Mighty Warriors, secured a spot in the COSAFA Women's Championship semi-finals in Gauteng with a 1-1 draw against Botsw...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso's title hopes fade
Highlanders 1 - 1 SheashamHighlanders' aspirations for the title continue to diminish as they settled for a draw in their crucial Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match against Sheasham at Barbo...Published: 05 Oct 2023 at 07:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean soccer referees fail to make CAF grade
FOR the umpteenth time, local referees have been snubbed from the list of officials for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.The Confederation of African Football (CAF) released a lis...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 15:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fans cost Bosso
AT a time Bosso is receiving praise for attracting the biggest numbers at football matches, the same adored crowd is also costing the club heavily by accumulating heavy fines for missile throwing....Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dembare fans throw missiles, injure referee
Herentals 0 - 0 DynamosHERBERT MARUWA made three changes to his starting line-up and even included crowd-favourite Denver Mukamba but Dynamos still fired blanks at the National Sports Stadiu...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:30hrs | 16 | by Staff reportetr
Spirited Sheasham hold Highlanders
REFEREES stole the limelight in the Bata Stadium reopening where Castle Lager Premier Soccer League debutants Sheasham FC played to a goalless draw against giants Highlanders.For Sheasham, it ...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bosso: 'It's not inside, it's on top!'
Highlanders 1-0 HwangeGOD favours hard workers, people who want to play and respect fans, these words were uttered by Highlanders Football Club coach Baltemar Brito following his team's late w...Published: 01 May 2023 at 08:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
CJ Raymond Zondo is a political charlatan, says KZN ANC
The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal says chief justice Raymond Zondo is playing opposition politics. Party secretary Bheki Mtolo on Tuesday ripped into Zondo's assertions that the government had betrayed...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 09:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Africa and Technology in Sports
Technology is now being incorporated into sporting events evidenced by the introduction of technological innovations like Video Assistant Referees in soccer.Although some of these innovations ...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 16:26hrs | 12 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Bulawayo City polishes Manica Diamonds
Manica Diamonds 0 - 1 Bulawayo CityASSISTANT referee Joel Magweva, triggered a storm at Sakubva Stadium yesterday after flagging for a penalty against Bulawayo City in the dying moments of a tempe...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 07:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum awarded points after Bosso found guilty
HIGHLANDERS has been found guilty of missile throwing by their fans in their abandoned Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match against FC Platinum at Mandava Stadium on April 23 and were fined US$6 0...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mayhem at Barbourfields
Highlanders 1 - 0 Dynamos(Match abandoned after 92 minutes)THERE were disgraceful scenes in yesterday's Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match between Highlanders and Dynamos at Ba...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bosso condemn pitch invasion
HIGHLANDERS have condemned pitch invasion by a section of fans and lashed out at "overzealous" police details for firing tear smoke resulting in abandonment of their Castle Lager Premier Soccer League...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Uhuru Cup cautions won't carry over to PSL
THE red card shown to Dynamos' utility player Shadreck Nyahwa by referee Arnold Ncube in the Independence Cup final against Highlanders at Barbourfields Stadium on Monday will not have any effect in P...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZRU releases Sables provisional squad
THE Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) has released an enlarged provisional Sables' squad, which also incorporates the Goshawks squad, that will do battle in the Currie Cup tournament in South Africa next mon...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 06:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Chiefs in impressive win over FC Platinum
Bulawayo Chiefs 2-0 FC PlatinumBULAWAYO Chiefs coach Nilton Terroso yesterday played down his impressive win over reigning champions FC Platinum in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match a...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe referees fail to make it to Africa Cup of Nations
SENEGALESE referee Maguette Ndiaye is one of 24 match officials that will grace the stage at the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals next month in Cameroon.Ndiaye's officiating came under scr...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:36hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Fifa foil Zifa refs scam
FIFA have rejected ZIFA's controversial bid to register, for the first time, ageing match officials, with the world soccer governing body turning down six referees from the list that had been submitte...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 06:51hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Dembare falls to Triangle
Triangle 1 - 0 DynamosDYNAMOS coach, Tonderai Ndiraya, felt the Glamour Boys did not have enough in their tank as they fell to defeat in this Castle Lager Premiership match at Gibbo yesterday....Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:30hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Dembare ref suspended
ZIFA have cracked the whip on controversial referee, Munyaradzi Majoni, by suspending the blundering match official for two months after a shocking show, which made a mockery of the country's refereei...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:31hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Referee Majoni always courts controversy
FOR about a decade now, referee Munyaradzi Majoni has courted controversy on the domestic football scene but somehow he has survived to blow his whistle for another season. Even if local footb...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Chiefs open season with controversial victory
Bulawayo Chiefs 1 - 0 TriangleTRIANGLE coach Taurai Mangwiro called his players off the pitch in the 89th minute, to calm them, as they charged at referee Prince Mathumo for denying them a p...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:23hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Controversy mars Dembare win
Dynamos 1 - 0 YadahDYNAMOS coach, Tonderai Ndiraya, said he does not care how his team wins a match following a controversial victory over Yadah in their opening Castle Lager Premiership mat...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:22hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
PSL, ZIFA clash over refs
ZIFA and Premier Soccer League (PSL) clubs are headed for another clash after the association allegedly reneged on paying match officials as part of a FIFA-funded Covid-19 relief package guaranteeing ...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Referees to raise Zimbabwe flag at Cosafa Cup tourney
TWO Zimbabwean match officials, Rusape-based referee Brighton Chimene and assistant referee Brighton Nyika from Bulawayo will be among the 21 match officials at next month's Cosafa Cup in South Africa...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 11:02hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Top ref misses fitness test
FIFA referee Norman Matemera was conspicuous by his absence at the Zimbabwe Referees Committee (ZRC) refresher course and fitness test that ended in Bulawayo yesterday after reportedly being quarantin...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:17hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum edge Simba SC
FC Platinum 1 - 0 Simba SC ATTACKING midfielder Perfect Chikwende turned on the show with a beautiful strike that gave FC Platinum a narrow win over Tanzania's Simba S.C. in the first leg of the C...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rhinos denied clear penalty against Dembare
Black Rhinos 1 - 1 DynamosAfter watching another horror show from a very poor Dynamos that huffed and puffed at the Nationals Sports Stadium yesterday, Tonderai Ndiraya says if rules permitted, he...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Things fall apart at Bosso, Madinda doubts himself
Chicken Inn 3 - 0 HighlandersIT took about 30 minutes for Madinda Ndlovu to arrive for his post match press conference. When he walked in he looked like a dead man walking and when he open...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Platinum in controversial win over Chicken Inn
Chicken Inn 0 - 1 FC Platinum A CONTROVERSIAL fourth minute goal is all that Castle Lager Premier Soccer League defending champions FC Platinum needed to edge hosts Chicken Inn in a top of t...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No Zimbabwean referees at AFCON
LOCAL referees have mountains to climb before possible recommendation for Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) duty or they will continue to be bypassed for the elite bi-annual tournament, an official has sa...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 11:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos FC hooligans slammed
THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has lashed out at Dynamos FC hooligans for hurling missiles onto the pitch after failing to stomach their 2-0 defeat to Chicken Inn in a Castle Lager Premier...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Caps United to lodge complaint
CAPS United will officially be lodging a complaint against what they called biased match officiating by Midlands' referee Thabani Bamala after they were denied what looked like a clear goal and two pe...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Jere defends under-fire ref
PREMIER Soccer League chairman Farai Jere says referee Thabani Bamala, who is in the eye of a storm in the wake of his handling of the showdown between Highlanders and CAPS United at Barbourfields on ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso, Caps draw in well attended match
Highlanders 0 - 0 Caps United TWO shots that hit the upright, two monumental blunders by out of sorts referee Thabani Bamala, were the two key talking points in yesterday's Castle Lager Prem...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hwange beat Dynamos
Hwange stunned Dynamos 2-1 in a match played at Rufaro Stadium. Tawanda Macheke opened the scoring for the Glamour Boys but Chipangano responded with Eddie Nkulungo's brace to take home all the points...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 18:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dembare rocked by indiscipline
DYNAMOS' desperate bid to fight against relegation is under threat from a fresh crisis amid reports of unrest and indiscipline being instigated by a clique of some players whom the Harare giants' chie...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers robbed
DYNAMOS captain Marshall Machazane scored a controversial injury time winner to help his side edge Black Rhinos 2-1 at Rufaro yesterday and increase their chances of surviving relegation.DeMba...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 15:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Caf to use VAR
CAF has confirmed that it will use video assistant referees (VAR) for the finals of this season's Total Caf Champions League and Confederation Cup next month. The move to use the technology wa...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
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