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Bulawayo Chiefs survive chop despite loss to Bosso
Bulawayo Chiefs 2-3 Highlanders NEWMAN Sianchali's goal at the stroke of fulltime completed Highlanders' second half comeback, leaving Bulawayo Chiefs players dejected after blowing a 2-0 first ha...Published: 5 hrs ago | 436 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean starlet makes his mark at Reading FC
ANDY Rinomhota is determined to nail down a regular place in the Reading FC first-team after impressing on his full league debut in the English Championship football side's 3-2 win over Bristol City r...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1723 | by Staff reporter
Businessman’s wife caught pants down
IT is one of life's laws that when the poor are pondering on where they will get their next meal, the moneyed have their own fair share of tribulations that, at times, leave them envying the less priv...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 08:00hrs | 3288 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo exposes Zifa election farce
Sport ZIFA presidential aspirant Felton Kamambo has declared himself eligible to challenge the incumbent Philip Chiyangwa for the top football post following the failure by the Zifa appeals committee ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:51hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Relegated Bulawayo City thump Caps United
Bulawayo City 4 - 1 Caps UnitedIT was not the kind of football that was expected from an already relegated Premier Soccer League side.Bulawayo City yesterday produced a master class ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:42hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
MDC bigwig off the hook
MDC women's assembly chairperson Lynette Karenyi, who was accused of insulting former president Robert Mugabe, is off the hook after the State indicated yesterday that it was withdrawing the charges....Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:56hrs | 1758 | by Staff reporter
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 | 3841 | 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 | 5833 | 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 | 279 | 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 | 266 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors target Arsenal starlet Reiss Nelson
Zimbabwe are set to miss out on Arsenal starlet Reiss Nelson, whose exploits at Hoffenheim have impressed England coach Gareth Southgate.Nelson, who was born in London to a Zimbabwean father a...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 13:01hrs | 5790 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2421 | 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 | 989 | 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 | 912 | by Staff reporter
Supporting Mnangagwa without backing Zanu PF, backing MDC without supporting Chamisa
"Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator," observed a sage.I am not into political prophecy, but this week last year - precisely November 6, 2017, the day then President Robert Mugabe s...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:17hrs | 2584 | by Conway Tutani
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 | 1626 | 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 | 1018 | 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 | 1003 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's business dance, Masiyiwa's compliance
President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently held a consultative meeting with Zimbabwe's business sector. This came against the backdrop of a national economic crisis largely caused by a new monetary policy ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:21hrs | 1922 | by Takura Zhangazha
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 | 2031 | 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 | 305 | by Staff reporter
The most expensive cars in Zimbabwe
As you drive in the streets of the Sunshine City you realise the number of expensive cars is growing at a very fast rate.Competition for the most luxurious is also increasing at an alarming rate.From ...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 15:05hrs | 17867 | by Prince Ngwenya
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 | 934 | 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 | 1104 | 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
Madinda shifts focus to next season
HIGHLANDERS coach Madinda Ndlovu has shifted focus to building a team that will compete for honours next season.Having done badly in the Chibuku Super Cup and the Castle Lager Premier Soccer L...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:09hrs | 1280 | by Staff reporter
Macauley Bonne: The next Vardy?
It's almost not even worth pointing out that Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy has had the career that all non-league players dream of.Macauley Bonne celebrate one of his goals recentlyIn fac...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:51hrs | 1964 | 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 | 1022 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe desperate to sort Macauley Bonne's passport
WARRIORS coach Sunday Chidzambga is desperate to have Macauley Bonne in his squad and is hoping that the England-born striker would have received a Zimbabwean passport so that he is eligible to play f...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:40hrs | 2686 | 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 | 1106 | by Staff reporter
Dembare suspend Lloyd Mutasa sympathisers
DYNAMOS have suspended four of their key players in the relegation fight for reportedly sympathising with former coach Lloyd Mutasa which led to the team's exit from the Chibuku Super Cup on Sunday....Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 19:27hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho Stadium money ‘disappears'
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council (RDC) is setting up a Commission of Inquiry into possible embezzlement of hundreds of thousands of dollars, including $360 000 that was meant for the construction of ...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 06:45hrs | 1395 | 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
To dare is to do, Cde Mnangagwa
English premiership side, Tottenham Hotspur, has flattered to deceive in the last decade in England's football top division.Spurs or Lilly Whites, as the London club are fondly called by their...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 11:48hrs | 2441 | by Staff reporter
Mhofu recalls Katsande
FORMER Warriors captain Willard Katsande has been recalled to the Zimbabwe senior men's national team ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier against Liberia next month.Katsande...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:25hrs | 2361 | 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 | 1063 | 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
Westerhof at Collen Nyambiya tournament
FORMER Warriors coach, Clemens Westerhof is set for a brief stint with local football academy, Young Flying Stars, a development set to boost the club's standing.Westerhof arrived in the country l...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:07hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Wankie Chipolopolo back in the big league
Hwange 1 - 0 TsholotshoHWANGE stormed back into top flight football after only one season in the lower tier Southern Region Division One League after prevailing over fierce rivals Tsholotsho...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:01hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
What really went wrong at Bosso?
AT the beginning of the season, Highlanders played such beautiful football which saw them attract huge crowds in their matches, whether they were playing home or away.It was such a delight watchin...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 07:57hrs | 675 | 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 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
Punch kills man in soccer brawl
A 29-YEAR-OLD man from Beitbridge allegedly fatally punched a fellow villager following a dispute over results of a social soccer football match. Oliver Ndou allegedly killed Masimba Chiyangwa...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:48hrs | 962 | 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 | 1130 | by Staff reporter
Chigowe denies refs favour Dembare
Dynamos interim coach Lloyd "MaBlanyo" Chigowe believes his team is slowly moving away from the relegation zone on their own merit without any help from match officials.DeMbare registered a se...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 14:56hrs | 953 | 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 | 927 | by Staff reporter
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