HARARE – Enraged Mighty Warriors players yesterday again refused to train before besieging Zifa House in the capital to demand their outstanding bonuses from the association. The players only agreed to return to Zifa Village in Mt Hampden late last night after the intervention of Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa, who gave the team $3 900…
HARARE – Sports minister Makhosini Hlongwane said police have been engaged to investigate the latest match-fixing scandal to engulf local football. Zifa board member for development Edzai Kasinauyo and assistant Warriors coach Nation Dube have been suspended after the association allegedly unearthed a plot to fix the forthcoming 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers between…
HARARE – Former Zifa chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya has declined to comment on her involvement in the latest Zimbabwe match-fixing scandal, insisting she is currently working with international law enforcement agents to trap the culprits. An alleged kingpin of the Asiagate scandal, which rocked Zimbabwean football from 2009 to 2012, the Harare businesswoman found her…
HARARE – Suspended Zifa board member for development Edzai Kasinauyo says he is not a match-fixer and is demanding his immediate reinstatement. Kasinauyo, through his lawyer Blessing Diza of Mhishi Legal Practice, has also given Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa until 11am today to provide all the evidence they have complied or else he will sue…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe senior women’s football team yesterday failed to train as they protested against unpaid bonuses from the games they played against Cameroon and Tanzania. Zimbabwe is due to face Tanzania next week at Rufaro Stadium, in a crucial second leg qualifier of the Africa Women Cup of Nations to be hosted by…
HARARE – Zimbabwe rugby coach Cyprian Mandenge insists there will be nothing friendly about the President’s XV match against reigning Vodacom Cup champions — the Steval Pumas — set for Hartsfield Grounds in Bulawayo on March 18. Mandenge, who will steer the second string side, says the team is determined to put on a good…
NAGPUR – Zimbabwe were not at their best in the opening Group B contest against Hong Kong, and yet were able to come through with a fairly comfortable win to open their account in the ICC World Twenty20 2016 on Tuesday. The batting had its moments but by and large didn’t live up to reputation,…
HARARE – Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa yesterday revealed that the Warriors’ 2016 African Nations Championships (Chan) matches were fixed by Asian betting syndicates linked to self-confessed serial match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal. [GoogleAd] Former Zifa CEO Henrietta Rushwaya, who was implicated but later pardoned in the Asiagate match-fixing scandal, and former Warriors coach Ian Gorowa also…
HARARE – For Elvis Meleka, football offers a haven of hope beyond the heartache of family misfortune, an opportunity to enjoy a touch of escapism from those emotional wounds. Some of the images that linger in Meleka’s memories are not that pleasant. Long before he started playing in Zimbabwe’s top-flight football league, Meleka learned to…
HARARE – Highlanders and Dynamos are set to continue their long-standing battle for supremacy when they clash in the first leg of the Bob@92 Cup this Sunday at Barbourfields Stadium. The return leg is scheduled for the National Sports Stadium in Harare on March 19. The last time the country’s two giants met in the…
