Tag: ZIFA

Zimbabwe Boycott Olympic Football Qualifier

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The trouble going on in Zimbabwe women’s football team has not ended yet. The national team is denying to play their second-round Olympic qualifier second leg opposite Zambia on Sunday in Harare. All the players in the team have refused to complete the fixture because they owe allowances from Cosafa Cup of last month in South Africa.

On the night of Saturday, in an extreme step, four clubs asked their players to leave the camp late, and the Zifa attempted to field a club side as a substitute for the national team, but that plan didn’t work. Zimbabwe women team lost the first leg 5-0. The reason they give for their loss in the match was that they traveled to Lusaka by road because of which they didn’t get enough time to get trained for the match. After the match, Sithethelelwe Sibanda the coach of Mighty Warriors said, “Our country has to be blamed for this loss. Our country couldn’t afford time for the team to train.”
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Zimbabwe: Chipeta Promises To Bring In Sponsors For Football

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Stanley Chapeta, the chairman of ZIFA Central Region is running for the post in national association’s election that is to be held on 1st December. He has promised that he is working hard and will clear the way for the traffic conundrum that is anticipated regarding the corporate world in the football industry of Zimbabwe.

Chapeta was praised for securing sponsorship to central region 2nd tier when he had convinced for the fund from Zimbabwe General Medical Aid Fund and also the Elshed Investment for sponsoring individual awards. Chapeta, the veteran administrator has said that he had been demanding a front seat for leading in matters in the national game that has been affected some failure for bringing in the corporate world for returning to the investment game.
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