ADDRESS: ZIFA acting President Gift Banda promises fresh start

Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) acting President Gift Banda addressed the press on behalf of the executive committee promising a fresh start on local football administration.

Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) acting President Gift Banda addressed the press on behalf of the executive committee promising a fresh start on local football administration.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has turned down the request by the Zimbabwe Football Association to have 5000 fans for the World Cup qualifying match against Ghana next month.

Croatian gaffer Zdravko Logarusic has been fired as the senior Zimbabwe men football team coach after a disastrous tenure in which he failed dismally.

Manchester City former striker Benjani Mwaruwari has been appointed as an additional assistant coach for the Zimbabwe national team.

Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has hit out at critics who have squared the blame for the Warriors’ inadequate friendly matches ahead of World Cup qualifiers in September and the Africa Cup of Nations finals early next year.

The availability of France based duo Marshall Munetsi and Tino Kadewere for the Warriors’ crucial 2021 AFCON qualifiers continues to be shrouded in mystery but ZIFA remains hopeful.

The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Warriors and Botswana initially scheduled for Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo on November 15 has been moved to the National Sports Stadium in Harare over flood light failure.

Belgian coach Jean-Francois Losciuto has emerged as a leading candidate to be appointed substantive Warriors head coach.