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England-based Warriors wingback Jordan Zemura has added his voice to growing calls for the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) and the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) to resolve their differences so that Zimbabwe returns to international football.
Zimbabwe was suspended from international football by FIFA due to “third party interference” after the Gerald Mlotshwa-led SRC suspended the Felton Kamambo-led ZIFA board.
The SRC axed the Kamambo-led administration for several alleged violations, chief among them failure to account for public funds and sexual harassment of female referees.
Zemura, who plays for Bournemouth in the English Premier Soccer League, said failure to represent Zimbabwe because of the ban is painful. <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/thank-you-zimbabwe-english-premier-league-survival-is-key/">The Herald</a> quoted him as saying:
<blockquote>
It’s truly sad, that we haven’t come to a resolution as a country.
My fellow international players have made comments about the ongoing situation (in Zimbabwe) and I just second that and voice the same pain not being able to represent your country is just unbelievably painful.
I hope we can come to fix the issue sooner rather than later.
The 2026 World Cup will be here soon and I’ll be devastated not to be given the chance to attempt to qualify.
</blockquote>
Zemura made his international debut almost three years ago in the 2021 AFCON Qualifiers against Algeria.
He then played for Zimbabwe at the AFCON finals in January 2022 a few weeks after recovering from a coronavirus infection.
In early 2022, the FIFA Congress ratified the ban on ZIFA and since then, Zimbabwe has missed several international games that include the 2023 AFCON qualifiers.
The 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign is scheduled to start this year, soon after the 2023 AFCON Qualifiers end and Zimbabwe is likely set to miss the qualifiers if SRC remains intransigent.

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Zemura Hopes For A Swift Resolution Of SRC, ZIFA Impasse

The Zimbabwe national men&#8217;s football team dropped one place in the world and two places on the continent on the latest FIFA Rankings released on Thursday.
In July, the Warriors were in action at the COSAFA Cup tournament but had a poor performance as they bowed out of the tournament in the first round without a single win in four games.
The Warriors are now ranked number 108 in the world and number 26 in Africa. They also lost four points and now have 1172 points.
The latest rankings will be used in the seeding of the teams for the draw of the Afcon 2021 finals scheduled for January next year in Cameroon. The draw ceremony will take place on 17 August.
Meanwhile, Senegal remains the highest-ranked team in Africa while Belgium retained the top spot in the world.
World Top 10: 1. Belgium, 2. Brazil, 3. France, 4. England, 5. Italy, 6. Argentina, 7. Spain, 8. Portugal, 9. Mexico, 10. USA.
Africa Top 10: 1. Senegal, 2. Tunisia, 3. Algeria, 4. Morocco, 5. Nigeria, 6. Egypt, 7. Ghana, 8. Cameroon, 9. Ivory Coast, 10. Mali.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.soccer24.co.zw/2021/08/12/warriors-drop-on-latest-fifa-rankings/">Soccer24</a></h4>

Warriors Drop On Latest FIFA Rankings, Now 108th In The World

The Zimbabwe senior men&#8217;s football team, the Warriors have made a considerable recovery on the latest FIFA Rankings released on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe dropped four places at the start of the 2021 international football season to number 112, but have moved five spots up to number 107 in the world.
The Warriors beat Botswana 1-0 and then lost 0-2 to Zambia in last month&#8217;s AFCON qualifiers and as a result dropped 0.5 points on the latest rankings.
Zimbabwe, however, still managed to climb up as teams like Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands and Mozambique lost a significant chunk of spoils.
In Africa, the Warriors moved two places up to number 24.
Senegal still remains the highest-ranked team on the continent while Belgium retained the top spot in the world.
The next rankings will be published on 27 May 2021.
World Top 10: 1. Belgium, 2. France, 3. Brazil, 4. England, 5. Portugal, 6. Spain, 7. Italy, 8. Argentina, 9. Uruguay, 10. Denmark.
Africa Top 10: 1. Senegal, 2. Tunisia, 3. Nigeria, 4. Algeria, 5. Morocco, 6. Egypt, 7. Ghana, 8. Cameroon, 9. Mali, 10. Ivory Coast.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.soccer24.co.zw/2021/04/07/warriors-make-big-leap-on-latest-fifa-rankings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Soccer24</a></h4>

Warriors Recover On Latest FIFA Rankings

Zimbabwe dropped by four places in the latest FIFA rankings and is now at the 112th position.
The results were likely influenced by the dismal display by the locally-based Warriors senior men performance at the recent CHAN tournament in Cameroon.
Zimbabwe bowed out of the tournament without a single win, for the first time ever, with the coach <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zdravko_Logarusic">Zdravko Loga Logarusic</a> <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/caf-to-investigate-witchcraft-allegations-raised-by-logarusic/">blaming juju</a> and lack of game time for the boys.
The local league failed to resume last year therefore the local players had not played in any competition for a prolonged period of time.
Below is the list of the top 20 countries as per the FIFA Rankings.
<blockquote>
<ul>
<li>Belgium</li>
<li>France</li>
<li>Brazil</li>
<li>England Spain</li>
<li>Portugal</li>
<li>Spain</li>
<li>Argentina</li>
<li>Uruguay</li>
<li>Mexico</li>
<li>Italy</li>
<li>Croatia</li>
<li>Denmark</li>
<li>Germany</li>
<li>Netherlands</li>
<li>Colombia</li>
<li>Switzerland</li>
<li>Chile</li>
<li>Wales</li>
<li>Poland</li>
<li>Senegal</li>
<li>Sweeden</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
Zimbabwe is now at position 26 in Africa.
More: <a href="https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank/id13197/#CAF" rel="noopener" target="_blank">FIFA</a>

FIFA RANKINGS: Zimbabwe Plunges 4 Places

FIFA, the world football governing body, has requested the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) to submit a comprehensive report on the suspension of its chief executive officer Joseph Mamutse by the Sports and Recreation Commission yesterday.
In an emailed response to a Chronicle Sport inquiry on Friday afternoon, the FIFA communications department headed by Portuguese Onofre Costa said it has not been formally informed of Mamutse’s suspension and only learnt about the development through media reports. The email read:
<blockquote>Please be informed that FIFA has not been informed about the suspension of the ZIFA general-secretary Mr Joseph Mamutse. We have asked ZIFA for their position regarding the media reports.</blockquote>
The SRC on Thursday suspended Mamutse from all football activities to pave way for an investigation into how a number of national football teams were cleared for foreign assignments, under questionable circumstances.
The SRC has, however, not yet named the acting ZIFA chief executive officer.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/fifa-reacts-to-zifa-ceos-suspension/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chronicle</a></h4>

FIFA Requests ZIFA To Explain CEO's Suspension

Warriors striker Prince Dube&#8217;s former school, Somvubu Secondary School’s attempt to get training and education fee compensation from his new club, Azam, of Tanzania may hit a brick wall.
It has emerged that Tanzanian clubs are all under category IV of the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP) and therefore exempted from paying that fee.
The categorisation of clubs and or association is done in order to calculate the compensation costs.
According to Circular number 1726 sent to football associations by FIFA secretary-general Fatma Samoura on July 30 this year, only 17 African countries have clubs outside category IV.
These are Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Togo and Tunisia.
This means that had Dube gone to any of the clubs from the 17 countries, then the Bubi district-based school would have been entitled to some compensation.
Clubs under category IV are those whose training investment in players is said to be US$2 000 or below and therefore exempted from paying any compensation fees.
Meanwhile, the National Association of Secondary School Heads (Nash) said it will push the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA), to come up with a working document that makes it mandatory for local clubs to pay training and education compensation fees, not only to schools but even junior clubs which have always been exploited by bigger clubs.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/brickwall-on-somvubu-secondarys-bid-for-prince-dube-compensation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chronicle</a></h4>

Prince Dube's Former School May Not Get Compensation Fee

The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) risks being removed from the list of associations benefitting from the FIFA forward funds after paying out its subordinate associations the Covid-19 relief fund before the world football motherboard released the funds.
FIFA told Chronicle that by so doing, ZIFA violated stipulated regulations that should govern the management of both the Covid-19 relief fund and Forward Funds programme. Said FIFA:
<blockquote>Both regulations contain clear obligations about the correct use of funds and good governance principles. Furthermore, the regulations state that the use of funds is subject to significant audit and control mechanisms.</blockquote>
In response to violations of good corporate governance as in the case of ZIFA, FIFA&#8217;s audit and compliance committee may:
<ol>
<li>a) restrict the release of payments to member association.</li>
<li>b) order the suspension of all new payments to the member association concerned until further notice.</li>
<li>c) order the Fifa general secretariat or a third party mandated by the Fifa general secretariat to inspect and audit the member association concerned at any time. The member association shall provide full access to accounts, any kind of contracts and all other significant documents such as meeting minutes. Any such audit shall be conducted at Fifa’s expense.</li>
<li>d) order the member association concerned to repay the received amounts to Fifa.</li>
</ol>
ZIFA executive committee member in charge of finance Philemon Machana recently said they used part of the US$500 000 Fifa Forward Funds and US$200 000 annual grant from Caf and will replace the money once they receive the Covid-19 relief funds from the world and continental football governing bodies.
More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/zifa-risks-being-struck-off-fifa-foward-funds-recipients-register/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chronicle</a>

Zifa May Not Receive Any More Money From FIFA Over Bad Governance - FIFA Regulations

FIFA has expressed concern over ZIFA’s disbursement of a coronavirus relief package to the Zimbabwe Women’s Soccer League and Division One regions before the world football motherboard released the funds.
The disbursement came days after FIFA had announced that it had set aside US$1,5 billion that will be distributed to all its 211-member associations, with each getting US$1,5 million and African associations getting an extra US$300 000 from Caf.
In response to the development, a FIFA official said:
<blockquote>Fifa is now particularly interested in knowing where your association got the money from and why they rushed to disburse the funds.
<div>It was and remains unprocedural and not to mention the fact that it tramples on the dictates of good corporate governance and we now wonder if this is the only example of failure to practice good corporate governance or there is more of such acts which Fifa obviously frowns at.</div>
</blockquote>
<div>Zifa executive committee member in charge of finance Philemon Machana told Sunday News that they used part of the US$500 000 Fifa Forward Funds and US$200 000 annual grant from Caf and will replace the money once they receive the Covid-19 relief funds from the world and continental football governing bodies.</div>

<div>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/zifa-decision-raises-questions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chronicle</a></div>

"Where Did You Get The Money," FIFA Concerned Over ZIFA's Governance Practices

The Zimbabwe national football team, the Warriors, has remained on the same position in the latest Fifa World Rankings released on Thursday.
The Warriors, not active since the November international window due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are still ranked 111 in the world.
In the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) region, South Africa (71), Zambia (88), Madagascar (91) and Mozambique (106) are ranked higher than Zimbabwe.
Namibia (117), Malawi (123), Angola (124), Comoros (133), Lesotho (139), Botswana (148), Eswatini (153), Mauritius (172) and Seychelles (202) have a lower ranking than Zimbabwe.
The Warriors last played a competitive match in November last year when they defeated Zambia 2-1 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier played in Lusaka.
Zimbabwe was scheduled to play Algeria home and away in March this year but those fixtures were postponed due to the coronavirus crisis.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/no-change-in-latest-fifa-rankings-for-warriors-mighty-warriors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sunday News</a></h4>

Warriors Remain 111th On FIFA World Rankings

PSL clubs will get a bailout package of $5500 each from ZIFA once ZIFA receives $1 million from the world&#8217;s football governing board FIFA.
This was posted by Steve Vickers on Twitter. Vickers said:
<blockquote>Zim’s <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/CastleLagerPSL" data-focusable="true">@CastleLagerPSL</a>clubs to get USD5,500 each (361k Zim$) as <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/online_zifa" data-focusable="true">@online_zifa </a>gets $1m from Fifa this month for Covid help. Zifa now to pay refs direct, will be responsible for Covid-19 testing for PSL clubs. Women’s football gets USD500k as per Fifa instruction, to go to clubs.</blockquote>
ZIFA announced last month it was going to give PSL clubs a bailout package. FIFA also announced it will give <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2020/06/27/zifa-to-get-1-5-million-covid-19-relief-funds-from-fifa/">$1.5 million to ZIFA to be used to mitigate the effects of the pandemic for membe</a>r clubs.
Source: <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveVickers5/status/1281273613207945216?s=20">Twitter </a>

PSL Clubs To Get A Bailout Package Of US$5.5K From ZIFA As ZIFA Gets $1 Million From FIFA

ZIFA will soon receive $1.5 Million COVID-19 relief funds from FIFA, $1 Million for men&#8217;s football, clubs and players and half a million for women football, The Herald reports.
According to the publication, the funds are part of the $5 Billion grant FIFA is extending to member associations to help clubs mitigate the effects of the pandemic that has slowed down economic activities worldwide.
FIFA reportedly held a virtual meeting on Thursday and made the following resolution:
<blockquote>
Grants, a universal solidarity grant of USD 1 million will be made available to all member associations, and an additional grant of US$500,000 will be allocated specifically to women’s football. In addition, each confederation will receive a grant of US$2 million.
Loans, member associations will be able to apply for interest-free loans amounting to up to 35% of their audited annual revenues. In the interest of solidarity, a minimum loan of US$500,000 will be available and a maximum of US$5 million. In addition, each confederation will have access to a loan of up to US$4 million. 
</blockquote>
ZIFA is on record saying it was still financially OK despite the pandemic that has wreaked havoc in all sectors worldwide.
More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/fifa-to-provide-u1-5m-covid-19-relief-to-zifa/">The Herald </a>

ZIFA To Receive $1.5 Million COVID-19 Relief Funds From FIFA

ZIFA has reportedly lied to FIFA that the Gift Banda case is before the appeals committee when infact the appeals committee upheld Banda’s acquittal by ZIFA&#8217;s disciplinary committee, The Chronicle reports.
According to the publication, ZIFA notified FIFA that the case was before the appeals committee on Thursday as evidenced by the response by a FIFA spokesperson when probed for a response on the matter, FIFA spokesperson said:
<blockquote>Fifa has been informed by Zifa that the case of Mr Banda currently sits with the appeals committee and will reach a final decision in due course. For more information we kindly refer you to Zifa.</blockquote>
However, the matter was settled as the appeals committee upheld the disciplinary committee&#8217;s ruling that acquitted Gift Banda and said he didn&#8217;t commit any crime. <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2020/06/11/fifa-claims-it-is-following-the-gift-banda-zifa-case-report/">ZIFA appealed the decision but failed to raise the $125 000</a> needed to appeal the case, which prompted the appeals committee to uphold the disciplinary committee ruling.
More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/zifa-lies-to-fifa-over-gift-banda/">The Chronicle </a>

ZIFA Lies To FIFA - Report

The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) will get US$500 000 from FIFA in operational funding as the global football body releases US$150 million.
The funds will be released in the next few days as part of FIFA&#8217;s plan to help football associations absorb the negative impact of the novel coronavirus.
In a statement, FIFA said it will also immediately release the second instalment that was supposed to be paid in July. The statement read in part:
<blockquote>FIFA will release all operational funding due to member associations for the years 2019 and 2020 in the coming days as the first step of a relief plan to assist the football community impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This measure will mean that a total of around US$150 million will be distributed among the 211 national football governing bodies around the world.
As part of the measure, all remaining entitlements of member associations to operational costs under the Forward 2.0 Programme will be released in full for the years 2019 and 2020.
In particular, the release of the second instalment of operational costs for 2020, which was originally due in July, will be paid immediately.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/zifa-to-get-us500-000-as-fifa-release-us150m/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Herald</a></h4>

ZIFA To Get US$500 000 From FIFA

South Africa&#8217;s eBafana Bafana have commenced their FIFA eNations Stay n Play Cup with an overall 12–8 win against UAE in a two-legged round 1 match played on Tuesday afternoon.
According to <a href="https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/gamers-live/2020-04-22-fifa-enations-stay-and-play-cup-day-1-recap/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TimesLive</a>, the opening game saw Professional Fifa eSports gamer Thabo Moloi display his dominance throughout the game, beating his UAE counterpart 8-2 at full time.
In a closely contested second leg of round 1, Mamelodi Sundowns and Bafana Bafana star player Sibusiso Vilakazi fell short of his UAE opponent when the game ended 6-4 in favour of the latter.
Watch the video below for an insight into the Fifa eNations Stay n Play Cup tournament:
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WATCH: FIFA eNations Stay n Play Cup Tournament Explained

Zimbabwe has remained the 111th best football team in the world according to the latest FIFA rankings published on 20 February 2020.
<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/index.php?title=Zimbabwe_National_Soccer_Team&amp;redirect=no" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Warriors</a> accumulated 1180 points and are number 27 in Africa.
The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on 9 April 2020.
Meanwhile, the top 20 on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking remain unchanged, with Belgium, France and Brazil still making up the top three.
There was some minor movement in the top 50 sees Wales (23rd, down 1) and Paraguay (41st, down 1) each fall down a spot, while Ghana (46th, up 1) rise ever so slightly.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/belgium-stay-top-palestine-make-gains" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FIFA.COM</a></h4>

No Progress For Warriors On FIFA Rankings

The Warriors have climbed two places to 113 on the end-of-the-year FIFA Coca Cola World Rankings released by FIFA after gaining five points throughout the year to land at 1 180 points from 1 175 points.
Belgium retained global top spot with 1765 points followed by France and Brazil with 1733 and 1712 points, respectively.
The next world rankings will be published on 20 February 2020.
Here are the top 10 countries in world football:
<ol>
<li>Belgium</li>
<li>France</li>
<li>Brazil</li>
<li>England</li>
<li>Uruguay</li>
<li>Croatia</li>
<li>Portugal</li>
<li>Spain</li>
<li>Argentina</li>
<li>Colombia</li>
</ol>

Warriors Move 2 Places Up As FIFA Releases End-of-year World Rankings

<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/index.php?title=Zimbabwe_National_Soccer_Team&amp;redirect=no" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Warriors</a> have moved six places up the latest FIFA Rankings released on Thursday but still failed to end the year in the top 100.
Zimbabwe played two matches during the November international break, playing back-to-back Afcon qualifiers against Botswana and Zambia, drawing 0-0 with the former and beating the latter 2-1.
As a result, the Warriors gained 13 points and moved six places up to number 111 in the world. They also climbed up on the African standings to number 27.
Belgium is the best-ranked team in the world while Senegal remains the best team in Africa.
Africa Top 10: 1. Senegal, 2. Tunisia, 3. Nigeria, 4. Algeria, 5. Morocco, 6. Ghana, 7. Egypt, 8. Cameroon, 9. Ivory Coast, 10. DRC.
World Top 10: 1. Belgium, 2. France, 3. Brazil, 4. England, 5. Uruguay, 6. Croatia, 7. Portugal, 8. Spain, 9. Argentina, 10. Colombia.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.soccer24.co.zw/2019/11/28/warriors-make-giant-leap-on-latest-fifa-rankings-but-not-enough-to-finish-2019-in-top-100/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Soccer24</a></h4>

Warriors Move 6 Places Up In Latest FIFA World Rankings

Former UEFA Chief, Michel Platini has criticised the use of Video-Assisted Referring (VAR) technology in football.
Platini told the “Che tempo che fa” late-night talk show on Italian television, Rai on Sunday that VAR was very bad. He said:
<blockquote>It would take half an hour to explain why it doesn’t solve problems,” 
It shifts them. I’m against VAR. I think it’s a load of crap and unfortunately, we will not go back.</blockquote>
Other football teams and managers, particularly England, have also slammed VAR saying that it erred a lot and could be manipulated.
More: <a href="https://www.afp.com/en/news/3955/ex-uefa-chief-platini-slams-var-load-crap-doc-1md1ib5">AFP</a>

"It’s A Load Of Crap," Former UEFA Chief Speaks On VAR

The <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_National_Football_Team" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Warriors</a> have moved one place up to number 117 on the latest FIFA World Rankings released on Thursday. They remain on number 29 on the continent.
In Africa standings, Senegal retains the top spot while Belgium is the best-ranked team in the world.
Africa Top 10: 1. Senegal, 2. Tunisia, 3. Nigeria, 4. Algeria, 5. Morocco, 6. Egypt, 7. Ghana, 8. Cameroon, 9. DRC, 10. Ivory Coast.
World Top 10: 1. Belgium, 2. France, 3. Brazil, 4. England, 5. Uruguay, 6. Portugal, 7. Croatia, 8. Spain, 9. Argentina, 10. Colombia.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.soccer24.co.zw/2019/10/24/warriors-move-up-on-latest-fifa-rankings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Soccer24</a></h4>

Warriors Move Up To 117 On FIFA World Rankings

The Uefa Champions League returned to action on Tuesday night. Below are results from the matches played.
<ul>
<li>Shakhtar Donetsk 2-2 Dinamo Zagareb</li>
<li>Atletico Madrid 1-0 Bayer (Álvaro Morata 78&#8242;)</li>
<li>Manchester City 5-1 Atalanta (Sergio Agüero 34&#8242;, 38&#8242; (P); Raheem Sterling 58&#8242;, 64&#8242;, 69&#8242; for Manchester City)</li>
<li>Galatasaray 0-1 Real Madrid (Toni Kroos 18&#8242;)</li>
<li>Plympiacos 2-3 Bayern Munich (Robert Lewandowski 34&#8242;, 62&#8242;; Corentin Tolisso 75&#8242; for Bayern)</li>
<li>Club Brugge 0-5 PSG (Mauro Icardi 7&#8242;, 63&#8242;; Kylian Mbappé 61&#8242;, 79&#8242;, 83&#8242; for PSG)</li>
<li>Totenham 5-0 Crvena Zvezda (Harry Kane 9&#8242;, 72&#8242;; Son Heung-min 16&#8242;, 44&#8242; Érik Lamela 57&#8242;)</li>
<li>Juventus 2-1 Lokomotiv Moscow (Paulo Dybala 77&#8242;, 79&#8242; for Juventus)</li>
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FIFA has reportedly told ZIFA to assess its decision to ban <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Phillip_Chiyangwa">Philip Chiyangwa</a> and Omega Sibanda from engaging in any football activities Sunday News reports. <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_Football_Association_(ZIFA)">ZIFA</a> had written to FIFA seeking the body&#8217;s endorsement of the decision they had taken.
According to the Sunday Mail FIFA responded by saying ZIFA should assess the decision one more time:
<blockquote>Zifa informed Fifa, by letter on September 13th, of its decision regarding the life ban of Phillip Chiyangwa and Omega Sibanda. Referring to the relevant provisions of the Zifa statutes, Fifa has recommended that the Zifa executive committee assess again this decision at its next meeting on 4 October 2019</blockquote>
ZIFA <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/08/14/zifa-dissolves-warriors-team-bans-chiyangwa-for-life/">banned Chiyangwa and Sibanda for bringing local football into disrepute</a> through the 2019 COSAFA Cup bid fiasco which saw the Warriors banned from next year’s edition.
More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/fifa-declines-to-endorse-chiyangwa-sibanda-bans/">Sunday News </a>
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Assess Your Decision Again - FIFA To ZIFA On Chiyangwa, Sibanda Life Ban

The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has been penalised by FIFA after the Mighty Warriors boycotted the second leg of the second round tie of the African Women&#8217;s Olympic Qualifiers against Zambia which had been scheduled for the National Sports Stadium on September 1.
Reports indicate that several clubs refused to release their players after it emerged that ZIFA had reneged on its promise to pay them their allowances.
In a statement, FIFA said that Zimbabwe lost the match 0-3 to Zambia by forfeit and ordered the former to pay 10000 CHF (Swiss Franc). The statement reads:
<blockquote>The FIFA Disciplinary Committee found the Zimbabwe Football Association responsible for the infringement of the relevant provisions of the Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020 related to withdrawal (art. 7 par. 1) and of the FIFA Disciplinary Code related to unplayed matches and abandonment (art. 14).
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee declares the match of the Women’s Olympic Qualifiers that was scheduled to be played between Zimbabwe and Zambia on 1 September 2019 to be lost by forfeit by Zimbabwe (0-3).
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee orders the Zimbabwe Football Association to pay a fine to the amount of CHF 10,000.
In the application of art. 6 par. 1 a) of the FIFA Disciplinary Code, the Zimbabwe Football Association is warned on its future conduct.
The above fine is to be paid within thirty (30) days of notification of the present decision.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/news/fifa-fines-zimbabwe-for-boycotting-womens-olympic-qualifier/486xbzajwbrs15it75m4dad9d" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Goal.com</a></h4>

FIFA Fines ZIFA Over Mighty Warriors Olympic Qualifier Boycott

The Mighty Warriors boycotted the Olympic qualifier match against Zambia in protest over the outstanding bonuses from the COSAFA Women Championship held last month.
The match was scheduled for Sunday afternoon at the National Sports Stadium in Harare.
According to Zifa, Blue Swallows, Correctional Queens, and Black Rhinos Queens withdrew their players yesterday evening. ZIFA did not mention what caused the withdrawal of players.
ZIFA is attempting to have the match postponed to Monday, 2 September, by FIFA but it&#8217;s not clear if this will happen.
The Football Association of Zambia has said that it will wait to hear from FIFA what the outcome of the unplayed match is:
Also Read: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/09/01/zimbabweans-react-to-mighty-warriors-match-boycott/">Zimbabweans React To: Mighty Warriors Match Boycott</a>
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More: <a href="https://www.soccer24.co.zw/2019/09/01/mighty-warriors-boycott-olympic-qualifier-against-zambia/">Soccer24</a>, <a href="http://www.zbc.co.zw/just-in-mighty-warriors-in-no-show/">ZBC News</a>

JUST IN: Mighty Warriors Boycott Zambia Olympic Qualifier

<blockquote>Dear Chairman,
We refer to your letter dated 14 August 2019, through which you requested FIFA to appoint a normalisation committee for the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA), namely because of allegations of financial mismanagement.
At the outset, we would like to underline that FIFA encourages close cooperative relations between its member associations and national governments.
In addition, we expect our member associations to be fully accountable for and, if required, submit to the authorities all relevant information regarding the use of public funds, if any are provided, in line with the pertinent national legislation.
Regarding funding provided by FIFA, we would like to inform you that every member association receiving FIFA Forward development funds, including ZIFA, is subject to rigorous controls in the use of these funds.
This includes an annual central audit review which is undertaken by an independent professional auditor appointed by FIFA.
Adverse findings noted by the auditors are reported to the FIFA Audit and Compliance Committee and may result in a restriction or even suspension of funding.
Furthermore, in the event of any suspicion of the misuse of funds, the matter is referred to the competent FIFA judicial body.
As a consequence of the above, we deem that the conditions for setting up a normalisation committee for ZIFA in line with art. 8 par. 2 of the FIFA Statutes are not fulfilled. In this context, we must remind you about the contents of art. 14 par. 1 let. i) and art. 19 par. 1 of the FIFA Statutes, which stipulate that all member associations are obliged to manage their affairs independently and without undue influence from third parties.
Therefore, should the Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts &amp; Recreation of Zimbabwe, upon recommendation of the Sports and Recreation Committee (SRC), decide to appoint an interim committee to administer the affairs of ZIFA, it would be considered undue influence in the sense of the FIFA Statutes.
Consequently, the matter would be presented to the relevant FIFA bodies for consideration and possible action, which may include the suspension of ZIFA.
Finally, we would like to inform you that FIFA is engaged in assisting ZIFA with its debt servicing strategy. In this regard, we would like to underline that we remain at the authorities’ disposal to discuss, if possible, joint efforts to address ZIFA’s current financial situation.
We thank you for taking note of the above and trust in your understanding.
Yours sincerely, FIFA 
Alasdair Bell Deputy Secretary-General (Administration)</blockquote>

FULL TEXT: FIFA Declines SRC's Request To Dissolve ZIFA Board

The Sports and Recreation Committee (SRC) has written to FIFA asking the removal of the entire Felton Kamambo ZIFA board. The statement reads:
The SRC has of today, this 15th August 2019, written to the secretary-general of FIFA requesting that FIFA invoke Article (8)(2) of the General Provisions of the FIFA Statutes to remove from office the entire Zimbabwe Football Association Board and to replace it with a Normalisation Committee.
The SRC has reserved its right, in terms of the same correspondence, to act in terms of Section 30 of the SRC Act and suspend the entire Board itself.

SRC Requests FIFA To Remove ZIFA Board Led By Felton Kamambo

ZIFA board member responsible for finance, Philemon Machana has said that the association stands to get US$4 million from FIFA.
The association intends to use the money for projects such as the construction of a hotel and a state-of-the-art headquarters for the association.
Speaking to the Chronicle Sport, Machana said that the development gave the association an opportunity to implement its projects. Muchana said:
<blockquote>We had a meeting with Fifa representatives recently in South Africa where we signed a contract for agreed projections, which basically was laying the foundation for us to access Fifa money for projects. This is a major milestone for Zimbabwe because the signing of the contract for agreed projections doesn’t only express Fifa’s commitment, but also shows that Fifa are seeing something positive in Zimbabwean football. This also means that we can start to apply for funds to pursue projects to do with infrastructure development and other income-generating projects.
What’s worth noting is that we once signed a Fifa contract for projections when Philip Chiyangwa was Zifa president, but we didn’t pursue the funding of about US$2.5 million which we were supposed to access because we felt that we hadn’t covered enough ground. This time we’ve done our ground work and we will apply for the funds to kick start the projects in June. We stand to get $4 million from Fifa this year, including the funds we’ve received and used for specified programmes that we started earlier.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/zifa-ready-to-receive-us4m/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Chronicle</a>
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ZIFA Stands To Get US$4 Million From FIFA This Year

In a letter written last Friday, FIFA boss Gianni Infantino, invited ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa to the 2018 World Cup final in Moscow, Russia next month.
Chiyangwa will be part of the guests drawn from the leaders of the national associations to watch the World Cup final. Part of the letter reads:
<blockquote>Mr Philip Chiyangwa, ZIFA president. We both know that the FIFA World cup is much more than a 32-team tournament. It is the pinnacle of world football for everyone who loves and takes part in the beautiful game. As such, I consider it’s a duty of FIFA to ensure that those who represent football’s worldwide reach — the 211 Member Associations and their presidents — are all present for its crowning moment, the final of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Therefore, I would be truly delighted to have you, as president of a Member Association, join me at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on 15 July, when the world champions will be crowned.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/fifa-boss-invites-chiyangwa/">Herald </a>

FIFA Boss Gianni Infantino Invites Chiyangwa To Watch 2018 World Cup Final In Russia

Wold football governing body FIFA has revealed that it is increasing the amount of support that it will pay out to member associations. This means that each association, Zifa included, will be receiving $1.25 million per year from the previous $400 000 per year. In a statement, FIFA said,
<blockquote>We are significantly increasing our financial support for member associations and football development to 5 million USD per four-year cycle for each member association from 1.6 million USD per cycle.
This means each association has access to 750,000 US dollars per year for football projects such as pitches, competitions and women’s football. And every association also receives up to 500,000 US dollars per year for running costs in areas including administration and governance.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/zifa-to-get-over-1m-from-fifa-annually/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Herald</a>

Zifa To Get $1.25m Annually From FIFA

World football governing body FIFA have ordered Zifa to hold elections “as soon as possible”, dismissing the national football governing body president Philip Chiyangwa’s claims that he still has two more years to serve. Chiyangwa was elected as ZIFA president in December 2015 to finish off Cuthbert Dube’s term.
In response to questions by The Chronicle and Daily News, FIFA said:
<blockquote>We can confirm that Fifa has sent a letter to Zifa on 24 April (2018) informing them that given that the current Zifa executive committee inherited the four-year mandate of the previous executive committee under Mr Cuthbert Dube that began in March 2014, elections of a new Zifa executive committee should take place as soon as possible in accordance with the Zifa statutes and regulations. Consequently and in accordance with article 2 letter C of the Zifa electoral code, the incumbent Zifa executive committee remains until the next election. We have no further comment.</blockquote>
At the moment, the Zifa executive committee is made up of Chiyangwa, vice president Omega Sibanda, treasurer Philimon Machana and Women’s Football boss Rosemary Kanonge.
More: <a href="http://www.chronicle.co.zw/fifa-order-zifa-to-hold-elections/">Chronicle</a>, <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2018/05/09/chiyangwa-cornered">Daily News</a>

Blow For Chiyangwa As FIFA Orders ZIFA To Hold Elections

Former South African Football Association (SAFA) presidential nominee Ace Ncobo revealed that COSAFA president Phillip Chiyangwa lied about representing FIFA during his recent visit to South Africa.
Chiyangwa met with current SAFA boss Danny Jordaan and Ncobo last month in Sandton, where Ncobo agreed he would not be standing for the SAFA presidency.  FIFA have since sent Director of African and Caribbean Member Associations Veron Mosengo-Omba to attend to the matter concerning SAFA elections. Said Ncobo:
<blockquote>FIFA came, not that maverick from Zimbabwe, who lied and said he was sent by FIFA. By the way, as soon as I received a call from Sue Destombes – the general secretary of COSAFA, saying Chiyangwa is coming and has been sent by FIFA, I dropped the phone and asked her for written correspondence from FIFA. At the same time, I sent an email to the general secretary of FIFA to say, ‘There’s a Phillip Chiyangwa here, who purports to have been sent by FIFA to come and mediate. Are you aware of that?’ So, when I went to that meeting [on March 14], I knew Chiyangwa had not been sent by FIFA, but I needed that meeting because it was going to produce an agreement; a signature.</blockquote>
Ncobo further explained that the agreement between himself and Jordaan is not worthless despite being mediated by Chiyangwa.
More: <a href="http://www.kickoff.com/news/85260/ace-ncobo-reveals-phillip-chiyangwa-fals#.WteXLoMjQBw.twitter">KickOff</a>

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