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Tuesday, 18 December 2012 11:14
HARARE - A South African football insider has described Zimbabwe’s Asiagate match-fixing scam as “Sunday picnic” compared to that country’s recent fixing revelations, which claimed the scalp of federation president Kirsten Nematandani and other top officials yesterday. Nematandani was suspended yesterday...Read More
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Tuesday, 18 December 2012 10:49
HARARE - The case of former Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya who is accused of masterminding the Asiagate scandal has been transferred to Chitungwiza Magistrates’ Courts. Rushwaya’s trial, which was being held at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts, was...Read More
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Sport » Nigel Matongorere, Senior Sports Writer
Thursday, 13 December 2012 15:04
HARARE - Caps United director Twine Phiri has come to the rescue of Makepekepe players implicated in the Asiagate match-fixing scandal after he yesterday guaranteed to pay their admission of guilty fines before the December 31 deadline set by Zifa. Tendai...Read More
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Sport » Farai Machamire, Sports Writer
Saturday, 08 December 2012 13:51
HARARE - Zifa president Cuthbert Dube has claimed Fifa president Sepp Blatter told him he should have “hanged” players and officials found guilty of match-fixing and illegal betting in the Asiagate match-fixing scandal. Dube, who was addressing reporters at the unveiling...Read More
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Sport » Enock Muchinjo, Sports Editor
Friday, 07 December 2012 11:15
HARARE - It's off-season again in Zimbabwean football, that time of the year when the speculation machine goes into overdrive regarding player movement and activity in the transfer market. One topical issue which often dominates football debates during this period is...Read More
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Thursday, 06 December 2012 11:38
HARARE - Former Zimbabwe goalkeepers coach Emmanuel Nyahuma, who was slapped with a life ban alongside 14 other individuals found guilty of match-fixing and illegal betting, has given up in his bid to secure freedom after failing to pay a $6...Read More
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Sport » Farai Machamire, Sports Writer
Tuesday, 04 December 2012 12:29
HARARE - Former Zimbabwe football coach Sunday Chidzambwa and three other individuals slapped with life bans after being found guilty of match-fixing and illegal betting lodged their appeal with the Zifa Appeals Committee by paying the $6 000 appeals fee just...Read More
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Friday, 30 November 2012 13:32
HARARE - A fledging advocacy outfit has brought a new twist to the Asiagate sanctions by vowing to legally represent individuals banned by Zifa after being found guilty of match-fixing and illegal betting, claiming the sentences are a violation of human...Read More
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Sport » Enock Muchinjo, Sports Editor
Friday, 30 November 2012 13:18
HARARE - For months, a dark cloud had been hanging over several Zimbabwean footballers who were facing lengthy bans from the game after a drawn-out enquiry found them guilty of match-fixing and illegal betting for their roles in the Asiagate scandal....Read More
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Sport » Farai Machamire, Sports Writer
Wednesday, 28 November 2012 12:33
HARARE - Nyasha Mushekwi and Washington Arubi lead a list of Zimbabwean players who breathed a sigh of relief yesterday following news that their bans in the Asiagate match-fixing scam have been lifted. The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) yesterday freed 66...Read More
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Friday, 23 November 2012 11:58
HARARE - Former senior national football team manager Ernest Sibanda who was found guilty by the Ebrahim Commission for match-fixing has told the court that he only came to know of Asiagate in newspapers. Sibanda said this while testifying yesterday in...Read More
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Thursday, 22 November 2012 11:12
HARARE - A lawyer representing former Zifa chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya says the association’s previous president Wellington Nyatanga was aware of the Asiagate trips before they took place, but did not disclose the information to some board members. Rushwaya’s lawyer Charles...Read More
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Wednesday, 21 November 2012 11:57
HARARE - Tourism minister Walter Mzembi has been sucked into the Asiagate scandal after witnesses told the court during the trial of former Zifa boss Henrietta Rushwaya that he sanctioned some of the matches. Tendai Madzorera, then Zifa vice president yesterday...Read More
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Tuesday, 20 November 2012 11:52
HARARE - Controversial trips by the Zimbabwe national football team organised by axed Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya in Asia were unsanctioned and unauthorised, the court heard. The court heard Rushwaya did not consult the board or get...Read More
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Sport » Dakarai Mashava, Senior Sports Writer
Monday, 12 November 2012 13:28
HARARE - An attempt by ex-Zifa chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya to knock off her Asiagate scandal trial at the Harare Magistrates’ Court has once again illustrated a worrying trend by “connected elites” to subvert the rule of law, legal experts say....Read More
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