Sport » Enock Muchinjo, Sports Editor
Thursday, 04 April 2013 11:53
HARARE - FIFA has dismissed as “pure speculation” reports that the world football governing body has ordered reversal of punishments meted out to several individuals in Zimbabwe’s Asiagate match-fixing scandal. Reports were rife last week that Zifa’s drawn-out probe into the...Read More
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Tuesday, 26 March 2013 10:03
HARARE - Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chief executive Ngonidzashe Gumbo will remain in custody despite being granted bail by Harare magistrate Don Ndirowei yesterday. Ndirowei had freed Gumbo on $1 000 bail but prosecutor Michael Reza appealed against the decision and...Read More
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Thursday, 21 February 2013 11:19
HARARE - Tourism minister Walter Mzembi has denied writing letters to former Zifa chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya authorising some of the Warriors’ controversial trips to the Far East in 2009, where several invitational matches were fixed by an Asian betting syndicate....Read More
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Thursday, 07 February 2013 11:13
HARARE - The trial of former Zifa chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya took a dramatic twist yesterday after sensational claims by former Young Warriors manager Bekithemba Ndlovu that he masterminded the Asiagate match-fixing scam, not Rushwaya. Ndlovu, a former Monomotapa Football Club...Read More
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Sunday, 20 January 2013 11:24
HARARE - Zimbabwe's Attorney General has moved to block Tourism minister Walter Mzembi’s scheduled court appearance against ex-Zifa chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya, although the minister insists he will testify in the Asiagate trial. This comes after another set of key...Read More
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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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