Zimbabwean Soccer Players Face Life Ban Over Match-fixing

Several soccer players and officials who were fingered in the Asia match-fixing scandal will be banned from the beautiful game while others will be suspended as the Zimbabwe Football Association seeks to end corruption in soccer.
  • Zimbabwe:   Life Bans for Asiagate Bigwigs

    The Herald, 17 October 2012

    NEARLY a year after they embarked on the final phase of the match-fixing probe, the Zifa Independent Ethics Committee yesterday handed their report to the football association and… Read more »

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  • Zimbabwe:   Thirteen Footballers Face Life Bans for 'Asiagate' Match Fixing

    SW Radio, 16 October 2012

    A judicial inquiry investigating match fixing allegations against Zimbabwean soccer players has recommended that 13 players and officials be banned for life from the sport. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Asiagate to Benefit Other Nations: Gumede

    The Herald, 28 August 2012

    ZIFA vice-president Ndumiso Gumede believes that Zimbabwe's experience with the Asiagate scam will benefit fellow African associations in their bid to avert and combat match-fixing… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Fifa Won't Bail Out Zifa

    The Herald, 27 August 2012

    FIFA dealt Zifa a huge blow when they ruled out an immediate financial injection to associations that are currently fighting match-fixing, in an an environment where the… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Zifa Drag Rushwaya to Court

    Zimbabwe Independent, 14 April 2011

    ZIFA are set to drag embattled former chief executive officer Henrietta Rushwaya to the High Court in an attempt to recover four vehicles which "belong to the football supreme… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe/South Africa:   Asiagate On Spotlight At Cosafa/Fifa and Interpol Workshop

    The Herald, 25 August 2012

    SPORT Commission director-general, Charles Nhemachema, is expected to lead a Zifa delegation to this country where the association will present a paper on Zimbabwe's challenges… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Rushwaya Drags Zifa to Labour Court

    The Herald, 28 October 2010

    A fresh hearing by the Ministry of Labour into the case of dismissed Zifa chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya got off to a false start yesterday when it was deferred to tomorrow… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Zifa Dismiss Rushwaya

    The Herald, 27 October 2010

    Henrietta Rushwaya tenure as Zifa chief executive effectively ended yesterday when a disciplinary tribunal appointed by the association ruled that she be dismissed for… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Zifa Assembly to Meet Over Asiagate

    The Herald, 26 October 2010

    DOMESTIC football's top policy-making body -- the Zifa assembly -- will get a chance to deliberate on the match-fixing scandal that has rocked the association when they meet for an… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Rushwaya Found Guilty

    The Herald, 23 October 2010

    Suspended Zifa chief executive officer Henrietta Rushwaya was last night facing dismissal from the football association after a three-member tribunal yesterday found her guilty of… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Zifa 'Ready' to Take Stern Action Against Match Fixers

    SW Radio, 21 October 2010

    The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) is ready to hand out substantial bans to several players, coaches and officials for their respective parts in a match-fixing scandal that… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   'Rushwaya Ruling by Weekend'

    The Herald, 19 October 2010

    Suspended Zifa chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya will by the end of this week know of her fate in the association following the conclusion of the hearing into allegations of… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Rushwaya Hearing Deferred Again

    The Herald, 5 October 2010

    ZIFA'S hearing into allegations of match-fixing, mismanagement and bribery levelled against Henrietta Rushwaya was once again postponed to tomorrow amid revelations that the… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Rushwaya Won't Attend 'Illegal' Hearing - Lawyers

    The Herald, 25 September 2010

    Lawyers representing suspended Zifa chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya - who is facing charges of mismanagement, betting and match-fixing - have said that their client will not… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Rushwaya's Challenge Thrown Out

    The Herald, 16 September 2010

    A full hearing into Henrietta Rushwaya's disciplinary case on allegations of match-fixing, betting and mismanagement will now go ahead on Saturday morning after the suspended Zifa… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Rushwaya Hearing On Today

    The Herald, 1 September 2010

    SUSPENDED Zifa chief executive officer Henrietta Rushwaya is scheduled to appear before a disciplinary committee in the capital today facing charges of mismanagement, betting,… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Match Scandal Rages On

    Zimbabwe Standard, 15 August 2010

    The war over the gate revenue for the controversial friendly international between Brazil and Zimbabwe has taken a new twist with Zifa asking the Samba Boys agents Kentaro to… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   We'll Follow Procedure On Rushwaya - Dube

    The Herald, 27 July 2010

    IT was business as usual for Zifa chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya yesterday as the day passed without a suspension letter coming her way from the association's board. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Rushwaya Bounces Back

    The Herald, 16 March 2010

    HENRIETTA RUSHWAYA has bounced back as Zifa chief executive, just two days after her suspension, after the association's leadership conceded that there were gross irregularities in… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Zifa Crisis Explodes

    The Herald, 2 September 2009

    ZIFA councillors have reacted angrily to the decision to postpone the extraordinary meeting, scheduled for Saturday in the capital, and have petitioned the association's president… Read more »

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