{"id":11313,"date":"2019-07-18T08:32:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T08:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=11313"},"modified":"2019-07-18T08:32:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T08:32:11","slug":"cosafa-embarrasses-zifa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/cosafa-embarrasses-zifa","title":{"rendered":"COSAFA embarrasses ZIFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Council of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) has dismissed the Felton Kamambo-led ZIFA\u2019s proposal to recall Philip Chiyangwa from the regional body\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n<p>ZIFA accuse Chiyangwa of \u2018sabotage\u2019 and \u2018destabilizing\u2019 the Warriors at AFCON 2019, and had called for his recalling from the COSAFA presidency.<\/p>\n<p>COSAFA however wrote to ZIFA today telling the national association that it has no right whatsoever to recall Chiyangwa from the presidency despite his nationality.<\/p>\n<p>The Kamambo-led administration was also warned by COSAFA not to subcontract their domestic problems at the regional body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Council of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) has dismissed the Felton Kamambo-led ZIFA\u2019s proposal to recall Philip Chiyangwa from the regional body\u2019s presidency. ZIFA accuse Chiyangwa of \u2018sabotage\u2019 and \u2018destabilizing\u2019 the Warriors at AFCON 2019, and had called for his recalling from the COSAFA presidency. 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