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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president, Philip Chiyangwa, says he will quit football administration when his term of office at COSAFA comes to an end in December this year.<\/p>\n

Chiyangwa, who was elected president of the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) in December 2016, also said he is not interested in seeking a return to the ZIFA presidency.<\/p>\n

Speaking to The Herald on Thursday, the ZANU PF legislator said he would now concentrate on his political engagements, including leading the fund-raising drive for the party ahead of the 2023 polls. Said Chiyangwa:<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not coming back to ZIFA, I\u2019m also not standing for re-election, at the end of my COSAFA (presidential) term, I\u2019m not standing for that one.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m leaving, I have a bigger responsibility in my country, here in Zimbabwe, the President (Mnangagwa) has appointed me as one of the chief strategists, for now, and 2023, so I\u2019m in a senior position to determine the life of our party, the fundraising efforts, etc.<\/p>\n

For me, it was a good experience (in football administration), you leave for others to take over.<\/p>\n

He said by the time he left ZIFA, after withdrawing from the second round of a presidential poll he was trailing to his opponent, and eventual association leader, Felton Kamambo, in December 2018, his race, in the domestic game, had been run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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