{"id":72044,"date":"2023-01-05T17:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T15:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/former-mighty-warriors-striker-rufaro-machingura-dies"},"modified":"2023-01-05T22:18:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T20:18:13","slug":"former-mighty-warriors-striker-rufaro-machingura-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/former-mighty-warriors-striker-rufaro-machingura-dies","title":{"rendered":"Former Mighty Warriors Striker Rufaro Machingura Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Former Mighty Warriors and Black Rhinos Queens striker, Rufaro Machingura has died.<\/p>\n<p>Machingura, nicknamed Mafidi, passed away on Thursday morning after a long illness.<\/p>\n<p>The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has expressed sorrow over Machingura\u2019s death. A statement released by ZIFA reads:<\/p>\n<p>The Zimbabwe Football Association [ZIFA] would like to send its heartfelt condolences to the Machingura family and the whole football fraternity at large following the passing of former Zimbabwe senior women\u2019s national team [Mighty Warriors] player Rufaro \u2018Mafidi\u2019 Machingura.<\/p>\n<p>Machingura died Thursday morning at her home in Retreat, Waterfalls, Harare after a long illness.<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and the football fraternity at large in this time of sorrow.<\/p>\n<p>May her soul rest in eternal peace.<\/p>\n<p>Mourners are gathered at House Number 4617 Retreat Park, Waterfalls, in Harare.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Former Mighty Warriors and Black Rhinos Queens striker, Rufaro Machingura has died. Machingura, nicknamed Mafidi, passed away on Thursday morning after a long illness. The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has expressed sorrow over Machingura\u2019s death. A statement released by ZIFA reads: The Zimbabwe Football Association [ZIFA] would like to send its heartfelt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":72043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[1493,2189,3008,13436,392,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-72044","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-sport","9":"tag-africa-press","10":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","11":"tag-mighty-warriors","12":"tag-rufaro-machingura","13":"tag-zifa","14":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former Mighty Warriors Striker Rufaro Machingura Dies - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Mighty Warriors and Black Rhinos Queens striker, Rufaro Machingura has died. 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