The Zimbabwe Football Association has suspended Warriors coach Norman
Mapeza and his assistant, Joey Antipas. The two were part of the
Warriors coaching staff implicated the Asian match-fixing scandal known
as Asiagate between 2007 and 2009.
Rahman Gumbo has been named
interim coach as the national team prepares for its 2013 Africa Cup Of
Nations qualifier against Burundi in Bunjumbura on February 29.
ZIFA
Chief Executive Jonathan Mashingaidze said the move was in line with
his board’s decision to suspend all scandal-linked coaching staff,
players or staff members.Mashingaize said the suspensions would remain in effect until those
implicated were cleared by the ZIFA ethics committee, expected to meet
soon.
In an unrelated development, former Warriors striker Peter
Ndlovu has been named Under 23 national team coach.Ndlovu who now has his coaching certification and is familiar with
grooming junior players whom we urgently need in our future national
team. Ndlovu, all-time leading scorer for Zimbabwe, also played for
Sheffield United from 2001 to 2004 and South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns
from 2004-2008 (www.voanews.com).
The possibilities are high that Ndlovu’s appointment is in keeping with giving younger players the best possible coaching.
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