{"id":681350,"date":"2019-08-14T20:37:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T20:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\n<img class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00390404:df53f3f11fd76a72d33c20d02b083459:arc614x376:w770:us1.png\"\/><div class=\"caption-and-credit clearfix\">\n  \n  <p>Cosafa President Phillip Chiyangwa (file"},"modified":"2019-08-14T20:37:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T20:37:06","slug":"zimbabwe-football-body-bans-philip-chiyangwa-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/14\/zimbabwe-football-body-bans-philip-chiyangwa-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe: Football Body Bans Philip Chiyangwa for Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00390404:df53f3f11fd76a72d33c20d02b083459:arc614x376:w770:us1.png\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption-and-credit clearfix\">\n<p>Cosafa President Phillip Chiyangwa (file photo).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/.caption-and-credit--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"21\">Cape Town \u2014 The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) said it has permanently banned its former president Philip Chiyangwa for &#8220;bringing Zimbabwean football into disrepute&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"20\">Accusations were levelled against Chiyangwa during the 2019 COSAFA Cup bid debacle which saw the Warriors banned from 2020 tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"36\">Zimbabwe reneged on an agreement to stage the event, with South Africa taking over as hosts. Zifa now faces a ban and a hefty fine from Cosafa for pulling out of hosting the southern African contest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"21\">Chiyangwa lost his position as Zifa president last year but is currently the president of Cosafa, the southern African regional body.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"35\">His Zifa ban, which comes into immediate effect, means he will no longer be allowed entry into all Zifa-sanctioned football matches played in Zimbabwe, football meetings, conferences and any football related activity in the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"12\">Zifa has also handed a permanent ban to Chiyangwa&#8217;s assistant, Omega Sibanda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cosafa President Phillip Chiyangwa (file photo). Cape Town \u2014 The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) said it has permanently banned its former president Philip Chiyangwa for &#8220;bringing Zimbabwean football into disrepute&#8221;. Accusations were levelled against Chiyangwa during the 2019 COSAFA Cup bid debacle which saw the Warriors banned from 2020 tournament. Zimbabwe reneged on an agreement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":681351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-681350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-asia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zimbabwe: Football Body Bans Philip Chiyangwa for Life - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/14\/zimbabwe-football-body-bans-philip-chiyangwa-for-life\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Zimbabwe: Football Body Bans Philip Chiyangwa for Life - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Cosafa President Phillip Chiyangwa (file photo). 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