Zimbabwe asks FIFA to send experts to train local officials
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The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZFA) has asked the world soccer governing body FIFA to send experts to train local officials.
ZFA chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya was quoted by The Chronicle on Wednesday as saying that Zimbabwe's soccer governing body last week applied to FIFA regional offices in Botswana requesting for personnel to come into the country to share their expertise with local club officials. She said the course would also be made available to sports journalists.
"We have made an application to the FIFA regional office in Botswana regarding to have player status issues clarified to those who deal with player transfers," she said. "The course will also involve the media and will be held next year, if all goes according to plan. We made the application to FIFA on Wednesday," Rushwaya said.
The request follows the upheaval last week by Premier Soccer League (PSL) clubs over Harare giants Dynamos' registration of their players for the CAf African Champions League without their consent.
Dynamos registered the Highlanders duo of captain Zephaniah Ngodzo and midfielder Stephen Alimenda, Bantu Rovers goalkeepers Washington Arubi and Khumbulani Banda, Njube Sundowns playmaker Thabani Kamusoko and kingpin Dylan Chivandire, Hwange's Farai Vimisayi, Caps United skipper Ashley Rambanapasi and Kiglon's Isaac Pitamuja.
Most of the clubs were up in arms against DeMbare over what they said was unprofessional.
At the end of November, the country staged two high-level FIFA courses for the referee's instructors and PSL clubs' chiefs at a hotel in Harare.
The six-day administration course for the club bosses was aimed at the executives coming up with a resolution to help change the face of football in the county. The PSL bosses came up with a document entitled the Harare Declaration aimed at fostering professionalism in the elite league by gradually implementing a number of resolutions from next season until 2013.
