{"id":10049,"date":"2025-10-10T12:53:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=10049"},"modified":"2025-10-10T12:53:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:53:41","slug":"zifa-launches-probe-into-sheasham-fcs-league-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=10049","title":{"rendered":"ZIFA Launches Probe into Sheasham FC&#8217;s League Withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Zim GBC News | Sports Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has constituted an Ad Hoc Committee of Inquiry to investigate the controversial withdrawal of Sheasham Football Club from the Zimbabwe Central Region Soccer League (ZCRSL).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision was ratified during a meeting of the ZIFA Executive Committee in Harare on Thursday, following recommendations from the association&#8217;s Legal and Player Status Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, ZIFA outlined the committee&#8217;s mandate, which is to &#8220;investigate the full circumstances surrounding Sheasham FC\u2019s withdrawal&#8221; and determine if the club exhausted all proper channels and internal remedies available under ZIFA and ZCRSL statutes before its exit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A ZIFA spokesperson confirmed the move, stating,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The committee is expected to provide a comprehensive report to help the executive understand the sequence of events and ensure the integrity of our league structures is upheld.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The committee, to be formed in line with Article 55 of the ZIFA Statutes, will comprise a legal practitioner as Chairperson, a sports administrator as Deputy Chairperson, and a former referee as the third member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The probe will specifically:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7 Investigate the circumstances leading to the club&#8217;s exit.<br>\u00b7 Establish whether all internal remedies were exhausted.<br>\u00b7 Assess the ZCRSL\u2019s response to any formal complaints from the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The committee has been given a strict seven-working-day deadline to submit its findings and recommendations to the ZIFA Executive Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ZIFA Secretariat will facilitate the appointment of members and provide administrative support for the inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow us on social media for breaking news:<br>\u00b7 X (Twitter): @ZimGbc<br>\u00b7 Instagram: @ZimGBCNews<br>\u00b7 TikTok: @ZimGBCNews_01<br>\u00b7 Facebook: Zim GBC News<br>\u00b7 YouTube: Zim GBC News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get real-time alerts on WhatsApp:<br>+263 773 820 323<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For in-depth coverage, visit our website:<br>www.zimgbcnews.co.zw<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zim GBC News | Global News From An African Perspective\u00a92025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zim GBC News | Sports Correspondent The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has constituted an Ad Hoc Committee of Inquiry to investigate the controversial withdrawal of Sheasham Football Club from the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10051,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10049\/revisions\/10051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}