{"id":8711,"date":"2025-09-02T08:07:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T08:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=8711"},"modified":"2025-09-02T08:07:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T08:07:33","slug":"warriors-begin-to-assemble-in-abidjan-ahead-of-crucial-world-cup-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=8711","title":{"rendered":"\u200eWarriors Begin to Assemble in Abidjan Ahead of Crucial World Cup Qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>Sithembinkosi L Jiyane<br>Sports Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200eThe Zimbabwe national team, the Warriors, have started arriving in Abidjan as preparations intensify for their upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier.<br>\u200e<br>\u200eA group of key players, Godknows Murwira, Walter Musona, Martin Mapisa, Emmanuel Jalai, and Terrence Dzvukamanja, travelled overnight and are now in camp, joined by technical staff.<br>\u200e<br>\u200eThe remainder of the squad is expected soon, with Knowledge Musona and several South Africa-based players set to land in Abidjan tomorrow afternoon.<br>\u200e<br>\u200eThere is been one change to the initial squad: Tymon Machope has been called up to replace Jonah Fabisch, who was ruled out after failing a concussion clearance test following an injury last week.<br>\u200e<br>\u200eThe Warriors are determined to put on a strong performance as they aim to keep their World Cup qualification hopes alive in what promises to be a tough Group C contest.<br>\u200e<br>\u200eWith the squad steadily assembling and spirits high, all eyes are now on the Warriors to deliver when it matters most.<br>\u200e<br>\u200eAs they gear up for this vital clash against Benin, the team carries the hopes of a nation eager to see them rise to the occasion and take a big step forward in their World Cup qualification campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u200e<br>\u200eZimGBCNews | Global News On An African Perspective\u00a92025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sithembinkosi L JiyaneSports Reporter \u200eThe Zimbabwe national team, the Warriors, have started arriving in Abidjan as preparations intensify for their upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier.\u200e\u200eA group of key players,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8711","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\/8711","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=8711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8713,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8711\/revisions\/8713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}