{"id":8748,"date":"2025-09-02T09:50:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=8748"},"modified":"2025-09-02T09:50:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:50:53","slug":"zimbabwe-and-zambia-ready-for-volleyball-showdown-at-sunrise-sports-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=8748","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe and Zambia Ready for Volleyball Showdown at Sunrise Sports Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u200e<br>Sithembinkosi L Jiyane<br>Sports Reporter<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200eThe stage is set for an electrifying volleyball friendly as Zimbabwe and Zambia go head-to-head on 6\u20137 September 2025 at Sunrise Sports Club.<br>\u200e<br>\u200eOrganised by the Zimbabwe Volleyball Association (ZVA), the two-day clash aims to strengthen regional sporting ties while giving both nations a platform to fine-tune ahead of upcoming regional and continental tournaments.<br>\u200e<br>\u200eZimbabwe has named a 41-player provisional squad, featuring both seasoned campaigners and rising stars from across the country and neighbouring regions:<br>\u200e<br>\u200e Opposites : Tafadzwa Keni (Chimoi), Allan Chiuawa (Dknights), Brian Muchena (UZ Wolves), Kelvin Chiramambgwa (Shalom Ballers)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200eOutside Hitters: Dean Mukusa (Falcons Zambia), Matthew Masamanja (UZ Wolves), Tanaka Mwara (Falcons Zambia)<br>\u200e<br>\u200e Setters : Nigel Kadumba (UZ Wolves), Takunda Manjenganje (NABA), Wiziwig Marukutira (Crocs)<br>\u200e<br>\u200eMiddle Blockers: Tawanda Mashaka (UZ Wolves), Tatenda Karuma (Black Rhinos), Mugwira Gilroy<br>\u200e<br>\u200eLiberos: Tsiga Prince (Black Mambas), Sango Lovelace (Ruwa), Mackline Rangwani (UZ Wolves)<br>\u200e<br>\u200eThe technical team is led by Head Coach Itsanang Abu Basutu, with assistance from Donald K. Chademana and Tawanda Pamire.<br>\u200e<br>\u200e The final squad will be confirmed after the last reporting day on Monday, 1 September 2025, giving late arrivals one last chance to impress.<br>\u200e<br>\u200eFans can expect high-octane action, fierce rallies, and a lively atmosphere as Zimbabwe and Zambia renew their on-court rivalry in this much-anticipated friendly.<br>\u200e<br><strong>\u200eZimGBCNews | Global News On An African Perspective\u00a92025<\/strong><br>\u200e<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200eSithembinkosi L JiyaneSports Reporter \u200eThe stage is set for an electrifying volleyball friendly as Zimbabwe and Zambia go head-to-head on 6\u20137 September 2025 at Sunrise Sports Club.\u200e\u200eOrganised by the Zimbabwe&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8748","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\/8748","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=8748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8750,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8748\/revisions\/8750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}