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Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Senior Sports Reporter
The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has turned down special waiver requests by the country’s Caf interclub competitions representatives FC Platinum and Black Rhinos Queens for them to begin preparations.
FC Platinum are set to compete in the men’s Caf Champions League, while Chauya Chipembere will carry the country’s flag in the women’s version of the same tournament.
“The requests were turned down by the SRC,” said Zifa communications and competitions manager Xolisani Gwesela.
FC Platinum’s fourth Champions League journey is set to begin in earnest in September, while August was the tentative month set for kick-off of the women’s zonal competition to decide which teams qualify for the inaugural women’s Caf Champions League finals set for Egypt later this year.
Eight teams from the four Caf zones will make up the final teams which will be placed into two groups of four.
Each zone wiĺl hold its own qualifiers, with one team proceeding to Egypt.
For the Cosafa zone, the qualifiers will be staged in South Africa.
Cosafa teams for zonal qualifiers:
Prisons XI (Botswana)
Manzini Wanderers LFC (Eswatini)
Lesotho Defense Force (Lesotho)
Costa Do Sol (Mozambique)
Tura Magic FC (Namibia)
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies FC (South Africa)
Green Buffaloes Women FC (Zambia)
Black Rhino Queens FC (Zimbabwe)
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