Zifa suspends Kasinauyo over match-fixing

The Zimbabwe Football Association has made a shock announcement of the suspension of executive committee member Edzai Kasinauyo.

The former Warriors player was elected recently with the new regime. The statement from the governing board reads in part:

08 March 2016
PRESS STATEMENT
PROVISIONAL SUSPENSION OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER EDZAI KASINAUYO
THE Zimbabwe Football Association Executive committee would like to inform the football fraternity and the nation at large that following its meeting held in Harare today (Tuesday, March 08 2016), it has provisionally suspended Executive Committee member Edzai Kasinauyo.
The suspension has been occasioned by allegations of match fixing ahead of the 2017 Orange Africa Cup of Nations qualifier match between Zimbabwe and Swaziland.
Mr Kasinauyo has been fingered in the match fixing scam and investigations are going on.
The ZIFA president Dr Phillip Chiyangwa will issue a statement after consultations with COSAFA, CAF , FIFA and the Government of Zimbabwe.

It is also being said that there are affidavits, emails and audio recordings directly implicating Kasinauyo.It all seems to be linked to a shadowy betting syndicate.

After Asiagate one would have hoped this would have been something of the past. Mind you, we are glad this regime caught the mess before it gained traction.

But yah hey…