Sports Reporter
THE Commission of Inquiry into the state of football in Zimbabwe’s preliminary report was not handed yesterday as promised by the Sports Commission. The Commission said the team that has been investigating the state of the national game would hand their preliminary report by July 31. However, yesterday came and went without anything being presented to the Sports Commission.

It could not be established yesterday as to what has caused the delay, although the Sports Commission have been blamed, in the past, for treating the game’s leadership with kids’ gloves.

Although the Sports Commission were mum yesterday, ordinary fans continued to pile on the pressure for something to be done to stop the rot in the game.

“I believe it’s time the authorities dissolve the ZIFA board and we meet the consequences,” a football fan, Stanley Masvaya, said in a letter to The Herald.

“These are times when sacrifices have to be made for the greater good of our game and the nation.

“We should be able to sort out the mess during the ban and hopefully come up with a new credible leadership.

“The government will have to come up with a team of consultants who would present facts and figures to FIFA as to why they have decided to dissolve the current board.

“I think if hard facts and figures are presented, FIFA would allow holding of fresh elections. This process may take a while, hopefully less than a year, remember (Sepp) Blatter is leaving so (Cuthbert) Dube might not be having a lot of protection from Zurich.

“Obviously there is a group of players that would be greatly affected by this but these are the sacrificial lambs.

“There is no guarantee they were still going to compete considering the bleeps and blunders of the current leadership.

“What more is there to protect if the senior men national team is not competing for the ultimate prize in men football?”

Meanwhile, ZIFA have now charged three board members, vice-president, Omega Sibanda, Ben Gwarada and Miriam Sibanda.

The women football boss has waited for more than three months for her charges to be pronounced.

The three are now set to appear before the ZIFA Disciplinary Committee.

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