{"id":45383,"date":"2025-12-19T21:26:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=45383"},"modified":"2025-12-19T21:26:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:26:06","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignzifa-expects-andy-rinomhota-to-rejoin-warriors-camp-at-afcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/19\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignzifa-expects-andy-rinomhota-to-rejoin-warriors-camp-at-afcon\/","title":{"rendered":"ZIFA expects Andy Rinomhota to rejoin Warriors camp at AFCON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-139163\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<p>\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"400\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ZIFA-expects-Andy-Rinomhota-to-rejoin-Warriors-camp-at-AFCON.jpg?resize=400%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"object-contain h-46 w-full rounded-lg  md:rounded-none md:rounded-lg wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Andy-Rinomhota-and-Tawanda-Chirewa-.jpg?w=854&amp;ssl=1 854w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Andy-Rinomhota-and-Tawanda-Chirewa-.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Andy-Rinomhota-and-Tawanda-Chirewa-.jpg?resize=768%2C507&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Andy-Rinomhota-and-Tawanda-Chirewa-.jpg?resize=400%2C264&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<div class=\"soccer24-advanced-banner soccer24-banner-type-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ZIFA-expects-Andy-Rinomhota-to-rejoin-Warriors-camp-at-AFCON.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Banner2image\" class=\"soccer24-banner-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has confirmed that Andy Rinomhota is expected to return to the Warriors squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) once he attends to a family emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Rinomhota announced on Friday evening that he is withdrawing from the national team camp to attend to the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The Reading midfielder had only joined his teammates in Morocco on Wednesday following a late release by his club, having missed the two-week camp held in Harare.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, ZIFA said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Zimbabwe Football Association advises that Zimbabwe Men\u2019s National Team player, Andy Rinomhota, requested to be released from the current Warriors camp to attend to a personal family matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing discussions with the player, the technical team and the Association agreed to the request in the best interests of all parties. ZIFA respects and supports the player\u2019s decision and appreciates the professional manner in which the matter was handled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAndy Rinomhota remains part of the national team setup, and the Association looks forward to his return once the matter has been resolved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Zimbabwe Football Association kindly requests that the privacy of the player and his family be respected during this period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged afcon, Andy Rinomhota, Warriors, ZIFA<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#ZIFA #expects #Andy #Rinomhota #rejoin #Warriors #camp #AFCON<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has confirmed that Andy Rinomhota is expected to return to the Warriors squad for the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[942,3697,1115,3218,9441,4127,265,284],"class_list":["post-45383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-afcon","tag-andy","tag-camp","tag-expects","tag-rejoin","tag-rinomhota","tag-warriors","tag-zifa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45385,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45383\/revisions\/45385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}