{"id":50203,"date":"2026-02-17T21:51:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T21:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=50203"},"modified":"2026-02-17T21:51:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T21:51:28","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmighty-warriors-coach-sithethelewe-sibanda-issues-update-ahead-of-opening-game-at-cosafa-womens-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/17\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmighty-warriors-coach-sithethelewe-sibanda-issues-update-ahead-of-opening-game-at-cosafa-womens-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Mighty Warriors coach Sithethelewe Sibanda issues update ahead of opening game at COSAFA Women&#8217;s Championship"},"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-139913\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- .entry-header -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"362\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mighty-Warriors-coach-Sithethelewe-Sibanda-issues-update-ahead-of-opening.jpg?resize=362%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\/02\/mighty-Warriors-Zimbabwe-vs-Angola.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mighty-Warriors-Zimbabwe-vs-Angola.jpg?resize=300%2C219&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mighty-Warriors-Zimbabwe-vs-Angola.jpg?resize=1024%2C746&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mighty-Warriors-Zimbabwe-vs-Angola.jpg?resize=768%2C560&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mighty-Warriors-Zimbabwe-vs-Angola.jpg?resize=362%2C264&amp;ssl=1 362w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\"\/>&#13;<\/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\/2026\/02\/Mighty-Warriors-coach-Sithethelewe-Sibanda-issues-update-ahead-of-opening.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Banner2image\" class=\"soccer24-banner-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Mighty Warriors coach Sithethelewe Sibanda has given an update on the squad\u2019s preparation ahead of the 2026 COSAFA Women\u2019s Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament will be staged in Polokwane, South Africa, from 18 February to 1 March 2026, with eleven teams from across the region set to take part in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe was drawn in Group B alongside defending champions Zambia, Botswana, and Eswatini.<\/p>\n<p>The Mighty Warriors will begin their campaign on 19 February against Eswatini at 12 noon at Seshego Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with ZIFA Media, Sibanda said: \u201cWe have just arrived here in Polokwane aftdr travelling by bus from Joburg. For now we need to rest and tomorrow (Wednesday), we will start to get active and prepare for the first match against Swaziland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, everyone is ok, I think we ready for the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s next match is against Zambia on 22 February at 3 pm CAT at Old Peter Mokaba Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s national team will return to Seshego Stadium for their final Group B match against Botswana on 24 February, with kick-off set for 12 noon.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content -->&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged 2026 COSAFA Women's Championship, Mighty Warriors<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;\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#Mighty #Warriors #coach #Sithethelewe #Sibanda #issues #update #ahead #opening #game #COSAFA #Womens #Championship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Mighty Warriors coach Sithethelewe Sibanda has given an update on the squad\u2019s preparation ahead of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1003,117,573,1675,347,478,2202,2709,3177,9696,1010,265,4289],"class_list":["post-50203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-ahead","tag-championship","tag-coach","tag-cosafa","tag-game","tag-issues","tag-mighty","tag-opening","tag-sibanda","tag-sithethelewe","tag-update","tag-warriors","tag-womens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50203","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=50203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50204,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50203\/revisions\/50204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}