{"id":50359,"date":"2026-02-19T22:45:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=50359"},"modified":"2026-02-19T22:45:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:45:50","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmighty-warriors-beat-eswatini-to-secure-victory-in-cosafa-womens-championship-group-b-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/19\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmighty-warriors-beat-eswatini-to-secure-victory-in-cosafa-womens-championship-group-b-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Mighty Warriors beat Eswatini to secure victory in COSAFA Women\u2019s Championship Group B opener"},"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-139934\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- .entry-header -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"364\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mighty-Warriors-beat-Eswatini-to-secure-victory-in-COSAFA-Womens.jpg?resize=364%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\/2026\/02\/Zimbabwe-vs-Eswatini-.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Zimbabwe-vs-Eswatini-.jpg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Zimbabwe-vs-Eswatini-.jpg?resize=1024%2C742&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Zimbabwe-vs-Eswatini-.jpg?resize=768%2C557&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Zimbabwe-vs-Eswatini-.jpg?resize=364%2C264&amp;ssl=1 364w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>Zimbabwe women\u2019s national team beat Eswatini 2-0 in their opening Group B match at the 2026 COSAFA Women\u2019s Championship played at Old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The Mighty Warriors opened the scoring in the 38th minute when Praynance Zvawanda headed home.<\/p>\n<p>Substitute Rutendo Makore doubled the lead in the 55th minute, shooting from inside the box.<\/p>\n<p>Despite not being on target after creating several chances, Christabell Katonha delivered a great all-round display and was heavily involved in both goals.<\/p>\n<p>For this performance, she was named the best player of the match.<\/p>\n<p>With only the top teams advancing to the knockout stages, the result gives Zimbabwe a crucial step towards qualification for the knockout stage. The result has also built the Mighty Warriors\u2019 momentum ahead of tougher fixtures in the group.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s next match is against Zambia on 22 February at 3pm CAT at Old Peter Mokaba Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s national team will play their final Group B match against Botswana on 24 February at Seshego Stadium, 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, zimbabwe<\/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 #beat #Eswatini #secure #victory #COSAFA #Womens #Championship #Group #opener<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Zimbabwe women\u2019s national team beat Eswatini 2-0 in their opening Group B match at the 2026&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[290,117,1675,6857,409,2202,2661,1693,295,265,4289],"class_list":["post-50359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-beat","tag-championship","tag-cosafa","tag-eswatini","tag-group","tag-mighty","tag-opener","tag-secure","tag-victory","tag-warriors","tag-womens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50359","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=50359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50361,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50359\/revisions\/50361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}