{"id":51969,"date":"2026-03-07T21:37:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T21:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=51969"},"modified":"2026-03-07T21:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T21:37:50","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmarvelous-mukumba-fires-brace-as-ngezi-platinum-beat-fc-platinum-zpc-kariba-edge-triangle1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/07\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmarvelous-mukumba-fires-brace-as-ngezi-platinum-beat-fc-platinum-zpc-kariba-edge-triangle1\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvelous Mukumba fires brace as Ngezi Platinum beat FC Platinum, ZPC Kariba edge Triangle United"},"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>\n<p>The Castle Lager Premier Soccer League Matchday 1 continued on Saturday, but the game between TelOne and Dynamos was postponed.<\/p>\n<p>The postponement was due to a waterlogged pitch at Ascot Stadium in Gweru, and the game will now be played on Sunday morning at 10 am.<\/p>\n<p>At Baobab Stadium, Ngezi Platinum registered a 2-1 victory against FC Platinum.<\/p>\n<p>FC Platinum\u2019s Jarison Selemani broke the deadlock as early as the 6th minute. The effort was also the first goal of the new season.<\/p>\n<p>Ngezi restored parity through Marvelous Mukumba\u2019s effort from close range in the 40th minute before he completed his brace in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>The result handed Joel Luphahla his first defeat as the new FC Platinum coach, while Ngezi\u2019s Kumbirai Mutiwekuziva began his tenure with a victory.<\/p>\n<p>At Rufaro Stadium, Herentals and Chicken Inn played out a 1-1 draw in a match played behind closed doors.<\/p>\n<p>No fans were allowed at the game after the PSL sanctioned Herentals last season, and the punishment was carried into the current campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Chicken Inn opened the scoring in the first half through Malawian international Binwell Rahim before Ralph Kawondera equalised for Herentals in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>In the Lowveld, Wayne Kamurai scored the only goal of the match as ZPC Kariba beat Triangle United 1-0.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday Results:<\/strong><br \/>Ngezi Platinum 2-1 FC Platinum<br \/>Herentals 1-1 Chicken Inn<br \/>Triangle United 0-1 ZPC Kariba<\/p>\n<p>TelOne vs Dynamos (Postponed)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-140184\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Marvelous-Mukumba-fires-brace-as-Ngezi-Platinum-beat-FC-Platinum.jpg?resize=640%2C414&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20260307_171202_M365-Copilot.jpg?w=877&amp;ssl=1 877w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20260307_171202_M365-Copilot.jpg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20260307_171202_M365-Copilot.jpg?resize=768%2C497&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20260307_171202_M365-Copilot.jpg?resize=408%2C264&amp;ssl=1 408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/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#Marvelous #Mukumba #fires #brace #Ngezi #Platinum #beat #Platinum #ZPC #Kariba #edge #Triangle #United<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Castle Lager Premier Soccer League Matchday 1 continued on Saturday, but the game between TelOne and Dynamos was postponed.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[290,2232,1740,2785,2906,4064,1046,978,228,6742,197,7554],"class_list":["post-51969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-beat","tag-brace","tag-edge","tag-fires","tag-kariba","tag-marvelous","tag-mukumba","tag-ngezi","tag-platinum","tag-triangle","tag-united","tag-zpc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51969","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=51969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51970,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51969\/revisions\/51970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}