{"id":55688,"date":"2026-04-11T02:57:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T02:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=55688"},"modified":"2026-04-11T02:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T02:57:06","slug":"zim-misses-out-on-world-cup-match-officials-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/11\/zim-misses-out-on-world-cup-match-officials-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Zim Misses Out on World Cup Match Officials Again \u2013 Eduzim News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post_data\">\n<p>Zim Misses Out on World Cup Match Officials Again<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sports Correspondent \u2013 Zimbabwe will once again have no match officials at the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026, extending a long absence from the global stage in refereeing appointments.<\/p>\n<p>The development means the country will have to wait longer to see one of its referees officiating at football\u2019s biggest tournament, despite efforts over the years to improve representation at elite international competitions.<\/p>\n<p>The last Zimbabwean referee to take charge of a World Cup match was Brighton Mudzamiri, who officiated at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, no Zimbabwean match official has been selected for subsequent editions, including the latest 2026 tournament, marking another setback for local refereeing ambitions on the global stage.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- #comments --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n<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#Zim #Misses #World #Cup #Match #Officials #ZimEye<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zim Misses Out on World Cup Match Officials Again Sports Correspondent \u2013 Zimbabwe will once again have no match officials&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,11],"tags":[857,6694,3478,2111,202,2686,589,691],"class_list":["post-55688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi","category-world","tag-cup","tag-eduzim","tag-match","tag-misses","tag-news","tag-officials","tag-world","tag-zim"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55688","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=55688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55689,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55688\/revisions\/55689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}