By Trevor Makonyonga
The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has approved nine sports codes to resume specific activities in order to fulfill critical international and domestic tournaments.
The sports given a go ahead to resume include soccer, cricket and rugby.
In a statement, the SRC said ZIFA granted the greenlight to resume the Chibuku Super Cup league games.
“The relevant NSA’s are being informed in writing by the SRC. These approvals include fixtures related to national teams from the Zimbabwe Rugby Union and the Zimbabwe Cricket.
“The Zimbabwe Football Association has also been granted authority to resume the Chibuku Super Cup League games and to undertake training camps for the national football teams in preparation for their participation in the COSAFA Cup in July 2021.”
The Chibuku Super Cup League matches are to resume with commencement of training camps for the national football teams to prepare for the 2021 Cosafa Cup in July 2021 also cleared.
Zimbabwe Rugby Union has been allowed to let its officials travel to Kenya, Uganda and Ivory Coast to officiate matches from the 24th of June 2021 to the 19th of July 2021.
The Zimbabwe 7s Rugby (Cheetahs) team to travel to France and participate in the Olympic Games qualification repechage tournament. The friendly against Portugal has been sanctioned as well as travel to Tunisia for Rugby Africa Cup qualifying tournament from the 8th to the 19th of July 2021 and the Zimbabwe 15s Rugby (Sables Women’s) team to travel to Uganda for international test matches against Uganda from the 14th to the 18th of July 2021.
For cricket, the Bangladesh men’s cricket team tour of Zimbabwe will proceed as originally scheduled from the 7th to the 27th of July 2021 and the Zimbabwe Under-19 cricket team to play in a quadrangular cricket tournament in South Africa from the 5th to the 26th of July 2021.
In shooting Zimbabwe Shootists are to travel and participate in the Africa Level IV Handgun Championships, which will take place at the Frontier Shooting Range, Stilfontein, South Africa, from the 9th to the 12th of July, 2021.
The National Athletic Association of Zimbabwe will have Zimbabwe men’s and women’s relay teams to participate in the International Relay tournament to be held in Lagos, Nigeria from the 18th to the 21st of June 2021.
For the Zimbabwe Aquatic Union, the Bulawayo swimming team to travel and participate in the PEA Winter Gala, Port Elizabeth, South Africa scheduled for the 9th to the 11th of July 2021.
The Hellenic Academy Golf team will travel and participate in the Sun City Golf tournament in South Africa from the 19th to the 25th of July 2021 and the Zimbabwe beach volleyball referees to officiate in the Confederation of African beach volleyball tournament from the 19th to the 28th of June 2021 in Morocco.
“For the avoidance of doubt, no rugby, football or any other sporting activities are to resume other than for those purposes specifically exempted above,” SRC said.
