Young Warriors on ‘hunger’ strike

EVEN by their standards of bungling and incompetence, Zifa hit a new low yesterday after failing to feed an 18-member Under-23 squad culminating in the players boycotting training ahead of the do-or-die African Championship qualifier against South Africa in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday.

Although the Young Warriors trained in the morning session after they were provided a substandard breakfast, the players refused to resume training in the afternoon after the cash-strapped Zifa failed to provide them with food at lunchtime.

On Tuesday, the team nearly missed the afternoon training session which was scheduled to start at 3pm again as they had not had anything for lunch.

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