Football vs Epoupa case outline

Mavericks preps for Fiba champs begin

BULAWAYO Basketball Association (BBA) women’s league champions, Southern Mavericks have begun their preparations for the Zone 6 Fiba Afro-Club Championships.

The club competition which will be held in Gaborone, Botswana runs from 20 to 26 October.

Mavericks were dominant in the BBA league finishing ahead of Lakers (second) and Nust who were third last season. The champions went on to finish as runners up in the National Club Finals which earned them a spot at the Regional Fiba championships.

Speaking to Sunday News last week, Mavericks’ team manager, Hubert Bhebhe said all their players were available and had reported for training.

“Our players have reported for training and we have started training for the regional champs,” said Bhebhe.

They are coached by senior and Under-20 women’s national teams mentor, Mxolisi Ndlovu and captained by Charmaine Chirinda, who is one of the oldest players in the BBA whose experience will largely contribute to the team’s success moving forward.

The Bulawayo’s top women’s side has won the regional gong three times running and has become as invincible as former champions Giants and Highlanders in their glory days. Players such as Sibongile Mkandla, Nobukhosi Ndlovu and Mellisa Jonga have elevated Mavericks to a very competitive side five years after their establishment.

Bhebhe also highlighted some of the challenges the club was facing ahead of the championships. He said they did not have corporate support for the championships.

“We need about $8 000 for us to prepare adequately and then travel to Botswana for the champs. At the moment we are relying on friends and supporters of the club to get by,” revealed Bhebhe.

@j_sihwa THE following is an imagined court case following the debacle that took place at Rufaro Stadium in Harare last week in a Premiership match between Highlanders and Dynamos. In the matter of……………………………………………………..Football V Christian Epoupa Ntouba OFFENCE: CONTRAVENING OF SECTION 5 (3) (a) – AS SECTION OF THE FOOTBALL ETIQUETTE ACT CHAPTER (5:16) (SCORING FROM AN OFFSIDE POSITION)

AND SECTION 5 (6) (c) – AS SECTION OF THE FOOTBALL ETIQUETTE ACT CHAPTER (5:22) (ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO CAUSE GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM)

OUTLINE OF THE STATE CASE

The accused is a Cameroonian adult male playing for Dynamos Football Club in Harare. He is aged 24 and has no respect for football. The complainants are the owners of the game of football, the supporters, residing in Zimbabwe. The accused is footballer and the complainants pay their hard earned money to watch the accused and his colleagues play the beautiful game of football.

On the 14th day of May, 2017 the accused and the complainant were at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo. The accused was playing for Harare side Dynamos against Highlanders in a Premier Soccer League encounter. In the 40th minute the accused contrived to score a goal from an offside position causing the abandonment of the fixture after the complainant refused to accept the validity of the “goal”.

On the 10th day of September, 2017 the accused and the complainant were at Rufaro Stadium in Harare. The accused was playing for Harare side Dynamos against Highlanders in a Premier Soccer League encounter. In the 87th minute the accused physically assaulted Highlanders player Peter Muduhwa by head butting him on the left cheek.

The accused had no lawful right to act violently towards Muduhwa or to score from an offside position.

.. Province: Zimbabwe

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CONVICTED OF: CONTRAVENING OF SECTION 5 (3) (a) – AS SECTION OF THE FOOTBALL ETIQUETTE ACT CHAPTER (5:16) (SCORING FROM AN OFFSIDE POSITION)

AND SECTION 5 (6) (c) – AS SECTION OF THE FOOTBALL ETIQUETTE ACT CHAPTER (5:22) (ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO CAUSE GRIVOUS BODILY HARM)

Sentenced on 17th ……….day of September 2017………………………………

Sentence: Apology to Zimbabwean football lovers. In default, a summary judgment of deportation back to Cameroon will be enforced. King Kanka, Senior Magistrate I CERTIFY the above to be a record of the proceedings in the above case tried before me. Date: 17 September, 2017 AND further that the prisoner was on the said date informed that the proceedings would be sent for review the Court of Sport within one week