FIFA Expert Visits to Revamp Zimbabwe Football

FIFA expert Stewart Regan visited Zimbabwe to meet with football administrators and chart a path toward better governance, iHarare News reported. The engagement aims to address chronic structural weaknesses that have undermined the sport, from financial mismanagement to infighting and a lack of accountability. The visit follows years of dysfunction, including a FIFA ban and leadership squabbles that isolated Zimbabwe from international football. Regan’s blueprint includes modernizing management and improving youth development, but entrenched patronage and political interference remain formidable obstacles, as previous reform attempts have shown. The success of the reforms will depend on local officials’ willingness to cede control and embrace transparency. This is a historically elusive goal in Zimbabwean football where power struggles have repeatedly derailed progress.