Here are some of the issues Howard Musonza and I (Chief Koti) discused on tonight's edition of the Daily Sports Zone on Star FM at 18:05hrs.
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FOOTBALL MATTERS
WARRIORS GET INTO CAMP TONIGHT
The Warriors technical team has named the squad for the CHAN games in SA early next year. The players are expected to go into camp tonight and will begin preparations tomorrow. The tournament kick offs on the 11th of January and Zimbabwe are planning to have one more friendly against Gabon on the 7th of January. Zimbabwe who will be making their 3rd appearance have been drawn alongside, Morocco, Burkina Faso, Uganda and will play their matches at Cape Town's Newlands Stadium.

Goalkeepers: George Chigova, Maxwell Nyamupangedengu, Tafadzwa Dube, Munyaradzi Diya
Defenders: Oscar Machapa, Hardlife Zvirekwi, Augustine Mbara, Themba Ndlovu, Partson Jaure, Eric Chipeta, Felix Chindungwe
Midfielders: Danny Phiri, Pascal Manhanga, Frankson Bushire, Wonder Kapinda, Charles Sibanda, Tawanda Muparati, Silas Songani, Masimba Mambare, Kuda Mahachi, Ali Sadiki, Peter Moyo
Strikers: Simba Sithole (Dynamos), Simba Sithole (How Mine), Lot Chiwunga , Misheck Mburayi

LAST NIGHT, was the initial deadline for Dynamos and How Mine to register their squads with the Confederation of African Football for the 2014 continental competitions. Dynamos will play in the CAF Champions League with How Mine playing in the second-tier CAF Confederation Cup. Kenny Mubaiwa says they managed to register 26 players yesterday while Howmine Chairman, Mlondolozi Nkomo said they met the deadline yesterday but they are hoping to add more players to their 26 men squad submitted late last night.

IN CRICKET,  MOUNTAINEERS UNLIKELY TO FIELD A SIDE TOMORROW
 Mountaineers captain and National team batsman, Tino Mawoyo says they will not play until they are paid what is due to them. Mountaineers is set to do battle with the Mash Eagles at Mutare Sports Club tomorrow in their Logan Cup opening match. The Mashonaland Eagles travelled to Mutare with a squad of rookies but the hosts the Mountaineers failed to field a side and the Eagles had a walkover. "All l can say to you Chief is we are not playing until we are paid what is due to u, you can call a little later as Im about to enter into a meeting" he said.
Meanwhile ZC issued a statement saying "Going into the weekend, the Zimbabwe Cricket managing director, Mr Wilfred Mukondiwa, held a meeting with national team captain Brendan Taylor and some other senior players. He told them the plans underway to secure their salaries. Given the progress ZC had made then to get the money, the expectation was that the players’ salaries would be deposited into their accounts tomorrow (Tuesday the 17th of December, 2013) and the players were informed accordingly. Against that background, management went into the weekend expecting that the players would turn out for their matches. Because we remain in discussion with financial institutions over the player salaries, we are unable to actually provide guarantees of specific dates except expectations – which expected dates may not be met if negotiations take longer."


INTERNATIONAL
The draw for the UEFA Champions League knock out phase has been made and will see some potentially explosive games with Barca meeting Man City and Bayern Munich meeting Arsenal.
UEFA Champions League draw:
Barcelona v Manchester City
Arsenal v Bayern Munich
Manchester United v Olympiakos
AC Milan v Atletico Madrid
PSG V Bayern Leverkusen
Chelsea v Galatasary
Real Madrid v Scalke FC
Zenit Petersburg v Borussia Dortmund

The first legs are set to be played on 18/19 and 25/26 February and  the return matches on 11/12 and 18/19 March.
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