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_*FIFA Delegation Expected in Harare Today*_
A FIFA delegation is expected in Zimbabwe today to induct the new ZIFA executive committee headed by Nqobile Magwizi.
David Fani of Botswana, a veteran football administrator, will be the facilitator and will be assisted by FIFA consultant Stewart Regan.
The ZIFA media office confirmed that they would be here for four days.
The ZIFA executive committee will be assisted to have an appreciation of their roles and responsibilities.
The executive committee ensures what is passed as policy by the Assembly is implemented by the secretariat and other operational arms of Zimbabwe football.
_*Liverpool marching toward Premier League title after statement win at Man City*_
At the home of Manchester City, Liverpool produced a performance worthy of champions to move 11 points clear at the top of the Premier League. A 2-0 win at the Etihad on Sunday extended Liverpool’s lead over second-placed Arsenal and consigned four-time defending champion City to another humbling defeat in an ever-worsening season. On Wednesday a 3-1 loss to Real Madrid sent Pep Guardiola’s team crashing out of the Champions League. Back to domestic matters on Sunday and City was powerless to slow down Liverpool’s march toward the title. Newcastle scored four goals in 11 minutes against Nottingham Forest, but still had to withstand a late fightback to seal a 4-3 win.
_*’Let's call it now - the title race is over, Liverpool will be champions'*_
Liverpool's rain-soaked, jubilant supporters called it with 90 seconds remaining of a statement win over Manchester City.
"We're going to win the league" echoed around a sea of empty sky blue seats at Etihad Stadium, as Liverpool closed out the win that leaves them 11 points clear at the top of the table.
And they are right. Liverpool are going to win the league.
Head coach Arne Slot's seamless transition from Jurgen Klopp will be rewarded with the prize Liverpool's great old managers such as Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley and Joe Fagan coveted above all others, the "bread and butter" as they called it.
The 2-0 win here, bolted on to Arsenal's loss at home to West Ham on Saturday, means that, although there can be thousands of words spent on dancing around the subject, this season's title race is done and dusted.
Etihad Stadium has witnessed many title celebrations in recent seasons. This looked and sounded like another one. The difference being this was Liverpool's fans chanting "hand it over" rather than the playing out of another addition to Pep Guardiola's roll of honour.
The race may not be run mathematically and football can be a strange, unpredictable game. It is not, however, so strange and unpredictable that a remorseless Liverpool team who have lost only one league all season, at home to Nottingham Forest in September, will lose an 11-point advantage with only 11 matches left. This is an Ignite Media Zimbabwe news production. And seven of those games are at Anfield. The game is up for Arsenal. Their game in hand carries decreasing significance.
Liverpool can now afford some slip-ups, not that Slot will want that, and even if they do, Arsenal will have to win almost every game, something that looks beyond a side with a propensity to slip under pressure.
Slot says lead 'not comfortable' - but history disagrees
Slot, understandably, was cautious.
"In every other league, having a lead like would be very comfortable, but not in this league," he said. "There is a challenge in every game. We even saw Plymouth Argyle challenging us in the FA Cup.
"The fans can sing what they want but we know how hard we have to work. Someone asked me after we drew at Aston Villa whether we were having a dip. I never believed that and I'm not going to say anything now."
Seemingly insurmountable leads have been surrendered at the top of the Premier League in the past, but very few as big as the one Liverpool now hold. Not at this stage of the season.
The only one bearing any comparison was during the 1997-98 campaign, when Manchester United were 11 points clear of Arsenal on 2 March and were reeled in.
However, they had already lost five games at that point and had proved they were far from infallible. Liverpool have that Forest defeat as the only blemish on their league record.
And the wonderful Arsenal side under Arsene Wenger that chased United down were a very different proposition to the current crop under Mikel Arteta, who are destined to be the title race's nearly men again.
Guardiola declined the opportunity to crown Liverpool champions, but effectively answered the question with two more questions: "How many points are they away from Arsenal? How many games have they lost?"
Say no more.
He made a point of warmly congratulating Slot at the final whistle before seeking out every Liverpool player for a handshake. Guardiola knows a title-winning side when he sees it, and he was looking at one right here.
Speaking to BBC Sport, former England goalkeeper and Match of the Day pundit Joe Hart said "there's no way back" for Arsenal in the title race.
"They can do what they want, they can win every game from here, but I still don't think it will be enough," he added.
Ignite Media Zimbabwe sports tits bits:
*Modric wonder goal helps Real Madrid move level on points with Barcelona at the top of Spanish league*
*Impressive Bayern beats Frankfurt 4-0 to stay eight points clear of Leverkusen in Bundesliga*
*Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has urged the Old Trafford hierarchy to sign 17-year-old Portugal Under-21s winger Geovany Quenda from his former club Sporting for £35m*
*Real Madrid remain keen on Jarrad Branthwaite but are reluctant to meet Everton's £62m valuation of the 22-year-old England centre-back*
*Real Madrid want to keep Luka Modric and are ready to offer the Croatia midfielder, who turns 40 in September, a new contract*