{"id":47924,"date":"2026-10-14T12:26:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T10:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47924"},"modified":"2026-10-14T12:26:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T10:26:52","slug":"zimbabwe-mighty-warriors-eliminated-from-olympic-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/zimbabwe-mighty-warriors-eliminated-from-olympic-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe Mighty Warriors eliminated from Olympic Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s national women\u2019s football team, the Mighty Warriors, have been knocked out of contention for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games after falling 7\u20130 to Malawi\u2019s Scorchers at the National Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The home defeat wraps up a tough 9\u20130 aggregate loss for the Zimbabweans, who had already dropped the first leg 2\u20130 in Lilongwe last Friday. Going into the match needing a quick turnaround to salvage the tie, Zimbabwe struggled to find their footing against a Malawian side that took charge of the game early on.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The loss puts an end to the Mighty Warriors\u2019 qualifying journey for the 2028 Games, while Malawi move forward to the next round of the continental qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22848,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-47924","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Zimbabwe Mighty Warriors suffer heavy loss to Malawi","published_date":"2026-10-14 12:25:17","news_description":"Zimbabwe Mighty Warriors suffer heavy loss to Malawi","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47928,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47924\/revisions\/47928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=47924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}