Chiefs' Meleka remains blacklisted

The player was banned by ZIFA among 82 others in January this year at the end of investigations of a match fixing scandal dubbed 'Asiagate'. A ZIFA probe last year led to a number of players admitting that they accepted money from an Asian betting syndicate to lose exhibition games during Far East trips between 2007 and 2009.

Former Zimbabwe captain, Method Mwanjali and top national team players Daniel Vheremu, Benjamin Marere and Thomas Sweswe along with a member of the coaching staff made statements admitting taking money. An independent committee set up to investigate the matter on Monday, cleared 33 players of match fixing allegations levelled against them by the ethics committee. But the Chiefs' midfielder, who is vying for his first medal on the local scene, was nowhere on the cleared players' list, meaning Maleka is still blacklisted.