Bangladeshi Mahfuza Akhter Kiron has been elected to the Fifa council but struggled to name the current women’s world champions in a disastrous interview The newly elected representative for Asian football on the Fifa council has been heavily criticized after failing to name the current women’s world champions. Mahfuza Akhter Kiron overcame the prominent women’s football advocate Moya Dodd in a bid to gain a place on Fifa’s ruling body on Monday. Kiron beat Dodd by 27 votes to 17 after two other candidates for the woman’s slot representing Asia on the Fifa Council withdrew before the ballot. And Kiron’s term has begun on a controversial note after she struggled to name the current world champions when interviewed by the BBC’s World Service. When asked, Kiron answered “Korea” followed by “Japan”, before finally settling on the correct answer: the USA. “This is very disappointing,” said two-time World Cup winner Carli…

By: Blessed Mhlanga Women leaders from different opposition political parties have called for a unified front against Zanu-PF as they demanded a free, fair and credible 2018 general election. MDC-T Vice President Thokozani Khupe, addressing a Women Election Convention in Harare recently, led the charge, saying only a free, fair and credible poll would change the fortunes of Zimbabwean women. “As women, we demand a free, fair and credible election and only that poll can deliver a new destiny for our country and a future for our children,” she said. Khupe called on women to use their majority to remove Zanu PF from power by demanding a level electoral playing field and participating in the polls by voting. “We are the majority and we are going to determine the outcome of the 2018 elections, she said. National People’s Party leader Joice Mujuru said women had always played second fiddle to…