{"id":3262,"date":"2019-02-06T15:47:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T15:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=3262"},"modified":"2019-02-06T15:47:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T15:47:51","slug":"zifa-seals-kit-deal-with-uk-sportswear-giant-umbro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zifa-seals-kit-deal-with-uk-sportswear-giant-umbro","title":{"rendered":"ZIFA seals kit deal with UK sportswear giant Umbro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">THE Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has sealed a three-year kit sponsorship deal with British\u00a0sports kit manufacturers Umbro.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">ZIFA president Felton Kamambo said Monday that they had opted for Umbro after numerous meetings with other potential sponsors in South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">The deal marks Umbro\u2019s return to Zimbabwe after a similar arrangement ended in 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u201cIn terms of value I think you will get those details later on but in terms of items that we are going to get, Umbro is going to give us kits for all our national teams, women included and they are also going to provide some replicas for all the teams,\u201d Kamabo told a press conference in Harare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u201cWe are optimistic that our partnership with Umbro will enhance our visibility as a football brand.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u201cWe went to South Africa last week, we engaged quite a number of kit sponsors, we settled for Umbro because they were giving us the best deal as far as other sponsors were concerned,\u201d added Kamambo who together with Umbro representative Errol Dicks could not disclose the monetary value of the new marriage in terms of figures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">The national association and Umbro both assured football fans that the deal marks the end of a drought for the Warriors\u2019 replica jersey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u201cWe are in the process now of finalising the colours and getting the replicas sorted out,\u201d said Dicks who also revealed that the planned to open retail outlets in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u201cIt is our objective that we have the roll out for our first home match which is going to set a presence in Africa where ZIFA will qualify for CAF and we are excited that the team will participating in that match will wear the brand Umbro.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u201cWe will do everything in our power to roll out as many (replicas) as possible, logistically as you can rightfully understand we only concluded the deal not so long ago and we will do everything on our power to ensure that we live up to the president\u2019s demands.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has sealed a three-year kit sponsorship deal with British\u00a0sports kit manufacturers Umbro. ZIFA president Felton Kamambo said Monday that they had opted for Umbro after numerous meetings with other potential sponsors in South Africa. The deal marks Umbro\u2019s return to Zimbabwe after a similar arrangement ended in 2013. \u201cIn terms [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":3274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[322,74],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-photos","tag-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ZIFA seals kit deal with UK sportswear giant Umbro - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zifa-seals-kit-deal-with-uk-sportswear-giant-umbro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ZIFA seals kit deal with UK sportswear giant Umbro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has sealed a three-year kit sponsorship deal with British\u00a0sports kit manufacturers Umbro. 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