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Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Volleyball Association (ZVA) will use foreign-based players for an Under-23 International Championships to be held in Hungary next month.

The competition had initially been scheduled for Tunisia but was moved to eastern Europe following a spike in Covid-19 cases in the north African country.

ZVA communications officer Dave Simba said the association was finalising registration logistics for the competition.

“Our secretariat is busy with registration for the competition. Once that is done, we will then ask the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) for clearance to participate in the competition, with the hope that they allow us given that we will be using foreign-based players.

The players will fly from their respective bases straight to the host nation,” said Simba.

The SRC has placed all sporting activities on ice except for cricket and rugby after Zimbabwe Cricket and the Zimbabwe Rugby Union were granted special waivers to host incoming international tours that could not be cancelled.