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Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east. The capital and largest city is Harare. The second largest city is Bulawayo. A country of roughly 15 million people, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona, and Ndebele the most common.
The Zimbabwe national football team, represents Zimbabwe in men's international football and is controlled by the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA), formerly known as the Football Association of Rhodesia. The team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals, but has qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations five times. Zimbabwe has also won the COSAFA Cup a record six times. The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).
The COSAFA Cup or COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup is an annual tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA), inaugurated after the ban against the Republic of South Africa had been lifted and the African Cup of Nations had been staged there in 1996.
The Zimbabwe national under-19 cricket team represents Zimbabwe in under-19 international cricket
The Zimbabwe women's national cricket team represents Zimbabwe in international women's cricket. The team is organised by Zimbabwe Cricket, a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Sport in Zimbabwe has a long tradition and has produced many world recognized sports names and personalities. Football is the most popular sport, although rugby union, cricket, tennis, golf, and netball also have a following, traditionally among the middle class and the white minority. Field hockey is also played widely.
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The Botswana women's national football team nicknamed 'The Zebras' (Female) is the women's national football team of Botswana and is controlled by the Botswana Football Association. It has never qualified for a major tournament.
The Zimbabwe women's national football team is the national women's football team of Zimbabwe and is overseen by the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA). As of June 2017, they are ranked 86th in the world.
Zambia women's national football team, nicknamed The She-polopolo or the Copper Queens, represents the country in international match. There is also a Zambia women's national under-17 football team, a Zambia women's national under-20 football team, and Olympic qualifying team and a Homeless World Cup team. The country has participated in several qualifying tournaments for the FIFA Women's World Cup and other African-based football tournaments. The team is currently ranked 94th in the world.
Zimbabwe competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Olympics, after gaining its independence from the former Rhodesia.
Langton Rusere is a Zimbabwean cricket umpire. He stood in his first Twenty20 International match between Zimbabwe and India on 19 July 2015. He stood in his first One Day International match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan on 24 October 2015.
The 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship was an international football tournament for national teams organised by COSAFA, teams from Southern Africa. The 2017 edition took place between 13 and 24 September 2017 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
The 2034 FIFA World Cup will be the 25th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA.
The 2021–22 international cricket season is taking place from September 2021 to April 2022. Currently, 28 Tests, 73 One Day Internationals (ODIs), 113 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), 21 Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs), 42 Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), and two women's Test matches are scheduled to be played during this period. Additionally, a number of other T20I/WT20I matches are also scheduled to be played in minor series involving associate nations.
The 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship was 9th edition of the COSAFA Women's Championship, an women's international football tournament for national teams organised by COSAFA, teams from Southern Africa. It will take place from 28 September to 9 October 2021 in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa.
The Ireland women's cricket team played four Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) against the Zimbabwe women's cricket team in October 2021. The matches were used by both teams for their preparation for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, also in Zimbabwe. They were the first WODI matches to be played by Ireland since June 2018, when they hosted New Zealand, and the first ever WODI matches to be played by Zimbabwe since they were granted WODI status by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in April 2021.
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