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Mhangura F.C.
Mhangura Football Club was an association football club based in Mhangura Mhangura, formerly Mangula, is a small town and former mining community in the Doma District of Mashonaland West Province, in northern Zimbabwe. Geography It is located northwest of Harare. The name was probably derived from the Shona word ' ..., Zimbabwe. History Mhangura F.C. competed in the Zimbabwean top flight. References {{Zimbabwe-footyclub-stub Football clubs in Zimbabwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mhangura
Mhangura, formerly Mangula, is a small town and former mining community in the Doma District of Mashonaland West Province, in northern Zimbabwe. Geography It is located northwest of Harare. The name was probably derived from the Shona word ''mhangura'' meaning "red metal", in reference to copper. History In the 1960s the Messina Transvaal Development Company (MTD) developed what was at that time called the Mangula Copper Mines Ltd (MCM). They registered the company, MTD (Mangula) Ltd, on the stock exchange. Soon after independence, MTD sold their assets to ZMDC, a parastatal. The mineworkers lived in compounds, while the mostly white bosses lived in suburbs, and had their own sports club. In the 1960s and 1970s, the town was known for its football team, the Copper Stars, including players like the Chieza brothers. There were games at the stadium every alternate Sunday, which were enthusiastically attended. When fully operational, around 1500 full-time workers were employed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
