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Some players from Premier Soccer League clubs have reportedly resorted to \u2018money game\u2019 as a alternative for survival during the current national lockdown.<\/p>\n

All football activity in the country has been placed on hold due to the government-enforced lockdown to reduce the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, a setback which has seen many clubs and players in the country struggling financially.<\/p>\n

According to The Herald, high profile Premier Soccer League players like CAPS United\u2019s Blessing Sarupinda, Ngezi Platinum Stars\u2019s Devon Chafa, Dynamos\u2019 Barnabas Mashunje and Harare City\u2019s Learmore Muyambo, took part in what appeared to be a \u2018money game\u2019 at Budiriro 3 Community Grounds on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The publication further alleges that two weeks back, the same group of players also took part in another match of that nature in the same neighborhood with gangly former Dynamos striker Rodreck Mutuma entrusted with $US120 \u2018prize money.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some players from Premier Soccer League clubs have reportedly resorted to \u2018money game\u2019 as a alternative for survival during the current national lockdown. All football activity in the country has been placed on hold due to the government-enforced lockdown to reduce the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, a setback which has seen many clubs and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":23823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[790,810],"class_list":{"0":"post-23822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-sport","9":"tag-football-in-zimbabwe","10":"tag-sports-in-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"\nHigh profile PSL stars resort to \u2018money game\u2019 for survival during lockdown - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Some players from Premier Soccer League clubs have reportedly resorted to \u2018money game\u2019 as a alternative for survival during the current national lockdown.\" \/>\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\/high-profile-psl-stars-resort-to-money-game-for-survival-during-lockdown\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"High profile PSL stars resort to \u2018money game\u2019 for survival during lockdown\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some players from Premier Soccer League clubs have reportedly resorted to \u2018money game\u2019 as a alternative for survival during the current national lockdown.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/high-profile-psl-stars-resort-to-money-game-for-survival-during-lockdown\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-01T19:58:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/06\/Sport_Football_and_money_042537_.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"312\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/high-profile-psl-stars-resort-to-money-game-for-survival-during-lockdown\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/high-profile-psl-stars-resort-to-money-game-for-survival-during-lockdown\",\"name\":\"High profile PSL stars resort to \u2018money game\u2019 for survival during lockdown - 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