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Geophrey Sifani in Bulawayo
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HOW Mine’s poor run continued yesterday when the gold miners fell to relegated Dongo Sawmill in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Luveve. Elias Stephin scored the solitary goal in the third minute through a fine header from a Collins Dhuwa corner. How Mine have not won in 13 matches and last tasted victory on July 12 when they pipped relegation threatened Buffaloes 1-0. Despite sacking coach Luke Masomere in September due to a string of poor results, their fortunes have continued to plummet and they just survived relegation by Tsholotsho’s failure to win their games. How Mine are on 34 points while Tsholotsho have 30 points with one game remaining.

The gold miners had been touted as a potential indomitable force in local football after acquiring what appeared to be a “galaxy” of stars in January. They brought in former Highlanders’ striker Charles Sibanda, former Dynamos midfielders Devon Chafa and Tawanda Muparati, former Bosso goalie Munyaradzi Diya, and ex-Caps United skipper Tapiwa Khumbuyani.

The team was on fire at the beginning of the season but somehow fell off the wagon in mid-season resulting in them parting ways with nomadic coach Masomere.