The Herald (Zimbabwe)

What is all this fury, furore really about?

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at the World Athletics Championsh­ips in London at the weekend and recent scans have revealed the damage will rule him out of action for three months.

‘’ The injury means Bolt will be unable to feature for United Legends at Old Trafford on September 2 in the charity game for the Manchester United Foundation.’’

While the globe didn’t see anything wrong with Bolt featuring for the United Legends, and even mourned his absence because of injury, here in Zimbabwe, Magaya’s appearance for the Warriors Legends in an exhibition game has torched a storm.

Yesterday, Magaya told The Herald he was at peace with himself and praised all those who celebrated his appearance for the team.

‘’I am a very, very happy man right now, just being there, playing with those legends, I can’t put my feelings into words and I thank those who gave me the chance to rub shoulders with the likes of Peter Ndlovu and Benjani Mwaruwari in the team,’’ he said.

‘’If there is a regret, I think I was introduced a bit late because I felt I could have done more if I had been introduced just after half-time.

‘’ To me, this is all about nation-building, our people coming together to just enjoy the occasion and that is what is making me feel all this joy.’’

He even said the next phase should be about bringing the current Barcelona side, including the legendary Lionel Messi, or the Spanish national football team to Zimbabwe in the wake of the resounding success of the tour of the Barca Legends to this country.

‘’Let’s not stop here, let’s now bring in the real Barcelona team because we have started this relationsh­ip and these guys who were here will go back and say some lovely stuff about our country because they really enjoyed their stay,’’ he said.

‘’ Then, let’s try and bring in the Spain national team here, and all its stars, so that they play our real Warriors and help them prepare for their matches in the AFCON qualifiers. Remember, Spain will be preparing for the World Cup next year and they need some opponents and we can have our fullstreng­th team playing against them here and a full-house at the National Sports Stadium.’’

BECKHAM REPLACED BY HIS SON AT OLD

TRAFFORD In August 2015, David Beckham was replaced in the 76th minute by his 16-year-old son Brooklyn at Old Trafford in a UNICEF Match for Children before 75 000 fans.

Brooklyn played alongside a number of United Legends like Paul Scholes for the British and Irish Legends in that match against a World XI.

‘’One of my lasting memories of playing here was winning the Premiershi­p and walking round with

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