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games during the All-Africa Olympic Hockey qualifiers at Khumalo.
Hosts Zimbabwe put up another poor performance as they lost 5-0 to Ghana on Wednesday and they will have to work hard if they are to beat the North Africans.

The Zimbabwe side remains the only team yet to score or draw from the four matches that they have played.
They remain the log anchors.
They lost to Egypt 5-0 in their opening game, were clobbered 10-0 by South Africa and went down 4-0 to Kenya. Ghana dominated from the first whistle and it wasn’t a surprise when Salya Nsalbini

found the opener in the 19th minute after a penalty corner.
Had it not been for some heroic saves by goalkeeper Bradley Heuer, Zimbabwe could have lost by a double-figure scoreline. Ghana, who were confident with the ball, got their second goal in the 41st minute through Matthew Damalie.

Elikem Akaba got a double with his first goal coming in the 46th minute and grabbing another one in the 62nd minute. Ghana skipper Ebenezer Frimpong also got his name on the score sheet in the 58th minute.

Zimbabwean players struggled to open up the Ghanaians as they lost possession unecessarily, forcing them to chase the ball for the better part of the game.
The host got their first chance in the 39th minute when Prosper Sithole broke upfront but took long to make his way past Ghana’s last man Nsalbini.

Meanwhile, Morocco were walloped 12-1 by Kenya on Wednesday.
Results
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Yesterday: Kenya 12, Morocco 1; Zimbabwe 0, Ghana 5,