Editing Harare (section)

===Popular teams===
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The following table shows the major sports teams in the Harare area.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Club !! Sport !! League !! Founded !! Venue !! Capacity
|-
| [[Dynamos F.C.]] || [[Association football]] || align=center|[[Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League|ZPSL]] || 1963{{efn|group=o|name=moved|Year team moved to Harare/Salisbury}} || [[Rufaro Stadium]]<br /><small>([[Mbare, Harare]])</small> || align=center | 40,00
|-
| [[CAPS United F.C.]] ||[[Association football]]|| align=center|[[Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League|ZPSL]]|| 1973{{efn|group=o|name=moved|Year team moved to Harare/Salisbury}} || [[National Sports Stadium (Zimbabwe)|National Sports Stadium]]<br /><small>(Harare)</small> || align=center | 60,000
|-
| [[St. George's College, Harare|Old Georgians]] || [[Rugby Union]] || align=center|[[Super Six Rugby league|SSRL]]|| 1926{{efn|group=o|name=moved}} || [[Harare Sports Club]] || align=center | 10,000
|-
| [[Old Hararians]] || [[Rugby Union]] || align=center|[[Super Six Rugby league|SSRL]]|| 1898{{efn|group=o|name=moved}} || [[Harare Sports Club]] || align=center | 10,000
|-
| [[Black Rhinos F.C.]] || [[Association football]] || align=center | [[Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League|ZPSL]] || 1983 || [[Figaro Stadium]]|| align="center" | 17,544
|-
| [[Mashonaland Eagles]] || [[Cricket]] || align=center|[[Logan Cup]] || 2009{{efn|group=o|name=moved}} || Harare Sports club || align=center | 10,000
|-
| [[Old Miltonians]]|| [[Rugby Union]] || align=center|[[Super Six Rugby league|SSRL]]|| 1910{{efn|group=o|name=moved}} || [[Harare Sports Club]] || align=center | 10,000
|}
 
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'''Football and cricket'''
 
The main football stadiums in Harare are the [[National Sports Stadium (Zimbabwe)|National Sports Stadium]] and [[Rufaro Stadium]].
 
Virtually all first-class and international [[cricket]] matches are hosted at Harare Sports Club, with most domestic tours occurring in spring and summer. This city is also home to the [[Mashonaland Eagles]] in the domestic [[Logan Cup]] tournament. The Eagles are coached by renowned former [[Zimbabwe national cricket team]] batsman [[Grant Flower]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/importance-of-counties-zimbabwe-tours-cannot-be-overstated-hamilton-masakadza-1216425|title=Importance of counties' Zimbabwe tours 'cannot be overstated' – Hamilton Masakadza|website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> The team are one of the country's strongest sides and last won the Logan Cup in the [[2022-23 Logan Cup]] season.<ref name="moyo">{{cite web |last1=Moyo |first1=Brandon |title=Eagles crowned Logan Cup champions |url=https://www.chronicle.co.zw/eagles-crowned-logan-cup-champions/ |website=Chronicle |date=29 May 2023 |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref>

'''Rugby'''
 		
Harare is also the heartland of [[rugby union]] in Zimbabwe, rivalling [[Windhoek]] in Namibia as the strongest rugby region in Africa beyond South Africa.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} The governing Rhodesia Rugby Football Union was founded in Harare in 1895 and became the [[Zimbabwe Rugby Union]] in 1980. The union and national sides are based in the northern suburb of [[Alexandra Park, Harare|Alexandra Park]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.world.rugby/member-unions/125|title=World Rugby|website=www.world.rugby}}</ref> Harare is home to four of the country's national Super Six Rugby League (SSRL) clubs: Harare Sports Club, [[St. George's College, Harare|Old Georgians]], Old Hararians and Old Miltonians.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://businesstimes.co.zw/zim-rugby-league-suspended/|title=Zim rugby league suspended|date=25 April 2019}}</ref> Additionally, the Zimbabwe Rugby Academy, the national development side which plays in the second division of the [[Currie Cup]], is largely made up of players from the city. International rugby test matches tend to be hosted at [[Harare Sports Club]], the [[Police Grounds, Harare|Police Grounds]], and at [[Hartsfield]] in [[Bulawayo]], with a particularly strong rivalry with the [[Namibia national rugby union team]]. Traditionally the city hosted tours by the [[British and Irish Lions]], [[Argentina national rugby union team|Argentina]], and the [[New Zealand national rugby union team|All-Blacks]] on their respective tours of South Africa. However, this is no longer the case, due to the end of traditional rugby tours and the [[Zimbabwe national rugby union team]]'s decline in the international rugby rankings.<ref name="auto8">{{cite web|url=https://www.herald.co.zw/rugbys-forgetable-year/|title=Rugby's forgetable year|first=The|last=Herald|website=The Herald}}</ref> [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] was the last major country to tour Harare, visiting in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wru.wales/article/wild-times-in-zimbabwe-and-namibia/|title=Wild times in Zimbabwe and Namibia|website=Welsh Rugby Union &#124; Wales & Regions}}</ref>
 	
High school teams are generally of a high standard, with [[Prince Edward School]], [[St. George's College, Harare|St. George's College]], and [[St. John's College (Harare)|St. John's College]] all ranking among the country's leading teams and frequently sending their first XV sides to compete against well-known [[South Africa]]n high schools during [[Craven Week]].<ref name="auto8"/> After high school, the city's best players unfortunately tend to move on to South Africa or the United Kingdom due to a lack of professionalism and greater educational and earning opportunities abroad, thus depleting the strength of the [[rugby union in Zimbabwe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newframe.com/long-read-rugby-in-post-colonial-zimbabwe/|title=Long Read &#124; Rugby in post-colonial Zimbabwe|date=11 March 2020|website=New Frame|access-date=17 November 2020|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116102347/https://www.newframe.com/long-read-rugby-in-post-colonial-zimbabwe/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Notable internationals hailing from Harare include [[Tendai Mtawarira]], [[Don Armand]], and [[Brian Mujati]], among numerous others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/dec/01/if-you-lived-in-bitterness-you-wouldnt-enjoy-anything-exeter-chiefs-zimbabwean-rugby-union-exiles|title='If you lived in bitterness you wouldn't enjoy anything': Exeter's Zimbabwean rugby exiles|date=1 December 2017|website=The Guardian}}</ref>