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Football: Nsingizini Hotspurs beat Mbabane Highlanders 1-0

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Nsingizini Hotspurs beat Mbabane Highlanders 1-0 in the Eswatini league on Saturday, handing the club a second consecutive defeat. Quality Dlamini scored the only goal in the 41st minute, while president Shauwn Mkhize, absent from the stadium, was in China for professional reasons, reports the Times of Eswatini.

Nsingizini Hotspurs, an Eswatini Premier League club, beat Mbabane Highlanders 1-0 on Saturday at the King Sobhuza II Memorial Stadium, according to the Times of Eswatini. Quality Dlamini scored the only goal of the match in the 41st minute.

The defeat was Mbabane Highlanders’ second consecutive league loss, following their 2-0 defeat by Royal Leopard the previous weekend. The match was played in temperatures exceeding 35 degrees Celsius. Shauwn ‘MaMkhize’ Mkhize, president of Mbabane Highlanders and a regular presence in the stands encouraging the team, was absent.

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