Zimbabwe fans are happy after winning their fourth Cosafa title
Hosts Zimbabwe won Southern Africa's Cosafa Senior Challenge for a record fourth time after a 3-1 victory over Zambia in Harare on Sunday.
The Warriors gave a five-star performance in front of a 30,000-strong crowd that included President Robert Mugabe.
Zambia went ahead on 25 minutes with 19-year-old midfielder Henry Banda scoring from inside the penalty area.
But Zimbabwe struck back three minutes later when tall striker Nyasha Mushekwi fired in from close range.
Mushekwi headed in his second on 36 minutes, and Cuthbert Malajila made it 3-1 on the stroke of half-time after exchanging passes with Mushekwi.
Zimbabwe played with confidence in the second half, and goalkeeper Edmore Sibanda made two good saves in the dying minutes.
The contract of Warriors coach Sunday Chidzambwa had expired the previous day, but he still led his team to a comfortable victory despite uncertainty over his future.
"I can't say much, but if I stay in the job I'd like to use these players to build a strong squad for the future," he said.
Zambia coach Herve Renard told BBC Sport that the tournament was a useful developmental exercise.
"Only three of these players will be in the squad for the Nations Cup qualifier against Rwanda in two weeks time, but I hope a lot of these will play for the Chipolopolo in the future," he said.
"But today we were not strong enough defensively and Zimbabwe deserved to win."
Zimbabwe's fourth title moved them above Zambia, South Africa and Angola, who have each won the Cosafa Cup three times.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, Mozambique beat a developmental South Africa side 1-0, with a late goal from Hagi.
Mozambique midfielder Josemar Machaisse was voted player of the tournament.
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