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A cue for success? Zimbabwe's pool players are betting on it
People play pool outside in Zimbabwe

HIGHLIGHTS of the Qatar World Cup and other sports events are on widescreen televisions in Ruwa on the outskirts of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare. But all eyes are on the pool table... and the money.

Among them is 18-year-old Levite Chisakarire.

“I have to take the cash home ... there is big money today,” he said, holding a pool cue and awaiting his next opponent.

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