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Rough treatment: Zimbabwe players sleep on the streets of Beja

WHAT to make of this odd story about Zimbabwe sleeping rough for a night in Beja earlier this week?
Rather than accept the accommodation that had been provided by their Tunisian hosts ahead of yesterday’s Africa Cup game and World Cup qualifier, the Zimbabwe squad slept on the streets until the early morning when they were taken to another hotel.
As is the way of the modern world they also took photos and tweeted them to let everybody know about ...