{"id":17440,"date":"2019-12-30T18:06:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T16:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=17440"},"modified":"2019-12-30T18:06:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T16:06:16","slug":"tapuwa-kapini-returns-from-long-term-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tapuwa-kapini-returns-from-long-term-injury","title":{"rendered":"Tapuwa Kapini returns from long-term injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Highlands Park captain Tapuwa Kapina has returned to action following a lay-off with a shoulder injury.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran goalkeeper picked the injury towards the end of the last term which also ruled him out during the first half of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Kapini, 35, confirmed his return on Twitter with a picture wearing a training kit, and captioned it: \u201cI am happy to be back, thank you Lord (sic).\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Am just so so happy to be back thank u Lord <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lkTUFJdIen\">pic.twitter.com\/lkTUFJdIen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; tapuwa campos kapini (@tkapini7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tkapini7\/status\/1211359879681757184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlands Park captain Tapuwa Kapina has returned to action following a lay-off with a shoulder injury. The veteran goalkeeper picked the injury towards the end of the last term which also ruled him out during the first half of the season. 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