{"id":56506,"date":"2026-04-18T21:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T21:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=56506"},"modified":"2026-04-18T21:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T21:35:01","slug":"scottland-fc-lifts-independence-day-cup-trophy-after-edging-highlanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/18\/scottland-fc-lifts-independence-day-cup-trophy-after-edging-highlanders\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottland FC lifts Independence Day Cup trophy after edging Highlanders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"soccer24-advanced-banner soccer24-banner-type-code\">\n\/*  *\/\n<\/div>\n<p>Scottland FC were crowned the 2026 Independence Day Cup champions after edging Highlanders FC 1-0.<\/p>\n<p>The match was played at Maphisa Stadium in Maphisa, Matobo District, Matabeleland South Province.<\/p>\n<p>The encounter was part of Zimbabwe&#8217;s 46th Independence Day main celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>The kickoff was delayed and eventually played in shortened 20-minute halves. Knowledge Musona scored the decisive goal in the 37th minute.<\/p>\n<p>The victory marks Scottland&#8217;s first Independence Day Cup triumph.<\/p>\n<p>The post Scottland FC lifts Independence Day Cup trophy after edging Highlanders appeared first on Soccer24.<\/p>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Scottland #lifts #Independence #Day #Cup #trophy #edging #Highlanders<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\/* *\/ Scottland FC were crowned the 2026 Independence Day Cup champions after edging Highlanders FC 1-0. The match was&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[857,169,5369,230,6566,830,4740,3256],"class_list":["post-56506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-example-3","tag-cup","tag-day","tag-edging","tag-highlanders","tag-independence","tag-lifts","tag-scottland","tag-trophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56506"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56507,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56506\/revisions\/56507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}