The evening before the match an English supporter with a grimace of hatred attacked anyone and anything that wasn't English.

BBC

The main English-language television news programme at 8pm each evening on the ZBC is an hour-long paean of praise to Mr Mugabe and his past record.

BBC: Mugabe's remarkable comeback

Wigan had won its first FA Cup and, for an evening at least, could forget that it was staring down the barrel of relegation from the English Premier League.

WSJ: Wigan Grabs Late Winner in FA Cup Upset

To make the evening a bit longer, the BLO grafted on a prelude with a related biblical subject: an English translation of "Hagar's Lament, " an early song by Franz Schubert, which depicts Sarah's handmaid Hagar, who has been driven into the desert by Sarah, mourning the imminent death of her son, Ishmael, from thirst.

WSJ: A Potent Biblical Bargain, Undermined | Clemency | Boston Lyric Opera | By Heidi Waleson