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From Castle Corner to Castle Hill, Zimbabwe experience generational journey

TOWNSVILLE, Australia : Just a few feet shy of being classified a mountain, Castle Hill towers over the city of Townsville and on Saturday it will serve as the backdrop for a sporting event which has had North Queensland buzzing for a week.

From Castle Corner to Castle Hill, Zimbabwe cricketers experience generational journey

Australia are playing their first ever international series in the region but it is not the one-day cricket that is so exciting locals and packing out the city hotels. Zimbabwe, perpetual minnows of the game, have waited 18 long years to travel Down Under and face the might of Australia, and now, finally given the chance, they are being overshadowed by a rugby league match. The hometown North Queensland Cowboys play the reigning champion Penrith Panthers on Saturday night in a sold-out National Rugby League clash and in this part of Queensland, that cannot be topped.

Shapovalov picks up four-set victory to advance to third round at US Open

NEW YORK — Canada's Denis Shapovalov will be moving on to the third round of the U.S. Open after a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Roberto Carballes Baena on Thursday.

Rivalry aside, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a UNC grad, honors Duke's Mike Krzyzewski

RALEIGH, N.C. — Setting aside the heated college basketball rivalry, recently retired Duke University coach Mike Krzyzewski was honored Thursday by Gov. Roy Cooper — a two-time graduate of the University of North Carolina — with the state's highest honor.