Former Barca stars appear at Mugabe rally

Former Brcelona striker Patrick Kluivert

• Davids and Kluivert were pictured on Saturday alongside Mugabe, 93
• Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980
• Former Barcelona starswere helping organise a match for the Barcelona Legends team in Zimbabwe in November

Former Barcelona stars Patrick Kluivert and Edgar Davids joined Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on stage at a weekend political rally, drawing sharp criticism from government opponents.

Davids and Kluivert were pictured on Saturday alongside Mugabe, 93, at a youth rally for the ruling ZANU-PF party in the southern town of Gwanda, in what local media described as a "surprise appearance".