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Silas Kiplagat produced the shock of the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Monaco as he out sprinted domestic arch-rival, the Beijing Olympics and two-time world champion compatriot Asbel Kiprop, who was chasing the world record, with a blistering 3:27.64 world leading personal best on Friday night. On the night, Kiplagat’s thrilling performance made him the fourth fastest man in history that was also a Diamond League record, trimming 0.08 off the time Kiprop set in winning here last year. For the two-time world champion, who finished in a season’s best of 3:28.45, it was a huge anti-climax after he had prepared for an attempt on Hicham El Guerrouj’s 16-year-old world record of 3:26.00 by setting the fastest 800m time of the year, 1:43.34, at the Diamond League meeting in Paris earlier this month. “At 1200m I knew the race was too slow,” Kiprop told the IAAF website. “We went through in 2.47 and I had asked for 2.45. In the home straight, I could see the others behind me on th...

Germany claimed their fourth World Cup win defeating Argentina 1-0 in the 2014 final at the Maracana in Brazil on Sunday. Argentina defied the Germans for 90 minutes regulation time and into the second half of extra time. But with seven minutes left before penalty kicks Mario Goetze slipped behind the Argentina defence to smash into the far corner. Centuries ago Spain and Portugal conquered South America leaving their language behind. Now it’s the turn of the Germans and they are leaving with the World Cup. The Germans demolished the hosts Brazil 7-1 in the semi final before returning to take a hard fought final. Germany enjoyed the majority of possession in the first half and came close to scoring in the dying moments but the score ended 0—0 as the teams battled for supremacy. In an evenly contested affair both teams had their moments. In the fourth minute Argentina’s Gonzalo Higuain sent a chance wide to the relief of the Germans.  The Argentines also...

SOME athletes who will represent the country at the forthcoming 20th Commonwealth Games have proved a failure in the two-day National Athletics Championship which ended at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam. In men's 10,000 and 5,000 meters, Dickson Marwa of Mara and Joseph Theophil dominated the two races and scooped the top positions. Marwa was in the list of athletes earmarked to go to Ethiopia to prepare for the Commonwealth Games set for July 23 to August 3 in Glasgow, Scotland but his name was removed because he was regarded to be old. In 10,000-meters race on Saturday, Marwa won the 10,000m after clocking 28:30.82 while Fabian Nelson and Wilbeard Peter who had camped in China finished fifth and seventh in 28:59.96 and 29:49.35 respectively. Marwa also excelled in 5,000m, winning the race in 13:38.61 followed by Nelson in 13:39:58 while Peter was ninth in 14:05:59. Theophil, who was second in 10,000 meters, finished third in 5000m. Another Glasgow-bound sprinter G...

Ukistaajabu ya Mussa, utayaona ya Firauni! Ndivyo ilivyokuwa kwenye mashindano ya taifa ya riadha yaliyoanza jana kwenye Uwanja wa Taifa jijini Dar es Salaam. Licha ya kukosa msisimko, aibu nyingine imelikumba Shirikisho la Riadha Tanzania (RT), baada ya kukosekana kwa vijiti vya relay, namba za kukimbilia na vibendera vinavyotumika kwenye mashindano wakati wa mbio za ufunguzi hapo jana. Gazeti hili lililokuwepo uwanjani hapo tangu mbio zinaanza lilishuhudia mmoja wa wadau wa RT akijitolea kofia yake yenye rangi nyekundu iliyotumika  kama kibendera sambamba na waandaaji kutumia karatasi nyeupe kama kibendera kingine. Wakati wa mbio za mchujo za mita 100 mara nne, wakimbiaji walilazimika kutumia mbao zenye mfano wa vijiti vya relay kutokana na kutokuwepo kwa vijiti  halisi vya mbio hizo. Kocha Shaban Hiki alipoulizwa juu ya vijiti hivyo alisema ni vya muda na vimetengenezwa ili viokoe jahazi. “Vijiti halisi tumeambiwa vimeibwa hivyo vimetengenezwa hivi ‘l...

MASHINDANO ya taifa ya riadha yalianza jana katika Uwanja wa Taifa jijini Dar es Salaam huku yakigubikwa na dosari nyingi, ikiwemo wanariadha watakaoshiriki mashindano ya Jumuiya ya Madola kuchemka. Kushindwa huko kumekuja ikiwa ni siku chache kabla ya timu ya Tanzania kuondoka nchini kwenda mjini Glasgow, Scotland kwa mashindanbo hayo yatakayoanza Julai 23 hadi Agosti 3. Miongoni mwa dosari katika mbio za mwaka huu, ni maandalizi duni yaliyofanywa na Riadha Tanzania (RT) kwani baadhi ya wanariadha wameendelea kukimbia bila viatu kama mwaka jana. Baadhi ya wanariadha jana walishiriki mbio hizo bila jezi rasmi, wengine wakivalia jezi za soka kwa mfano Kiabo Kahorwe kutoka Shinyanga. Kahorwe alisema amefanya hivyo kwa kukosa fedha za kununua vifaa, hivyo kwa vile anaupenda mchezo huo, akaamua kujitafutia nauli tu ya kumpeleka Dar es Salaam na kurejea kwao. Wengine walionekana wakishiriki wakiwa wametinga gauni, sketi na blauzi, huku baadhi yao wakiwa peku na wengine w...