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Official LOGO for 2016 Rio De Janeiro Olympic Games Brazil just hosted the biggest sporting event in its history, a largely successful World Cup following a lead-up of fears over protests, delayed construction and transportation madness. The first Olympics in South America, which will open in Rio de Janeiro two years from today, pose an even greater challenge. Nearly 11,000 athletes (14 times as many as the World Cup) from more than 200 countries compete in 28 sports crammed into 16 days of medal competition (half the length of the World Cup). That scale and complexity also carries an estimated $20 billion price tag, several billion more than spent on the World Cup. The weight falls on not the entire country, but mostly on a city nicknamed Cidade Maravilhosa . Will the Marvelous City be ready? International Olympic Committee officials gained reassurance from the World Cup.   “We are very happy that many of the concerns which were mentioned before ...

THE first batch of Tanzania athletes, who took part in the just concluded Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, is expected to jet down at Julius Nyerere International Airport on Tuesday. Tanzania, despite fielding the biggest number of athletes compared to previous editions of the Club Games, failed to grasp a single medal from the event.   Team Tanzania Manager Muharami Mchume said the athletes will return in two batches after they failed to get a flight that would accommodate all 36 athletes and their officials. Mchume will lead the first batch that is expected to touch down this afternoon aboard Emirates flight. They left Glasgow on Monday for Newcastle on bus before boarding a flight to Dubai, where they spent the night and are set to proceed to Dar es Salaam Tuesday morning. The second batch to be led by the Director of Sports in the Ministry for Information, Youth, Culture and Sports, Leonard Thadeo, is scheduled to jet in on Wednesday. Tanzania bit t...

GLASGOW, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Six-times Olympic champion Usain Bolt has repeated his intention to continue competing until the world championships in 2017 after winning relay gold at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday. The world’s fastest man had planned to retire after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games but has reiterated comments made in September that he could delay those plans for another year. “I’ve always said that after Rio I wanted to retire but they keep saying I should go on till 2017, so I think I might just do that and that will be my last championships,” Bolt said. He was speaking to reporters after anchoring Jamaica to gold in the 4×100 metres relay, his first Commonwealth Games medal. “This training thing is not so easy so I’m just so happy I’ve been able to do what I wanted in this sport,” he added.  The 27-year-old Bolt is an eight-time world champion and holds the 100 and 200 metres world records. He believes the worlds in London, where...

MWENYEKITI wa Simba aliyemaliza muda wake, Ismail Aden Rage, jana amenusurika kifo baada ya kupata ajali ya agari eneo Chigongwe, nje kidogo ya Manispaa ya Dodoma, wakati akiingia mjini humo kwa ajili ya kuhudhuria vikao vya Bunge Maalum la Katiba linaloanza leo.    Kwa mujibu wa taarifa zilizolifikia Tanzania Daima wakati likienda mitamboni, zilisema kuwa Rage amelazwa katika Hospitali ya Rufaa ya mkoa wa Dodoma, akiwa na majeraha aliyoyapata yeye na watu wengine alioongozana nao katika gari moja. Saa chache kabla ya ajali hiyo, Rage alizungumza na Tanzania Daima na kuuushangaa uongozi mpya wa klabu ya Simba chini ya Rais Evans Aveva kwa taarifa yake kuwa umerithishwa deni la sh. mil. 250 na kuutaka kulitolea ufafanuzi, huku yeye akiahidi kuongea na wanahabari kuzungumzia sakata hilo. Aveva, juzi alibainisha kuwa uongozi wake unakabiliwa na changamoto nzito ya uendeshaji, baada ya kurithi deni hilo, huku wakiachiwa akaunti tupu. Alisema walichoku...

Dennis Malle ni Mwl wa Mary Naali Michezo ya 20th ya nchi wanachama wa Jumuiya ya Madola inayofanyika Glasgow Scotland kuanzia 23July hadi 3August 2014. Nataka kutoa maoni juu ya timu ya Tanzania iliyoenda huko Glasgow. Kwa ujumla kuna jambo kubwa inabidi sasa Watanzania hasa wadau wa michezo na viongozi wa michezo waamini kuwa wanamichezo wanaopelekwa kuwakilisha nchi katika michezo ya Kimataifa wawe ni wale tu walio katika maandalizi mazuri yaani walio mazoezini kila siku tena mazuri yaani wawe wana matokeo mazuri ya siku za karibuni kabla ya kuchaguliwa kuunda timu ya Taifa. Kwa wenzetu walioendelea kimichezo kambi za Taifa zinatumika kuwaunganisha wachezaji kitimu tu. Hapa kwetu ni kinyume wanaachwa wanamichezo walio sawa kwa wakati huo na kuwa chukua ambao hawako vizuri. Hilo lilionekana wakati wa kuchagua wanariadha watakaoenda kambi nje ya nchi kwa msaada uliotolewa na waziri wa mambo ya nje na ushirikiano wa Kimataifa Mheshimiwa Bernad Membe. Chama cha Riadha...

James kiplagat Magut from Kenya won the men's 1,500m final in 3:39,31, at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Another Kenyan Kwemoi took 2nd followed by Willis of Newzealand for third. Tanzania took 8th place by Baynit.

Uganda's Moses Kipsiro winning the 10,000m at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Kenyan thought he won it but Kipsiro got it in the inner line. Moses Kipsiro wins while Josphat Bett of Kenya took 2nd and Shaba Levins of Canada got 3rd in the 10,000m finals.

With an explosive final burst, Botswana's Nijel Amos has proven Commonwealth Games gold isn't a given even for true sporting royalty. Amos produced the upset of the Glasgow Games so far as he turned the tables on Kenyan track legend David Rudisha in Thursday's 800m final. World record holder and Olympic champion Rudisha, one of the world's most dominant track athletes in recent years, turned for home in front on a rain-sodden track at Hampden Park. But the 25-year-old's 2013 injury woes caught up with him over the last 100m as as Olympic silver medallist Amos stormed home to claim victory in one minute and 45.18 seconds. Rudisha, failing to replicate several reigning Olympic champions who have dominated in track and field this week, took silver in 1:45.48 with South Africa's Andre Olivier taking bronze in 1:46.03. "I'm a little bit sad, but I'm fine," said Rudisha, who missed most of last season due to a knee injury. "I wo...

Makore Mashaga / BFT General Secretary THE Boxing Federation of Tanzania (BFT) is waiting for a report from the team that represented the country at the 20th commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland to determine the cause of the lackadaisical performance. BFT Secretary General Makore, Mashaga told the 'Daily News' yesterday their team will need to give an in-depth explanation over the disappointing results in Scotland. "I can't state why they performed that way, but we need a technical report when they get back, to know the reasons behind the poor performance in Glasgow," he said. Makore noted that they expected good results from the boxers as they were well prepared and the country invested a lot in the team. "Surely, I had great expectations on the boxing team. We trained them from 2009 but they started preparing for the Commonwealth Games since early April last year. They also had an intensive two-month training abroad sponsored by the governm...

Tanzania tennis prodigy Omar Sulle has won a one year International Tennis Federation’s scholarship tenable at Confederation of African Tennis (ITF /CAT) center based in Casablanca, the Tanzania Tennis Association (TTA) president Fina Mango confirmed yesterday.   Mango said Sulle becomes the first Tanzanian to won a scholarship at the newly opened center. She described   this as the biggest development to the young player who has been based at ITF /CAT East Africa center in Bujumbura for three years.   She said recent performances by the 14-year old player have prompted ITF/CAT to offer him the valuable scholarship.   Mango said Sulle will leave the country mid next month as he is expected to be in Casablanca on August 18.    ‘Sulle is one of the greatest young Tanzania tennis players, he is very good, disciplined and talented, this is the greatest opportunity for him to learn more things, as the association we are very proud of ...