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Photo by:Texas Department of Motor Vehicle  The organizers of Miss Tanzania beauty pageant, Lino International Agency played down the allegations of age cheating facing the recent crowned Sitti Mtemvu, insisting that she is still being regarded as eventual winner unless proved otherwise. There was concern over Mtemvu’s winning of the prestigious title, alleged that she was over aged and not below 24 years as per Miss Tanzania’s participation regulations. The controversy led to the leakage of some documents, which despite showing that she was over aged, the organizers said that they do not give weight to such mere allegations unless concrete evidence is given. Speaking in Dar es Salaam yesterday, Lino International Agency managing director, Hashim Lundenga said that for that reason, Mtemvu is still the winner of 2014 Miss Tanzania and as such, still wears the crown. Lundenga said that Mtemvu’s age cheating issue has been exaggerated by rumours with no documents t

More than 2,500 local and international athletes have confirmed to compete in the sixth edition of Rock City half marathon expected to be staged in Mwanza on Sunday.   Mathew Kasonta, event coordinator from Capital-Plus International (CPI), confirmed the statistics after arriving in Mwanza city yesterday to finalise preparations of the event which is expected to start and finish at CCM Kirumba Stadium.   He said apart from attracting prominent government officials within Lake Zone, many upcoming athletes and those who have been in the game for some time have registered for this year’s event, mentioning that the runners are from Tanzania and other countries including Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), India, Canada and United States.   Kasonta is optimistic that the number of participants will increase based on the past experience where many participants do register at eleventh hour.   ‘We expect the number of athletes to

Tanzanian lady athlete Zakia Mrisho (pictured) won the Cremona Half Marathon staged in Italy having clocked 1.11.49 yesterday, her coach Zacharia Gwandu confirmed.   Gwandu said the event attracted top runners from Africa and other parts of the World and Mrisho beat Kenyan Viola Jelagat to the runners-up position for her 1.12.18 timing.   He said this is the first high quality competitive event for the athlete who was involved in a car accident that rendered her inactive several months ago; he described the results as good to the athlete and the country in general.   ‘I’m happy with the results, of course the time recorded was not her best  but winning at such a big stage is encouraging  considering that last week she competed in France where she emerged fifth but now she has improved to number one, that is very good and I urge other Tanzanians to emulate her performance,’ he said.   Gwandu said the athlete is now based in Italy where her manager Gianni