Gidabuday Sports Tourism Foundation (GSTF)

Zambia Olympic Youth Development Center   Mwaka 2004 Tanzania ilipata bahati ya kuahidiwa kujengewa kituo kikubwa cha kisasa cha michezo ( Tanzania Olympic Youth Development Center ) ambayo ingegharimu USD 10million lakini viongozi wa TOC kwa kushirikiana na viongozi wasio wazalendo walikwamisha. Kilichotakiwa na IOC ni kuhakikishiwa kwamba eneo kubwa lisilo na utata wa kisheria linapatikana ikiwa na vithibitisho vya kiumiliki ili hapo baadaye kusiwepo na utata ( contradiction ) za kisheria. Bila aibu wala uzalendo kamati ya Olimpiki Tanzania (TOC) ilihakikisha kwamba kituo hicho hakijengwi kwa sababu ya wao kuhofia masilahi yao ya upatikanaji wa tenda za kimichezo katika center zao walizojiwekezea. Kwa mfano:  kama mtu anapata tenda ya Copa Coca-Cola ya Tsh: Bilioni kila mwaka alafu atawezaje kupata kiasi hicho cha pesa iwapo taifa litakuwa na center yake? Hivyo kigogo mmoja tu mwenye center yake alishawishi kamati nzima waikatae ofa hiyo ya IOC nao kwa...

JESHI la Wananchi Tanzania (JWTZ), ni miongoni mwa taasisi ambazo kutokana na asili ya utendaji wake, imekuwa ikishiriki katika michezo mbalimbali ndani na nje ya nchi. Kuna madhumuni yanatoa kipaumbele cha michezo jeshini. Baadhi yake ni kujenga na kukomaza afya ya mwili, akili na maisha bora kwa mafisa na askari. Kujenga ukakamavu, nidhamu na uwezo  binafsi wa kujihami katika jamii na taifa kwa ujumla. Hali kadhalika kujenga tabia ya ushirikiano, upendo, umoja na uzalendo miongoni mwa wanajeshi wenyewe na jamii nzima.  Aidha, imechangia sana katika kutambua, kubaini na kuendeleza vipaji kwa wanajeshi na wananchi kwa ujumla, kuwapatia burudani na kuitangaza Tanzania kimataifa, pamoja na  kujenga uhusiano mzuri wa majeshi ya nchi rafiki,   na mengine duniani. Lakini pia kutekeleza maazimio ya shirikisho la michezo ya majeshi duniani (CISM) ambayo ni  kutumia michezo kama zana ya kueneza amani duniani badala ya vita, hivyo kuitekeleza kauli mbinu ya...

Kenyan runners turned the 2014 Kilimanjaro Marathon into one of their own training drills by sweeping both the men's and women's full-distance races. Race hosts Tanzania managed a top prize in women's half marathon as Jackline Cynthia grabbed top prize. The rest of the top ten pack consisted of eight Kenyans and one Ethiopian. Cynthia, a Tanzania People's Defence Forces (TPDF) employee, took 2m/- in the event that also drew runners from Austria, Australia, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, South Africa, Sweden, the United States, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In the men's 42.195-kilometre race, it was an all Kenyan affair as David Ruto, Julias Kilimo and Victor Serem chalked up a one-two-three finish for the east African nation. Ruto clocked two hours 16 minutes 04 seconds to win the 4m/- top prize but he failed to beat the course record as much anticipated, following a change of routes which looks to be an improvement on the previous ones. K...

KOCHA wa Kombaini ya Mkoa wa Manyara, Mohamed Ismail, ametamba kujibua mapigo dhidi ya Arusha katika mchezo wa maruadiano wa kusaka vipaji vya nyota wa kuboresha timu ya taifa ‘Taifa Stars’ ambayo imeonekana kutofanya vema katika mechi zake mbalimbali. Mchakato huo wa Shirikisho la Soka Tanzania (TFF), chini ya Rais wake, Jamal Malinzi, wenye lengo la kuibua vipaji, ulianza Februari 22 katika mikoa yote hapa nchini. Kauli ya Ismail, imekuja baada ya kukubali kichapo cha mabao 2-1 kutoka kwa wenyeji wao Arusha ambao walionyesha kandanda safi na la kuvutia katika mchezo uliopigwa Uwanja wa Sheikh Amri Abed jijini hapa juzi. Ismail alisema ana imani kubwa ya kushinda katika mchezo wa marudiano utakaopigwa kesho kwenye uwanja wa Babati mkoani Manyara na kudai kuwa, bao moja la ugenini ni faraja kubwa kwake. “Leo tumefungwa si kusema vijana wangu si wazuri, bali wapinzani wetu wameyatumia makosa yetu na kushinda mchezo huu, ila kusema kweli mashindano haya ya kusaka vipaji kama M...

Kenyan athletes have continued to stamp their ultimate authority in the Kilimanjaro Marathon after sweeping nearly all prizes of the annual event held here yesterday. David Ruto won the men’s race in the 42km full marathon with in a timing of 2:16:04 followed by compatriots Julius Kilimo and Victor Serem who clocked 2:16:17 and 2:16:32 respectively. In the women’s full marathon, Kenyan Frida Lodepa huffed to the finishing line first overwhelming compatriots Joan Rutich and Jackline Kithia to post her second victory of the race. The 32-year-old Lodepa, who won the 2012 edition and finished third last year, spent 2:40:11 to finish the race followed by Rutich and Kithia who clocked 2:42:46 and 2:55:19, respectively. However, Tanzanian Jackline Sakilu turned out to be the heroine of the day after winning the 21km half marathon in a record time of 1:12:43 leaving behind Kenyan duo of Cynthia Tonett (1:14:33) and Naomi Maiyo (1:17:47).  Beaming with extensive sm...

Jamali Malinzi Rais wa Shirikisho la Soka Tanzania (TFF), Jamal Malinzi jana alitangaza rasmi kuondolewa kwa kocha Kim Poulsen, lakini akashindwa kueleza sababu za kuachana na mwalimu huyo kutoka Denmark. Malinzi, ambaye uongozi wake ulifanya kituo cha kuteua wachezaji wa timu ya taifa badala ya kazi hiyo kufanywa na kocha, pia jana aliongeza alitangaza kuwa fidia ya kuvunjwa kwa mkataba wa Poulsen zitalipwa kwa ushirikiano baina ya TFF na wadao, ambao pia hakuwataja. Poulsen, ambaye analipwa mshahara na serikali kutokana na ahadi ya Rais Jakaya Kikwete, ana mkataba unaoisha Mei mwakani  na alipewa kazi hiyo baada ya kuonyesha mafanikio kwenye timu za vijana. Hivyo, kuvunjwa kwa mkataba huo kutalifanya Shirikisho hilo limlipe Poulsen mishahara yake ya miezi sita kulingana na mkataba wake. “Jukumu la kulipa gharama za kuvunja mkataba zitabebwa na TFF na baadhi ya wadau wa soka watatusaidia nusu ...

Leonardo DiCaprio After a stellar award season, the 86th Academy Awards are this weekend and —  by almost anyone’s measure  — Matthew McConaughey has a lock on the Best Actor Award. Though this year has seen fierce competition from his co-nominees Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christian Bale, Bruce Dern and  Leonardo DiCaprio  (more on him in a minute), there’s been an undeniable groundswell of support for McConaughey.  His role in  Dallas Buyers Club  certainly checks all the boxes typical of an award-winning performance: he lost a dramatic amount of weight for the role; he plays a real-life character who not only suffers from a deadly illness, but also heroically fights a weighty cause for others; and he’s already proven at other award ceremonies that he can hit a humble, charming and funny acceptance speech out of the park. Few would be surprised to see him snag the statue come Sunday night. However, it’s often the case that Academy doesn’t nece...