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Azam FC coach Joseph Omog Azam FC coach Joseph Omog has declared that his team had plenty of leakages in the defence line, resulting in easy scoring of goals by opponents. In an interview with the Guardian the coach said that due to the signing of new defender Serge Pascal Wawa from Ivory Coast it needs time for other defenders to be able to play with him. Omog said so after his team was thrown out in ongoing Mapinduzi Cup by Mtibwa Sugar in the quarter final on Thursday.  Three central defenders Said Morad, Aggrey Moris and David Mwatika were trying to cope with the new defender and that is what cost the team. “We are still looking for someone who will play with Wawa in central defending. We tried Moris and at another time Mwatika but still there is a lot of mistakes occurring between them. I am still working on it and they will cope with each other soon. “We want to have a strong team as we want to retain our league title and we have a tough tournament tow...

The National Cross-Country Championship is expected to take place in Arusha on February 15, Athletics Tanzania (AT) has announced. The association’s secretary general, Suleiman Nyambui, confirmed that the tournament will involve all athletes from Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar with the aim of forming the national team that will participate in an international meet in Switzerland in March. “The event aims at selecting a strong national team that will represent the country in the international competition in Switzerland in March,” he said.  “It also gears towards promoting athletics so it can attract the attention of sports enthusiasts in the country.” Nyambui insisted all athletes should participate in the event so AT can have greater opportunity to select talented athletes from across the country. “With strong determination, hard work, passion and commitment we can make great strides in the sport and turn our athletes into outstanding performers in th...

Tanzania National soccer team at the start of one of their matches held the home field The National soccer team, Taifa Stars, has dropped two spots up on the latest Fifa rankings released yesterday. Tanzania now occupies position 112 on the global table down from 110 as ranked in October. The fall can be linked with a 1-1 draw Taifa Stars managed against a lowly ranked team, Swaziland, early this month. Swaziland were rated at position 160 last month, but after forcing Tanzania to a one-all draw, they have risen by two spots. With their recent qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations, Guinea is one of the best movers on the table ranking moving 17 places up to occupy position 38. Mali also moved up nine places to position 49 with Egypt being one of the biggest droppers falling 22 positions to occupy position 60. According to the latest rankings, the top seven positions remain unaltered with world champions Germany still ahead of Argentina and Colombia. Tanzan...

Safari yangu ya kuingia ndani ya boma la baba wa taifa ilianzia hapo mlangoni ambapo hisia za kumbukumbu ya Mwalimu Nyerere zilinijia ghafla.   Hili jumba ndilo linalohifadhi kaburi la baba wa taifa, kimsingi ufikapo hapo utapata kujua historia kamili ya jinsi uhuru wetu ulivyopatikana. Utajifunza mengi kwa kuona mwenyewe na pia utapata kuelezwa usiyoyafahamu.   Sanamu ya baba wa taifa! Bilashaka watanzania tutajitahidi kumuenzi baba wa taifa kwa vitendo.

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 documen...

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 num...

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 Ita...