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A 16-year-old Nigerian weightlifter failed a doping test after becoming the youngest ever female to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal in the sport, organizers said Tuesday. Chika Amalaha has been provisionally suspended from the Glasgow Games after testing positive for diuretics and masking agents after winning the 53-kilogram (117-pound) division last Friday. Amalaha’s “A” sample contained amiloride and hydrochlorothiazide, which are both banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Amalaha asked for the backup “B” sample to be tested, which will happen in London on Wednesday. Amalaha would be stripped of the gold medal if the second sample also comes back positive. WADA is set to investigate how someone so young had access to banned substances. “I am rather saddened and disappointed this has happened to a 16-year-old,” WADA President Craig Reedie told The Associated Press. “We will need to see if the ‘B’ sample matches the ‘A.’ Then if it does the girl will be removed from th

Siku ya kuagwa timu ya Tanzania ya Jumuiya ya Madola rais Jakaya Kikwete hakutaarifiwa kwamba viongozi wa RT walichaguliwa kinyume cha katiba na pia kinyume cha sheria # 12 iliyotungwa na bunge 1967. Lakini pia waziri Bernard Membe amejikuta akitoa pesa za watanzania kwa wahuni waliodharau katiba ambayo ndiyo msingi wa kila kitu. Ningepata wasaa wa kumuuliza waziri Membe ningemuuliza kwamba 'Ni kwa nini hakusumbuka kupeleleza uhalali wa RT'? Hata hivyo nampa pongezi hili 'Thanks BUT no thanks Hon. Membe' kwa kuwa ametoa pesa ambazo zilitumika kubagua wanamichezo sababu wanariadha waliokwenda kambi za nje HAWAKUSHINDANISHWA na wenzao ili kubaini nani bora atakayeweza kuiletea Tanzania medali. Kwa maana nyingine waziri ameshiriki kubariki RT kubagua uwepo wa wanawake katika timu ya riadha ya taifa 'Ama kwa kujua ama bila kujua' Kenya kwa siku ya jana tu wamekusanya medali TANO, Uganda nao wamenyakua medali lakini sisi tunamdanganya rais wetu!   &

Flomena Daniel of Kenya shines as she wins Gold Medal in the women's marathon race in Glasgow Shelley, who claimed silver in Delhi four years ago, stopped the clock in two hours, 11 minutes and 15 seconds. It is Australia's first win in the men's Commonwealth Games marathon since Steve Moneghetti triumphed in Victoria in 1994. Kenya's Stephen Chemlany took the silver medal with a time of 2:11.58 and Uganda's Abraham Kiplimo collected the bronze in 2:12.23. Shelley's countryman Liam Adams was seventh in 2:13.49, while the third Australian Marty Dent was 19th in 2:19.22. In the women's marathon, Jess Trengove (2:30:12) secured bronze in an amazing day for Australian long-distance running, finishing behind dominant Kenyan pair Flomena Daniel (2:26:45) and Caroline Kilel (2:27:10). Shelley, who finished 16th in the London Olympics, produced a stunning final eight kilometres to trump a favoured east African field on the largely flat course aro

African duo of Stephen Chemlany (KEN) and John Ekiru Kelai (KEN) are aiming for a one-two finish when the Men's Marathon opens the Athletics action at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games today. However, they will be pushed hard by Michael Shelley (AUS) over the city centre course that begins at the Glasgow Green Precinct.  Kenya will be out to lay down an early marker in the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games athletics medal table with athletes from the east African country seeking medals in three of the four finals that will take on place on Sunday, the first day of athletics. The women's marathon features more African ambition with which Chemlany and Kelai's compatriots Caroline Kilel (KEN) and Philes Ongori (KEN) are the leading competitors. Hampden Park hosts the next Athletics event of the day, with the women's T37/38 long jump starting things off. Australia's Jodi Elkington holds the season's best jump of 4.22m and will aim to contin

John Stephen Akhwari Athletics legend John Stephen Akhwari has declared that Tanzania is not in a position to get a medal in the on going Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.   Akhwari, who hails from Manyara, has been a symbol for the Olympic Movement after he hit the headlines in the Mexico City Games in 1968 after suffering injury and hobbled with pain, finishing last in the marathon, well after most people had left the stadium but a few spectators and some cameramen.   Akhwari said in an interview at his Manyara home that none of the athletes is in a position to win a medal as the athletes representing the country at the Glasgow Games were not drilled enough by Athletes Tanzania (AT) for the competition.   He said that for an athlete to get a medal in major competitions such as the Olympics and Commonwealth Games, such athlete has to be prepared thoroughly from grassroots to upper levels.    “It’s surprising that AT stage

Selemani Kidunda ambaye alikabidhiwa bendera ya Tanzania na rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Dr. Jakaya Kikwete akiwa kapteni wa "Team Tanzania for Glasgow" jana amepata kipigo cha "Chap chap" kutoka kwa Kihinde Ademuyiwa wa Nigeria na kuaga mashindano moja kwa moja. Rais Jakaya Kikwete alisema "wanamichezo wana deni la taifa hivyo taifa linasubiria medali" Hata hivyo Tanzania imeanza vibaya mashindano hayo kutokana na kinara huyo wa ngumi kupata kipigo mapema na kuaga mahindano. Tanzania kesho itacheza karata yake muhimu wakati wanariadha Fabian Joeph Naasi na John Leonard maarufu kwa jina la Chirchir watakaposhiriki fainali za Marathon zitakazofanyika saa TATU za London sawa na aa SITA saa za Tanzania. Balaa la timu ya Tanzania ilianza juzi ambapo mchezaji wa JUDO Ahmedi Magogo alipotolewa kabla ya kuanza mahindano kwa kutokidhi vigezo muhimu vya awali. Balaa jingine ni majeraha ya mwanariadha Alphonce Felix kusababisha an

Dwayne Johnson AKA The Rock Actor and ex-pro wrestler Dwayne Johnson knows a thing or two about making a splashy entrance. And he certainly didn’t disappoint when he showed up at last night’s Los Angeles premiere of 'Hercules ,' which took place at the TLC Chinese Theater in Hollywood.  Though the event featured several big-name guests — including Mariah Carey, Eddie Murphy and girlfriend Paige Butcher, and Kylie Minogue — all eyes were on the 42-year old Johnson as he stepped out on the red carpet with his girlfriend, Lauren Hashian.  The two have been dating for several years, reportedly after the then-married actor met the Massachusetts native while filming his 2007 sports-comedy 'The Game Plan.' That relationship, some speculate, led to Johnson’s 2008 divorce from wife Dany Garcia, with whom Johnson has a 12-year-old daughter, Simone. That divorce,  Johnson told 'The Hollywood Reporter' earlier this year; sent the actor into a deep depressio