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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 16th Jun 13
The home side, Taifa Stars, take up their last Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifying chance this afternoon when they host Ivory Coast in a Group ‘C’ at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
THE GUARDIAN | 14th Jun 13
Taifa Stars must score to win the day-five of the 2014 World Cup qualifier clash against visiting Cote d’Ivoire at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Sunday. There is no other option for the home side as victory is the optimal solution to keep qualifier hopes on track ahead of next year’s global soccer show in Brazil.
THE GUARDIAN | 14th Jun 13
With Didier Drogba left out of national soccer team, Manchester City’s Yaya Toure has become a high-profile player in the Cote d’Ivoire line up of players wherever they go, likewise Tanzania.
THE GUARDIAN | 14th Jun 13
Taifa Stars coach Kim Poulsen says he is confident of his boys’ successful World Cup qualifier triumph against visiting Cote d’Ivoire to be played at the National Stadium on Sunday.
THE GUARDIAN | 13th Jun 13
Star-Studded Cote d’Ivoire national soccer team players and officials are expected to arrive in Dar es Salaam later this evening ahead of the World Cup qualifier tie against hosts Taifa Stars at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Sunday afternoon.
THE GUARDIAN | 13th Jun 13
FIFA has picked up Algerian referees to handle a crunch 2014 World Cup qualifier tie between Tanzania and Cote d’Ivoire national soccer teams to be played at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Sunday.
THE GUARDIAN | 12th Jun 13
Arrival itinerary of the Cote d’ivoire national soccer team is still unknown by hosts Tanzania football Federation as confirmed by information officer Boniface Wambura. He said so far not much is known of the West African team’s arrival though it is very clear the day five of the World cup qualifier tie against Taifa Stars will be played on Sunday.
THE GUARDIAN | 12th Jun 13
Taifa Stars striker John Bocco has been ruled out of this weekend’s World cup qualifier tie against Cote d’Ivoire to be played at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam. Bocco who played for hardly ten minutes during last week’s day-five of the group C qualifier against Morocco in Marrakech is troubled by knee injury as confirmed by coach Kim Poulsen yesterday.
THE GUARDIAN | 11th Jun 13
Tanzania national soccer team, Taifa Stars, arrived in Dar es Salaam yesterday after a long-haul trip to Morocco where they lost by 2-1 during day four of the World Cup qualifier clash over the weekend.
THE GUARDIAN | 11th Jun 13
Organisers of the Airtel Rising Soccer championship that caters for players under the age of 17 have transformed the prize fund from money to scholarship. The organizers said in dares salaam yesterday that the change has been backed by the fact that some officials have been tempted to include overage players with an intention to scoop the cash prize.
THE GUARDIAN | 10th Jun 13
After losing the second match of the 2014 World Cup qualifier to Morocco over the weekend in Marrakech, Taifa Stars road to Brazil has been rocked by high amplitude tidal wave. Players and officials of the team are expected to arrive at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam later this evening.
THE GUARDIAN | 8th Jun 13
The national soccer team, Taifa Stars, play away the Atlas Lions of Morocco in a return leg match of Group C World Cup qualifiers at the Grand Stade today. The match to be played in Marrakech, will kick off at 9pm and will be Stars’ second away match after the Kim Poulsen trained side lost 1-3 in their first away game, against Ivory Coast last year.
THE GUARDIAN | 5th Jun 13
Tanzania national soccer team (Taifa Stars) coach Kim Poulsen says all of his players are in sound health and only TP Mazembe striking duo of Mbwana Samata and Thomas Ulimwengu are missing in his squad.
THE GUARDIAN | 4th Jun 13
Tanzania national soccer team, Taifa Stars boarded a Marrakech-bound flight yesterday after winding up a brief World Cup qualifier training camp in Addis Ababa. The team played one friendly against visiting Sudan at Addis Ababa Stadium that resulted in barren draw.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 2nd Jun 13
Participation of Tanzania teams in this year’s Cecafa club championship hangs in the balance following a government statement that it was uncertain of security in the Darfur province in Sudan.
THE GUARDIAN | 1st Jun 13
Premier League Giants, Dar es Salaam Young Africans (Yanga) said they will use the coming East and Central Africa Club Champions (CECAFA) to prepare for the coming African Champions League.
THE GUARDIAN | 31st May 13
Tanzania High Commissioner in Ethiopia, Joram Biswaro urged players of the national team, Taifa Stars to work hard and win the next week’s World Cup qualifier tie against Morocco.
THE GUARDIAN | 30th May 13
Ugandan international Khamis Kiiza has set up his price tag to the tune of $50,000 should Young Africans need him for their line-up of players next season. Kiiza or popularly known as Diego as his home fans used to call him , was easily registered by Young Africans from Kampala through influence of the then coach Sam Timbe during the second half of the 2010/11 season.
THE GUARDIAN | 30th May 13
Surprising as it may seem to be a religious organisation called Good News for All Ministry has asked all Tanzanians to pray for their national soccer team’s success in next week’s crucial World cup qualifier tie against Morocco in Marrakech.
THE GUARDIAN | 29th May 13
Tanzania national soccer team safely arrived in Addis Ababa yesterday morning and was booked at centrally located five-star hotel of Hilton. The team arrived with 21 players and several officials including coaches and embarked on their first training session at the Addis Stadium later in the evening.
THE GUARDIAN | 27th May 13
Tanzania national soccer team was expected to board a flight to Addis Ababa enroute to Morocco where they are lined up for FIFA World cup qualifier tie against their hosts on June 8.
THE GUARDIAN | 27th May 13
Tension mounts high as the second semi-final of this year’s Guinness Football Challenge gets underway on Wednesday. Teams eligible to features in this penultimate episode of the third edition for the football television show include Kenya duos, pair from Ghana and Cameroon.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 26th May 13
Simba SC have signed a two-year contract with new three players who will feature for them in the next league season. The clubs registration committee chairman Zacharia Hanspope yesterday named the trio as Taifa Stars-cum-Mtibwa Sugar defender Issa Rashid, Kagera Sugar goalie Andrew Ntala and Zahoro Pazi of JKT Ruvu.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 26th May 13
Thirty players have been called up for training in the women national soccer team, Twiga Stars, the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) said yesterday. TFF information officer Boniface Wambura said that the players were selected by the team’s head coach, Rogasian Kaijage.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 26th May 13
Mainland soccer champions Young Africans (Yanga) have recruited Simba midfielder Amri Kiemba (pictured) for a two-year contract. Two members of the Young Africans SC executive committee did not confirm the news in an interview yesterday, while Simba officials declined to comment on the new development.
THE GUARDIAN | 24th May 13
After dominating for three back to back seasons, Tanzanian strikers have displayed weakness in scoring in the just ended Mainland premier soccer league. Cote d’Ivoire’s striker Kipre Tcheche who features or Azam FC won the golden boot award having scored 17 goals for the season, just two short of record holder John Bocco, the winner of the previous season.
THE GUARDIAN | 23rd May 13
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)-based football professionals Mbwana Samata and Thomas Ulimwengu have been ruled out of Taifa Stars friendly international against Sudan to be played in Ethiopia early next month.
THE GUARDIAN | 23rd May 13
South African referee who dons a FIFA badge Fraser Daniel Bennett has been appointed to officiate the 2014 World, Cup qualifier tie between national teams of Tanzania and Morocco to be played in Marrakech on June 8.
THE GUARDIAN | 22nd May 13
Despite tightening security, the Ministry for Information, Culture, Youth and Sports has continued to collects its 15 percent gate collection shares from the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam in hard cash.
THE GUARDIAN | 21st May 13
Mrisho Ngasa categorically announced his move to rejoin newly crowned Mainland premier soccer league champions Young Africans in Dar es Salaam yesterday. Ngasa, who featured for Yanga’s archrivals Simba during the previous season, will be one of few domestic-based players who has featured for three Dar es Salaam-based top flight clubs in as many seasons so far.
THE GUARDIAN | 21st May 13
Simba Sports Club mourns the death of Ali Kleist Sykes (86) who used to be their trustee for many decades during his lifetime. A statement from the club’s information officer Ezekiel Kamwaga says chairman Ismail Aden Rage and the entire members of the club are grief stricken following the death of Sykes.
THE GUARDIAN | 20th May 13
After failure to retain their Mainland premiership title in the season that ended last Sunday, former champions Simba are likely to replace their French coach Patrick Liewig who was in power for the past five months.
THE GUARDIAN | 20th May 13
Manchester United’s relationship director and manager Anthony Benerjee and Michael Higham, respectively, are expected to arrive in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday at the Invitation of Airtel Tanzania.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 19th May 13
Two goals scored in each half were enough to prove to the soccer fans that Yanga are currently better than their across the street rivals Simba SC, in the final big fixture of the Mainland Premier League season.
THE GUARDIAN | 18th May 13
The Mainland premier league ends today at different venues with the main attraction being the match between archrivals Simba and Yanga. The local soccer powerhouses meet at the 60,000-seater National Stadium in Dar es Salaam, where match results change nothing in the league standings but counts for talk and argument for the next six months till they meet again.
THE GUARDIAN | 17th May 13
Taifa Stars head coach Kim Poulsen yesterday unveiled a provisional squad of 26 players who would join a training camp to gear up for the 2014 World Cup qualifier return leg tie against Morocco in Marrakech early next month.
THE GUARDIAN | 17th May 13
The Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) has replaced referee Israel Nkongo who was supposed to officiate tomorrow’s Mainland premiership derby between archrivals Young Africans and Simba for bonafide reasons, an impeccable source within the body confirmed yesterday.
THE GUARDIAN | 17th May 13
Pride is a top priority in tomorrow’s derby between newly crowned Mainland champions Young Africans and crisis-ridden Simba. The match has been relegated into a formality one basing on the fact that Yanga clinched the title prematurely after attaining unassailable points by the rest of the premiership teams.
THE GUARDIAN | 15th May 13
Taifa Stars head coach Kim Poulsen is keen to led his boys in next month’s 2014 World Cup qualifier win in the return leg of the series to be played in Marrakech. The Danish coach is expected to hold a press meeting at the Tanzania Football Federation’s premises tomorrow to unveil his plans ahead of the clash.
THE GUARDIAN | 15th May 13
As the Mainland premiership derby comes closer, the two Dares Salaam archrivals Simba and Young Africans have resorted into the war of words against each other. The teams have set up their camps in the Isles as newly crowned premiership champions Young Africans have found a new base in Pemba while samba are maintaining the Unguja camp.
THE GUARDIAN | 13th May 13
Tanzania football rival clubs Simba and Young Africans have set up training camps in Zanzibar ahead of their Mainland premiership derby to be staged at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Saturday.
THE GUARDIAN | 12th May 13
Simba SC will not discuss their match against archrivals Yanga in the team’s executive committee meeting in Dar es Salaam today. The local soccer giants will meet next Saturday in the Mainland Premier League return leg match at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
THE GUARDIAN | 11th May 13
Azam FC will need just a draw in today’s game to get a place of representing Tanzania Mainland in the next year’s Confederation Cup. The team trained by Stewart Hall host Mgambo Shooting at the Chamazi Complex ground in a Mainland Premier Lague match.
THE GUARDIAN | 10th May 13
Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) has revealed that the general meeting of the body’s election is expected to be held on September 29 in Dar es Salaam. Speaking in Dar es Salaam yesterday, TFF president Leodegar Tenga said the September elections will be held after the emergency meeting to amend the federation’s constitution scheduled for July 13.
THE GUARDIAN | 9th May 13
Regional football associations have been urged to continue with under-15 children Copa Coca-Cola tournaments at district stages while waiting for sports gear and funds from the main sponsors of the championship.
THE GUARDIAN | 8th May 13
Dethroned champions Simba host Mgambo in their penultimate round midweek fixture at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam today. The encounter is important for either side for contrasting reasons.
THE GUARDIAN | 8th May 13
Newly crowned Mainland champions Young Africans are seriously plotting a revenge against their archrivals Simba in their final league match to e played at the NATIONAL Stadium on May 18.
THE GUARDIAN | 7th May 13
Taifa Stars and Simba Sports Club’s all rounder Shomari Kapombe is expected to board a flight to the Netherlands for trials with one of the country’s top flight sides next month.
THE GUARDIAN | 6th May 13
Taifa Stars will be based in Lusaka during the COSAFA football championship that kicks off on July 6. Stars have been drawn in group A that also include national teams from Namibia, Seychelles and Mauritius according to the tournament’s draw made by the organisers over the weekend in Lusaka Taifa Stars kicks off the campaign against Seychelles on July 6 Stars play their second preliminary game against Mauritius two days later ahead of their final group stage clash against Namibia on July 10.
THE GUARDIAN | 6th May 13
Mbeya recreational football team trounced their counterparts of Coca-Cola Kwanza Dar es Salaam by 4-1 goals in a match played at the University of Dar es Salaam over the weekend. The winners led by a lone goal up to the half time mark courtesy of the match’s man of the match Deogratias Raymond after 38 minutes.
THE GUARDIAN | 5th May 13
Simba Sports Club will advance to third place if they win their Mainland Premier League match against Ruvu Shooting at the National Stadium today. The Dar es Salaam-based side who entered the 14-team league as defending champions have already been dethroned by archrivals Young Africans (Yanga) who won the title last week with two games to go.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 5th May 13
Frustrared TFF vice presidential candidate Michael Wambura was the big winner in the outcome of the FIFA fact-finding mission whose verdict outline was explained earlier and accepted by the government.
THE GUARDIAN | 4th May 13
The Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) executive committee will meet on May 9 to discuss preparations of the body’s general elections. TFF Information Officer Boniface Wambura said yesterday that the committee will set out poll dates as well as schedules to amend the federation’s constitution as directed by the world soccer body, Fifa.
THE GUARDIAN | 4th May 13
Tanzania's sole representatives in 2013 continental tournaments, Azam FC, will be subjected to maximum test when they face Moroccan side FAR Rabat today but coach Stewart John Hall says his team is ready for the challenge.
THE GUARDIAN | 4th May 13
Wednesday’s Mainland Premier League match between champions Young Africans and Coastal Union from Tanga has grossed 66,022,000/-. The match played on May Day at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam ended in a 1-1 draw.
THE GUARDIAN | 3rd May 13
The world football governing body, FIFA has instructed Tanzania Football federation to amend its constitution and restart election. In a letter addressed to the TFF, FIFA has requested the body to hold an emergence general meeting that would workout amendments and approve new constitution before proceeding to hold election by October 30.
THE GUARDIAN | 2nd May 13
The Tanzania Football federation has received an application for international Transfer Certificate from their Norwegian counterparts for Godfrey Mlowoka who is to join Ekne IL.
THE GUARDIAN | 1st May 13
Five matches will be staged at as many stadiums across the Mainland as the penultimate round of the premiership league kicks off on May Day. Newly crowned champions Young Africans will be at home to visiting Coastal Union at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam this afternoon.
THE GUARDIAN | 30th Apr 13
After failing to retain the Mainland premiership title, Simba still have a huge task to fight even for the third place in the final standings. The dethroned Simba have been plagued by internal crisis that has culminated to the team’s dismal show for the big part of the second half of the season.
THE GUARDIAN | 29th Apr 13
Tanzania representative in this year’s CAF Confederation Cup Azam FC yesterday boarded a Rabat bound flight to honour their return leg tie against hosts AS FAR next Sunday The team travelled earlier than scheduled in a bid to acclimatise with the Moroccan weather ahead of their duel.
THE GUARDIAN | 29th Apr 13
Young Africans’ prelature title haul over the weekend has completely halted the usual excitement as fans are left to wait for another season. The newly crowned Mainland champions realise their feat after another hot contender Azam FC failed to beat Tanga’s Coastal Union in their return leg match played at the Mkwakwani Stadium in Tanga on Saturday.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 28th Apr 13
Former Mainland champions Simba SC host Polisi Morogoro in a sole premier league match set for today. The match to be played at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam is expected to have a flavour of its own as a win for Simba will revive their hopes of fighting to finish second in the league.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 28th Apr 13
Azam FC are expected to leave for Morocco today ready for the return leg tie off the CAF Confederation Cup against FAR Rabat on May 5. They will jet off aboard Emirates Airlines and will spend a night stop over in Dubai before proceeding to Rabat, Morocco for the away encounter.
THE GUARDIAN | 27th Apr 13
Azam FC striker Kipre Tchetche from Ivory Coast is likely to win the Mainland Premier League golden boot. He is currently the top scorer in the 14-team league with 16 goals before their away match with Coastal Union at the Mkwakwani Stadium in Tanga.
THE GUARDIAN | 27th Apr 13
Tanzania Prisons have retained their Union Volleyball title. Prison defeated Jeshi Stars 3-2 sets in the final match at the Indoor Stadium in Dar es Salaam yesterday. Other teams competing in the championship organized by the Tanzania Volleyball Association (Tava) are JKT, Twalipo and Polisi.
THE GUARDIAN | 25th Apr 13
The Council of Southern Africa Football Associations, COSAFA has extended an invitation to the Tanzania national soccer team in the body’s championship to be staged in Lusaka in July.
THE GUARDIAN | 24th Apr 13
Bottom-placed African Lyon and JKT Ruvu will be in action in the tension-packed encounter at the Chamazi Stadium in Dar es Salaam this afternoon to wind up their 24th round Mainland premiership return leg tie.
THE GUARDIAN | 24th Apr 13
The Tanzania national soccer team coach Kim Poulsen yesterday unveiled 30 players who will be joining a newly established second string as a standby to reinforce the senior side, Taifa Stars.
THE GUARDIAN | 23rd Apr 13
Azam walk on tight rope as any slip up in their remaining three matches could easily hand over the Mainland premiership title to pacemakers Young Africans. The team needs to perfect and win the rest of the fixtures while praying for Yanga to stagnate at the 56-point mark, Azam’s maximum ceiling.
THE GUARDIAN | 22nd Apr 13
Return home legs could be vital for most of the relegation-haunted teams in the ongoing Mainland premiership that winds up next month. With the exception of bottom-placed African Lyon, Police Morogoro, Toto Africa and JKT Ruvu have their final legs at their bases on May 18 when the premiership season comes to an end.
THE GUARDIAN | 22nd Apr 13
Two football coaches from English Premier League side Queens Park Rangers are in the country to help the county’s preparations ahead of f 2014 Brazil Street Children World Cup (SCWC).
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 21st Apr 13
Young Africans host JKT Ruvu as they seek three points out of four to be crowned the premier league champions. A win for the Jangwani Street side in today’s game at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam will mean that the home side will just need a draw in their next game to be declared Mainland soccer kings.
THE GUARDIAN | 20th Apr 13
Azam FC welcome past winners AS FAR Rabat of Morocco in a Confederation Cup first leg match at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam today. The return leg is set for Rabat in a fortnight, and the victorious side qualify for the group stage, attracting 16 teams.
THE GUARDIAN | 18th Apr 13
Azam FC opponents in the CAF Confederation Cup AS FAR Rabat finally arrived in Dar es Salaam yesterday ahead of their first leg clash against their hosts at the national Stadium on Saturday.
THE GUARDIAN | 17th Apr 13
The Ministry for Information, Culture, Youth and Sports yesterday unveiled an eleven-member committee that would be responsible to spearhead Tanzania national soccer team’s 2014 World Cup ‘must qualify’ campaign.
THE GUARDIAN | 17th Apr 13
Pace makers Young Africans have an opportunity to stretch premiership lead to 55 should they beat debutants Mgambo JKT on their 23rd round match to be played at the Mkwakwani Stadium in Tanga today.
THE GUARDIAN | 17th Apr 13
The first batches of the Azam FC opponents in the CAF Confederations Cup AS FAR from Morocco have arrived in Dar es Salaam yesterday. Those who arrived yesterday exclude players and most of them are officials who have come for expedition ahead of the team arrival.
THE GUARDIAN | 16th Apr 13
Unless miracles happen in the ongoing Mainland premier soccer league, Azam’s long cherished dream of winning the title banks on complex mathematical permutations. The Sunday’s 2-2 draw with dethroned champions Simba at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam compounded all the miseries for the ice-cream makers who were chasing to close six-point gap over pacemakers Young Africans.
THE GUARDIAN | 16th Apr 13
As the quest for Mainland soccer title favours Young Africans and a little hope for ice-cream makers Azam, the fight against relegation takes fresh look with likely late drama to unfold no sooner or later.
THE GUARDIAN | 15th Apr 13
Delegates from the world football governing body, FIFA are expected to arrive in Dar es Salaam today ahead of ironing out long-standing crisis that has engulfed the election of the Tanzania Football federation.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 14th Apr 13
Pace setters Young Africans made a huge stride towards clinching their 24th Mainland league championship following a 3-0 victory over mid-table Oljoro JKT at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam yesterday.
THE GUARDIAN | 13th Apr 13
A Delegation from FIFA will arrive on Monday in the country to deal with the crisis regarding Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) general election procedures. FIFA said from its Zurich headquarters yesterday that the delegation will be led by the head of FIFA’s Membership Department, Primo Covarro, and will work for three days until April 18.
THE GUARDIAN | 13th Apr 13
Young Africans SC will be throwing a ‘last card’ today when they face JKT Oljoro at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam, where three points will help them move close to be declared the Mainland Premier League champions.
THE GUARDIAN | 12th Apr 13
Simba's Mainland premiership title hangs by a loose thread and banks heavily on the outcome of tomorrow’s match between pace makers Young Africans and visiting Oljoro JKT at the national Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
THE GUARDIAN | 12th Apr 13
As the Mainland premiership season comes close to an end, six teams from the bottom of the standings table are in serious trouble to avoid relegation besides being ruled out of title chase.
THE GUARDIAN | 11th Apr 13
Submerged deep into the relegation pool for long spell during the Mainland premiership season, African Lyon encounter one of the hottest title contenders, Azam in their return leg tie to be played at the latter’s backyard of Chamazi this afternoon.
THE GUARDIAN | 10th Apr 13
Mainland premiership pacemakers young Africans and relegation-haunted Toto Africa’s assistant coach Athuman Bilali will have to part with 500,000/- each due to infringement committed during league matches.
THE GUARDIAN | 10th Apr 13
Relegation-haunted Police Morogoro host visiting Ruvu Shooting at the Jamhuri Stadium in Morogoro this afternoon. The hosts have 18 points and are floating on the relegation waves with urgent need to earn points.
THE GUARDIAN | 9th Apr 13
A friendly recreational football match between workshop staffof GF Trucks & Equipment and Hyundai East Africa companies played at the Chamazi Stadium last Saturday ended in 2-1 draw.
THE GUARDIAN | 9th Apr 13
The Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) yesterday cleared Azam playing players Deogratius Bonaventure Mushi, Erasto Nyoni, Said Hussein Morad and Aggrey Morris of corruption allegations.
THE GUARDIAN | 8th Apr 13
The Guinness Football Challenge episode four will be on show at the Independent Television from 12:15 hours on Wednesday with four new pairs competing. This time new winners would emerge from competitors of the three East African countries with Uganda fielding two teams.
THE GUARDIAN | 8th Apr 13
Aftersuccessful bid to cruise into the CAF Confederations Cup league’s last 16, Azam are now focusing on the ongoing Mainland premiership to close on the six-point gap behind leaders Young Africans.
GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 7th Apr 13
Azam FC yesterday failed to use their home ground well although they qualified for the next stage of the Confederation Cup. The Chamazi-based side could have scored more goals against Barrack Young Controllers (BYC II) of Liberia had their strikers been keen enough in the CAF tournament return leg match at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
THE GUARDIAN | 6th Apr 13
Highly organised Azam FC eye to advance in the next round as they host Barrack Young Controllers (BYC II) of Liberia in a Confederation Cup return leg tie at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam today.
THE GUARDIAN | 5th Apr 13
Azam FC have psychological advantage over their visitors Barrack team from Liberia as they host the West African side in the return leg tie of the CAF Confederation Cup at the National Stadium tomorrow.
THE GUARDIAN | 5th Apr 13
Mainland premier soccer league has been put on hold to pave the way for the CAF Confederation Cup return leg tie between hosts Azam FC and visiting Barrack from Liberia tomorrow. The match at the National Stadium has pushed back all premiership fixtures to mid next week.
THE GUARDIAN | 4th Apr 13
Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in technology yesterday announced a partnership to support the largest under 17 grassroots soccer tournament on the African continent.
THE GUARDIAN | 3rd Apr 13
Liberia’s second division side Barrack Young Controllers (BYC) II arrived in Dar es Salaam yesterday ahead of their CAF Confederation Cup return leg tie against Azam FC at the National Stadium on Saturday.
THE GUARDIAN | 3rd Apr 13
Former Young Africans’ Ghanaian goalkeeper Yaw Berko has expressed his discontent over the stalled transfer to join the Democratic Republic of Congo’s F.C Lupopo. Berko was to join the Congolese top flight club during midseason transfer window last December but the transfer bid failed.
THE GUARDIAN | 2nd Apr 13
The Tanzania Football Federation has expressed shock and disappointment over the untimely death of Police Tabora player Regan Mbuta.Mbuta died in a motorcycle accident on Sunday during Easter holidays.