Kagera hold Simba
Visiting Kagera Sugar maintained defiance against
Dar es Salaam football giants after pulling a stunning but well deserved 2-2
draw with Simba in the eighth round match of the Mainland premiership played at
the National Stadium in Dare s Salaam on Wednesday .
Simba squandered a two-goal cushion lead within a
minute in the second half when they conceded two goals courtesy of substitute
Themi Felix and Salum Kanoni, a former Simba player.
The Mainland
holders kicked of the game promisingly as they went on to dictate terms with an
eight minute goal by their Zambian striker Felix Sunzu to comfort their fans.
Sunzu who
headed home Mrisho Ngasa’s aerial cross.
Enjoying a one goal lead up to the half time mark,
Simba took the second half promisingly and within five minutes Mrisho Ngasa was
on target when he utilised a through pas by Emmanuel Okwi.
TFF mourns Rusumo FC players
The Tanzania Football federation has expressed shock
and disappointment over the death of five Rusumo FC players who perished in road
accident in Ngara on Tuesday this week.
A statement
from the TFF released by information officer Boniface Wambura says the entire football
fraternity in the country is in deep shock.
Rusumo FC team players were involved in the accident
when they were on their way back from a football match played in Ngara
township. Other players have been admitted in Ngara District Hospital of Murugwanza
with two of them seriously injured.
The statement said the death of the players is a
huge blow to not only to the Rusumo club members but also to the entire
football fraternity.
Five stadiums to host league ties
The eighth round of the premier football league gets
underway as five venues will be hosting as many matches across the Mainland.
Focus will be highlighted on two matches involving
teams that are at the top of the standings table, Simba and Azam.
Holders Simba will be at home to visiting Kagera
Sugar in Dar es Salaam’s National Stadium as Azam have travelled all the way to
Mbeya to meet newly promoted Tanzania Prisons at the Sokoine Stadium.
Troubled JKT Ruvu are visiting Morogoro to honour
their fixture against Police team at the Jamhuri Stadium.
Rock Marathon attracts athletes from 9 countries
Athletes from nine countries have confirmed to
compete in the fourth edition of Rock City Half Marathon expected to be staged
in Mwanza on October 28.
Grace Sanga of the Capital-Plus International (CPI)
entrusted to coordinate the event said invitations have been extended to the
entire East Africa and other countries.
She named the countries as Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda,
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Australia, India, Canada and
United States.
Sanga said there is likelihood of big turn out of athletes
owing to the highly improved prize packages for the event that is growing in
popularity beyond the borders.
Mintanga acquitted
The High Court in Dar es Salaam Zone this week on Monday acquitted a former President of the Boxing
Federation of Tanzania (BFT) Shaaban Mintanga who was charged with drug
trafficking case.
Mintanga charged with two counts of conspiracy and
trafficking in 4.8 kilograms of heroin worth 120m/- from Tanzania to Mauritius.
He was acquitted after spending four years in remand prison since he was
arraigned in 2008.
During the ruling, Judge Fauz Twaibu said the
evidence provided by the prosecution through the testimonies from four
witnesses who presented in court does not establish case against the accused.
Judge Twaibu said in their submission, prosecution
led by principal State Attorney Fulgence Rweyongeza relied on only two pieces
of evidence.
Ends.
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