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- Gambia/Egypt: Nation at Cairo World Cup Confab
- Uganda - Golfer Seeks Fourth Title
- Angola - Disabled Sports Confederation to Train Mozambicans
- Tanzania - TFF to conduct coaches` course
- 24 swimmers fly to Malawi
- Tanzania - Nation Eyes 2012 Davic Cup
- Nigeria: Jailed Okpara Regains Freedom
- Tanzania/Eritrea: Eritrean Players Seek Asylum
- Africa: Fans Petition AU, SA Government for 2020 Olympic Bid
- SA wants 2022 Commonwealth Games
Tanzania - Sports and Tourism
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Sports and Tourism have no become the two faces in the same coin and it crystal clear that there are no way you can put this into the separate. Actually, sports are the one which supplement the tourism activities. The term sports and tourism has been coined to better understand, the use of the sports as a touristic endeavor. Moreover, in the last decade or so, there have been philosophical and repreneurial developments that contribute to that marriage actuality.
The sports and tourism phenomenon has been exhibited, manifested and marketed through and by worldwide sporting events such as the Olympic Games, World Championships and the like. Tanzania Sports Training Centre has therefore, realized the significance of blending sports and tourism not only for promoting tourism in particular but also to manifest our national identity to the outside world.
The Centre recognizes the potentiality that exists in affiliating the sports and tourism in promoting domestic, national and international friendship and understanding amongst individuals, groups and communities. Converging sports and tourism has become one of the important tool to advertise the country's tourist attraction sites and promotion of national identity as well.
SCSA Confident of Success of All Africa Games
17 October 2010 | by All Africa
Maputo — The Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA) on Saturday expressed satisfaction at the preparations so far for the 10th edition of the All Africa Games, due to be held in Maputo in September 2011. At the end of the second joint meeting between the SCSA, representatives of its member associations and the organizing committee for the Maputo games (COJA), the SCSA issued a communiqué indicating that its inspection team was satisfied with progress so far, but warned "there is still a lot of work to be accomplished, particularly on the Games village and other new projects". The inspectors, said the communiqué, "recommended that there be strict monitoring of contractors so as to complete projects within the set deadlines".
The inspection team included members not only from the SCSA Secretariat, but also from the association of African Sport Confederations (AASC), the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), The SCSA Medical Commissions, and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). COJA reported to the meeting "that mechanisms were being put in place to provide for transport, protocol, accreditation, catering, medical and doping tests that will meet international standards".
The meeting urged COJA to ensure that "strict deadlines be observed for the construction of new sport infrastructure as well as for the rehabilitation of existing sport and other infrastructure". To cut out red tape, the meeting suggested that the accreditation card for the games should also be used as an entry visa, and as a transit visa for teams crossing neighbouring countries. The SCSA and CPOJA also reminded any member countries who have not yet confirmed their participation in the 2011 games "to do so immediately". |
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At the closing session, the Mozambican Minister of Youth and Sport, Pedrito Caetano, admitted that the current international situation, in the wake of a major financial crisis, might be a challenge, but was not an impassable obstacle. "We recognise that the macro-economic environment that the world, and our country in particular, are passing through is to some extent a constraint. Nonetheless, it can be overcome", he said.
Kenya - World Beating Athletes Join Mashujaa Parade
20 October 2010 | by John Ngirachu
Kenya's heroes from the pre-independence days to the present-day athletes were on Wednesday recognised as the first Mashujaa Day under the new Constitution was marked. They also held a parade at Nyayo Stadium with the freedom fighters in a march past. Athletes, who recently returned from the Commonwealth Games in India, were also resplendent in their official outfits, shiny medals dangling from their necks. Their names were read out as they marched past the podium and taking their places at the VIP stand to watch the proceedings.
The presence at the VIP stand of elderly heroes and heroines alongside their youthful athletic counterparts marked one of the notable changes to the usual manner in which national days are celebrated. Among them was the legendary musician Joseph Kamaru in white suit, brown hat and red shirt. The notable change in the entertainment programme came from Gabriel Omolo, the man who composed Sasa ni Lunchtime alongside Shisia Wasilwa, who became famous with his Omundu Mulosi hit. When the event ended, the heroes trooped out to wait for their transport for the luncheon at State House.
Tanzania - Nyerere Masters Champion Buoyant Ahead of World Event
15 October 2010 | by Paul John
National team golfer Abbas Adam, who on Sunday scooped Nyerere Masters title, is aiming to emulate his home success at the forthcoming World Amateur Team Championships teeing off next week in Argentina. The Arusha-based swinger told the 'Daily News' that he would translate his growing domestic form into superior results once the world event tees off at the Beunos Aires Golf Course on October 28.
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The Tanzanian team which will be making its maiden appearance includes TGU Order of Merit leader and Team Captain Frank Roman as well as second placed Jimmy Mollel. Other African countries making up for the tournament are Kenya, Egypt, South Africa, Swaziland, Botswana and Nigeria. The ladies contingent left last Sunday comprising fair-way maestro Madina Idd and long hitter Hawa Wanyeche as well as Tanzania Ladies Golf Union (TLGU) President Mbonile Burton and is expected to hit the links tomorrow alongside 53 other competing teams. Abbas emerged top in the winning list after he survived a 'sudden death' at the Dar es Salaam Gymkhana Golf Course, trouncing Adam Mwanyenza during the just ended CBA Nyerere Masters 2010 edition.
And as a signal of better things to come, the moderately tall feathery champion finished the event on an improved form when he grossed 152 after hitting three over par 74 in the final round of the 36-hole event. The reportedly disciplined athlete came to the spotlight about two weeks ago following a promising performance at TPC Moshi Golf Club where he muscled his way to the finals of this year's edition TGU Match Play, and in the process replaced Nuru Mollel for the trip to Argentina. Adam, who was caped with a green court in recognition for becoming the second Tanzanian to win the prestigious CBA Nyerere Masters, was short of words while expressing his commitment to the national team, singling out Tanzania Golf Union Chairman Dioniz Malizi as his greatest motivation.
He said: "I want to assure you particularly, and the entire golfing community that the whole team looks forward to impress. We must pass the test and come back with a powerful smile." However he did not want to promise anything, saying it would be a competition where every golfer would aspire to leave a mark. "Let us only hope that the swing hits where it matters. And then anticipate the good news." |
Angola - Chess Federation Promotes Meeting With Members
October 2010 | by All Africa
| Luanda — The current stage of chess in Angola with emphasis on the participation of national senior male and female teams in the 39th Olympiad in Russia will be discussed on Friday between the officials of de Federation, members and clubs, said on Wednesday to Angop in Luanda the general secretary of the modality, Abraão dos Reis. According to the official, the meeting will be open by the chairperson of Angolan Chess Federation (FAX), Aguinaldo Jaime that will be served also to clarify the election in the International Chess Federation held under the Olympiad.
In the election, the Russian great master Anatoly Karpov, candidate that had the support of Angola on a proposal to assume the portfolio of vice president for Africa lost to his compatriot Kirsan Ilumianov. In the 39th Olympiad, Angola got inedited titles despite arriving four rounds late. The national master Eduardo Pascoal won the title of master FIDE because of his performance placed 1.05 points to get the title of international master. |
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Gambia/Egypt: Nation at Cairo World Cup Confab
October 2010 | by Gambiasports
Gambia's football technical director Kebba Masanneh Ceesay is attending the joint FIFA/CAF World Cup Conference which opened in Egyptian capital. The three-day event is a huge gathering of football personalities to discuss and analyze the South Africa 2010 World Cup. The objective of the Cairo meeting is to provide a platform for the technical and tactical analysis of the tournament, staged on the African continent for the very first time, in relation to the development of football on the continent.
CAF President Issa Hayatou in his opening address commended South Africa for "the spectacular organization of the tournament which has permanently erased thoughts of Africa's ability to stage a major tournament". The World Cup Conference is organized every four years to analyze the biggest football event.
Uganda - Golfer Seeks Fourth Title
20 October 2010 | by Douglas Mazune
Kampala — PROLIFIC Tanzanian golfer Angel Eaton clearly intends to add the Uganda Ladies Open to three other titles she holds. She was the first foreign player to arrive Monday and will have had four days of practice before action starts. Eaton, coming off victories in the Zambia, Mombasa and Tanzania ladies tournaments in the past three months, has already had a feel of the 18 holes at Uganda Golf Club.
Eaton, whose handicap has deteriorated from 4 to 6 because of the current dry conditions on the Gymkhana Course in Dar es Salaam, should find Ugandan conditions more favourable. She will face off with local stars Jasper Kamukama, Eva Okatch and Flavia Namakula, among others. "She has liked our course and is on form. I expect a formidable challenge from her," defending champion Kamukama remarked. The three-day 54 holes tournament is expected to attract competitors from Uganda, Kenya, Zambia and Tanzania.
Angola - Disabled Sports Confederation to Train Mozambicans
18 October 2010 | by All Africa
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Luanda — The African Sports Confederation of Disabled (ASCOD) will train coaches and sports leaders from Mozambique, under its four year program of action, ASCOD president, Leonel da Rocha Pinto, said today. Talking about his participation at the joint meeting between ASCOD and the Higher Council of Sports in Africa (SCSA) held on October 13-17 in Maputo, angolan Leonel da Rocha Pinto stated that the training will focused the technical and administrative areas.
In Maputo, Leonel Pinto inspected the activities of the organizing committee of the 10th Pan-african games scheduled for 2011 in Mozambique. He said that, from 2011, african athletes will start training in gyms in the United Kingdom and the United States, under an understanding agreement between ASCOD and the International Paralyimpic Committee (IPC). He added that an evaluation committee will be formed to select the athletes according to some requirements like age, sports performance, academic level and mastery of englisg language stating that each of the 43 ASCOD member states interested in sending their athletes to the US and UK will only pay for travel costs.
He said to have also the support of the paralympic committees of Germany and the Netherlands, eyeing the London Paralympic Games in 2012. |
Tanzania - TFF to conduct coaches` course
20 October 2010 | by Japheth
Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) is expected to conduct a license C course for the Mainland Premier League coaches and football instructors from across the country in Dar es Salaam in the next two months. The federation’s acting secretary general Sunday Kayuni said the course will operate in line with the directives from the Confederation of African Football (CAF), which demands that all football coaches in the continent should possess licenses in the next four years. “CAF has insisted that it will conduct coaching courses and provide the coaches with licenses. Not a single coach in the continent will be allowed to operate the profession in the next four years should he not possess the confederation’s license”, said Kayuni.
| “In an effort to cope with the CAF’s directive, we (TFF) will start conducting the courses right away. The Mainland premier league coaches plus football instructors from across the country will be invited to attend the courses”, said Kayuni. Kayuni said CAF’s plan to provide licenses was one of the agendas discussed in the assessment of the FIFA 2010 World Cup postmortem that took place in Cairo, Egypt from October 13-15. “TFF president Leodegar Tenga, who was a member of the FIFA Technical Study Group in the World Cup hosted by South Africa, presented some of the topics in the assessment”, said Kayuni. The topics included main routes to success, trend and tendencies of football, inclusion of young players in the national teams and presentation of CAF licenses to coaches. Other invitees in the event were coaches and technical directors from all African countries. “There was an in-depth discussion of all topics which, in the end, provided a proper direction of Africa’s soccer development in future”, said Kayuni, who also serves as TFF technical director. The Cairo meet further discussed the benefits that Africa enjoyed from hosting the World Cup, which included the improvement of infrastructure and special training for Africa dubbed Win Africa with Africa, which was organised by FIFA. The training was a special program designed to fully prepare Africa to successfully thrive in all four aspects of soccer. |
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24 swimmers fly to Malawi
21 October 2010 | by IPP
A contigent comprising 24 swimmers from Dar es salaam-based Stingrays Club board a Lilongwe-bound flight today to compete for the Malawi Aquatic Union tourney. The championship will be staged at Lilongwe’s ABC pools tomorrow.
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Stingrays Swimming Club’s chairman Ramadhan Namkoveka said the event has also been attracted competitors from Botswana and Zambia. Namkoveka said his club secured the all important invitation extended by the Malawi Aquatic Union. Malawi aims to choose its final squad to compete at Africa Swimming Council zones three and four. Namkoveka said the championship in Malawi will be of great importance to the country swimmers with an opportunity gain experience.
Stingrays Club aims at sharpening skills of its swimmers ahead of the Union club championship expected to be held next month in Dar es Salaam. He named the swimmers who lined up for the trip as Christian O., Shammrad M., Christian Dom, Aman Tanna, Saaj Visaria, Ammaar Ghadiyali, Ankit Bhatt, Bradley Lendrum and Mophat Osward. |
Tanzania - Nation Eyes 2012 Davic Cup
26 October 2010 | by Suleiman
Tanzania aims at featuring at World's renowned Davis Cup by 2012, the Tanzania Lawn Tennis Association (TLTA) has revealed.A move, should it be succeeded, will help in enabling the local tennis players search for greener pastures in overseas. The Association's secretary general, Inger Njau, said they have already started seeking for a class C membership in the World's governing lawn tennis body, ITF.
"In order to participate in the grueling event, we first have to become an ITF's class C members before our request being granted," said Njau. She said that the request would be discussed in next January, hoping to feature players in the event, which is one of the tennis's premier tourneys in the World. Currently, Tanzania features players mainly in ITF's money circuit for the East African region.
Should the International Tennis Federation (ITF) grant the Tanzanian request, it will be a major step ahead of professionalism. The Davis Cup features World's classic players like Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Serena William sisters. Kenya is among African countries fielding players in the event. However, for Tanzania, the challenge remains in producing good quality players for a highly |
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competitive spirit. "We have multi-talented and ambitious players who would do wonders should the door be opened for them," she said. "We will have step into the promotion of the sport, mainly at grassroots level to achieve our dreams of having well groomed players," noted Njau.
Nigeria: Jailed Okpara Regains Freedom
12 July 2011
ormer international Godwin Okpara will next month regain his freedom after three years in French prison and then be deported.
MTNFootball.com has exclusively gathered that the former Paris Saint-Germain defender will regain his freedom for good behaviour after he was sentenced to 10 years in jail in February 2008 for raping a 13-year-old girl under his care.
The French authorities have now agreed to release him ahead of schedule on the condition that he is deported to Nigeria on his release.
However, his wife, Linda, who was jailed for 15 years for mistreating the minor in question, will remain in prison.
"Godwin will be released next month on condition that he does not stay back in France, he will be deported immediately to Nigeria," a top source informed MTNFootball.com.
In jail, 'Alan Ball' twice tried to commit suicide.
However, he has since become a born-again Christian and he is very much involved in the church in prison.
Tragic star Okpara will see the outside world again with more person tragedy awaiting him as his 17-year-old son is dying of cancer.
"The young boy is suffering from lung and knee cancers and doctors do not give him long to live," a source disclosed.
"His four children are living with different French families now."
His Paris house was confiscated by the French government following his sentence.
However, he still has a house in Ikeja GRA, which fraudsters have tried to sell to unsuspecting people but for the vigilance of his mentor, Chief Teluwo.
Sources close to the former Strasbourg star said Okpara was not well represented in court during his trials and this led to his imprisonment.
Tanzania/Eritrea: Eritrean Players Seek Asylum
12 July 2011
IT has now emerged that the 13 Eritrea's Red Sea footballers who came to compete in the just ended Kagame Castle Cup are now seeking asylum in Tanzania.
This was confirmed in a statement released by the Ministry of Home Affairs in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday Tanzanian government authorities are holding for questioning 13 players of the Asmara-based Red Sea Football Club.
"The players surrendered themselves to Ministry of Home Affairs seeking asylum," said the ministry's spokesman Isaac Nantanga in a statement.
He said the players who took part in the Kagame Castle Cup which ended on Sunday, were scheduled to leave Dar es Salaam for home on Saturday, July 9, aboard Kenya Airways.
"The players did not show up at the airport for departure. They are still undergoing interviews with refugees' department at the ministry and are expected to end later on Tuesday.
"This is a normal procedure by the department. The interviews are in line with Tanzanian and international laws and the objective is to establish reasons for the applicants to seek asylum in the country," Nantanga explained in the statement.
He said the players were being taken care by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and their passports held by the Immigration Department.
The Eritrean side was dumped out of the Kagame Cup by eventual champions Yanga in the quarterfinal stage after losing 6-5 in post match penalty shoot outs.
Africa: Fans Petition AU, SA Government for 2020 Olympic Bid
12 July 2011
Windhoek — The Coalition of Supporters Unions of Africa, (COSUA), has expressed dismay and disappointment at the decision by the South African government to not go ahead with the bid for the 2020 Olympic Games in Durban.
After a hugely successful hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa has come to represent the hopes and aspirations of the entire African continent to host yet another global sporting event on African soil within the next decade.
During the World Cup last year, Africa's citizens were united as one country in support of the host nation, South Africa, as the African Union declared the year 2007 as the 'African Year of Football', and put into operation a continental unity campaign in the build-up to the World Cup.
COSUA, as the unity support base of Africa, has been operating with the mandate of the AU to mobilize citizens of all AU member states to provide support to the six African nations participating in the World Cup as a means of building African unity around sporting events.
The entire continent rose together in unwavering support for Ghana as the last African team reaching the final stages of the global showpiece attests to the effectiveness of the AU campaign, and the efficacy of sport as a means of uniting all citizens of the continent.
"With the right foundations having been laid through World Cup 2010, we at COSUA have been working at consolidating the gains through continuous mobilization of Africa's sports fans, targeting the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil for that purpose in the short term, and a grand hosting of the 2020 Olympics in Durban in the long term," reads a statement by COSUA Founding President Advocate Sarfo Abebrese
South Africa 2010 has come to represent the melting pot of social integration of all Africans, the flashpoint of all forms of xenophobia and inter-racial differences in Africa and a realistic springboard to achieving lasting unity, peace and development in Africa.
"Durban 2020 therefore has emerged as the opportunity to sustain a full decade of Pan-African renaissance around sport and the time frame within which to achieve all these goals, as we look to welcoming the world back to Africa for yet another first-ever historic hosting of a global sporting event, the Summer Olympics, in the beautiful city of Durban."
So important is this commitment to Durban 2020,that COSUA leaders from all African countries are coming together in a delegates' conference in Durban in the 3rd week of July to lend the entire continent's support to the 2020 bid, and impress upon the 123rd IOC General Assembly, which runs in Durban concurrently, that Africa stands together with Durban in support of the bid.
"It is against this background that we wish to appeal to the African Union, which holds its Heads of State summit in Equatorial Guinea next week, and especially, its new Chairman, His Excellency, President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea, to find a common ground of co-operation with South Africa's government towards a possible rescission of the decision, in the overall interest of the African continent and its citizens who are the real beneficiaries of a continent united around a Durban 2020 Olympics.
"We of COSUA are committed to constituting a veritable and powerful Durban 2020 bid support group, with elaborate programmes at international sporting events around the world which we will patronize with the branding of Durban 2020 T-shirts, flags, banners, etc.
SA wants 2022 Commonwealth Games
03 JUNE 2011
DURBAN (CAJ News) - AFTER successfully hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa is now bidding to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games, a senior official has said. |
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