Afrobasket championship to start

Michuano ya mpira wa kikapu Afrika yalianza jumatano nchini Tunisia kwa Wenyeji Tunisia kuanza na ushindi

As the AfroBasket championship opens in Tunis, the BBC's Rana Jawad took the opportunity to test her basketball skills.

Tanzania Swimming Association (TSA) has announced the team which will participate in first Cana Zone Three which will be held in Kampala, Uganda from December 11 to 13.

More cities are expected to take part in the East and Central Africa Inter-City Basketball Championship set to tip off on May 6 at the National Indoor Stadium.

Ten teams have so far confirmed to compete in the National Handball Championship scheduled to take place in Dodoma from March 10 and run through 16.

The vibe may be somewhat muted because of our athletes’ poor performance at international level in recent years. It has been almost a decade since Tanzania last celebrated a World Championships medal (bronze) won by long distance athlete Christopher Isegwe in Helsinki, Finland, in 2005.

he National Basketball Championship (Taifa Cup) will start on November 22 and run through 29 in Dodoma, the Tanzania Basketball Federation (TBF) said yesterday.

By Tom Fordyce, Chief sports writer in Zurich Jo Pavey, a 40-year-old mother of two, won a brilliant 10,000m gold to get Britain’s European Championships off to a remarkable start. Pavey, who only gave birth to her daughter Emily 11 months ago, ran the perfect tactical race to match the gold won by her old friend Paula Radcliffe in Munich 12 years ago. When France’s Clemence Calvin – 16 years her junior and almost 20 seconds faster this season – went to the front with two laps to go Pavey...

Up-and-coming tennis players converge at Kijitonyama Club today to battle it out in a tournament that will involve four regions.