CHESS:Dar to field players at African tourney

Tanzania’s efforts to promote chess has received a major boost after the African Chess Confederation (ACC) handed it the hosting right of the 2015 African Schools Individual Championships from August 14-23.

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Tanzania’s hockey representatives left for South Africa yesterday bubbling with confidence ahead of this year’s edition of the African Nations Cup.

 The national cricket team has eyes set on the ICC-Africa Division 1, barely a week after flopping at the World League Division 5 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Eight Tanzanian table tennis players are set to slug it out at the East African Championship planned to get underway on April 18 in Kampala, Uganda.

>Ten foreign golfers from Zambia, Kenya, and Uganda are among those confirmed to take part in the forthcoming Tanzania Open International Competition to tee off on Friday at the Dar es Salaam Gymkhana Club.

>Plans are afoot for the Athletics Tanzanian (AT) to field 24 players at the African Cross Country Championship planned for March 16 in Kampala, Uganda.

Tanzania will field three tennis players at the Africa Junior Under-18 Championships, which gets underway on Sunday in Egypt.

The Tanzania golf Union (TGU) has named the final squad that will compete at the African amateur golf championship in Kenya.