Mrisho upbeat Dar will win medals at C’wealth Games

Dar es Salaam youth swimming team scooped five medals in the just ended Dubai’s International Swimming Competition.

Renowned marathoner Samson Ramadhan will miss next month’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland Marathon due to injury, it has been revealed.

>Finally, the long wait is over. Expectations are running high amongst Tanzanians as the country’s envoys start hunting for medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games today in Scotland.

>Only 26 out of more than 50 athletes fine-tuning abroad ahead of the 2014 Commonwealth Games will make it to Glasgow, Scotland for the multi-sport event, it has been revealed. For the past three or so weeks, local athletes have been camping in four different countries- China, Turkey, Ethiopia and New Zealand- under the auspices of the government for the Games scheduled for July 23 to August 3.

Tanzanian athletes can win medals at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan should they undergo adequate preparations, says Japanese ambassador to Tanzania, Masaki Okada

Athletics Tanzania (AT) has urged Natural Resources and Tourism minister Lazaro Nyalandu to join hands with the minister for Foreign Affairs, Bernard Membe, to support athletes in the country.

Athletics Tanzania (AT) is planning to send more athletes in the Commonwealth Games scheduled to take place in Glasgow, Scotland, from July 23 to August 3.

Veteran short distance runner Zakia Mrisho has eyes set on the 2016 Olympic Games, vowing to seal qualifying marks early next year.

>Zakia Mrisho, a veteran short distance runner, has exuded confidence that she will book her 2016 Olympic Games berth early.