Sponsors upbeat over Taifa Stars Afcon ambition

Kocha Mkuu wa timu ya taifa ya Tanzania (Taifa Stars), Mdachi Mart Nooij, amewaita wachezaji 16 kwa ajili ya maandalizi

Shomari Kapombe, Mrisho Ngasa and Kelvin Yondani are the other regulars in Nooij’s 26-man squad that also includes Amri Kiemba, Erasto Nyoni, Ramadhan Singano, Said Morad and Ramadhan Singano.

Stars will be without their foreign-based players

Taifa Stars head coach, Mart Nooij remains in resolute mood despite a frustrating draw with Mozambique’s Mambas that left the national team’s chances of qualifying for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) group stage hanging by a thread.

Kocha mpya wa Taifa Stars, Martinus Ignatinus ‘Mart’ Nooij raia wa Uholanzi amesema kazi yake kubwa atakayoanza nayo ni kuhakikisha Stars inafuzu kushiriki Fainali za Mataifa ya Afrika 2015 pamoja mashindano ya Afrika kwa wachezaji wa ndani (CHAN) 2016.

After the first round of Africa Cup of Nations group games, with your help BBC Sport looks at the players who have starred.

Kikosi cha timu ya Taifa 'Taifa Stars' Na Mwandishi Wetu
NDIYO basi tena! Taifa Stars imetupwa nje ya michuano ya Kombe la Mataifa ya Afrika (Afcon 2015), baada ya kufungwa mabao 2-1 na Msumbiji jijini Maputo, jana Jumapili.Stars imeondolewa kwa jumla ya mabao 4-3, baada ya awali kulazimishwa sare ya 2-2 kwenye Uwanja wa Taifa, Dar. Katika mechi hiyo ya jana, Msumbiji ndiyo walikuwa wa kwanza kupata bao la kwanza kupitia kwa...

Taifa Stars will step up their preparations for next week’s clash against Zimbabwe’s Warriors by taking on the Flames of Malawi in a friendly match, it has been revealed.

>Tanzania took a slim, but valuable advantage after beating Zimbabwe 1-0 in the first round, first leg of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations at the National Stadium yesterday.