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Mourinho awazia kurudi England


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KOCHA Jose Mourinho, amevunja ukimya kuhusu tetesi zinazohusu hatma yake katika timu ya Real Madrid, baada ya kusema kuwa huenda akarudi
nchini England mapema isivyotarajiwa.

Mourinho, ambaye yupo katika mvutano na Mkurugenzi wa Michezo wa Real Madrid, Jorge Valdano aliliambia gazeti la Sunday Mirror kuwa mara zote amekuwa akiwazia kurudi kufundisha soka nchini England, baada ya kuondoka Chelsea mwaka 2007.

"Mara zote ni jambo la msingi kwa mimi na familia kuwa na furaha na nalipenda soka la Uingereza na familia yangu wanaipenda England," aliliambia gazeti hilo la Mirror.

"Na mara zote nimekuwa nikiwaza kwamba siku moja nitarejea nchini Uingereza na huenda ikawa mapema isivyotarajiwa," aliongeza.

Mourinho ambaye alitua katika klabu hiyo ya Bernabeu majira ya kiangazi yaliyopita baada ya kuingoza Inter Milan, amekuwa akipigania kuhakikisha timu hiyo inatwaa ubingwa wa Klabu Bingwa Ulaya.

Kocha huyo mwenye umri wa miaka 48 ambaye aliiwezesha, Chelsea kutwaa mataji mawili ya ligi katika kipindi cha miaka mitatu ya uongozi wake, alisema kuwa kamwe hatarajii kurudi katika klabu hiyo wakati mfanyabiashara raia wa Russia, Roman Abramovich ataendelea kuwa mmiliki wa timu hiyo.
 
Phiri admits complacency




By The guardian reporter



31st January 2011




Mainland soccer champions` head coach Patrick Phiri


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Mainland soccer champions’ head coach Patrick Phiri said excessive complacency was the major reason for his team to perform poorly in the first leg of the CAF Champions League against hosts Elan de Mistoudje played on Saturday here.
Simba who were pre-match favourites by most fans at their base in Dar es Salaam, were held to a barren draw by the Comoro champions who are well set for the return leg in a fortnight.
Phiri said his players were not prepared to face a stiff opposition but hinted they would fight hard for victory in the return leg.
The coach said lack of lengthy training for the players was also another reason for the dismal show.
Phiri, said the brief stint some of his key players had spent in Cairo during the inaugural Nile Basin tourney counted to disorganise his side for the resultant poor display.
“It was a very difficult match as we were caught napping by our hosts who had prepared well for the showdown”, said Phiri.
Player’s fatigue was also a reason highlighted by the coach as his players had featured in many friendlies ahead of the Comoro clash.
The coach downplayed the possibilities of crashing out in the first round of the Champions League and instead he was focusing on the TP Mazembe clash and premiership return leg tie against rivals Yanga on March 5.
Mitosudje’s coach, one Ayouba, said his players had prepared well against their visitors as they are keeping the second round in sight.
The coach said his team has recruited good players since wining the country’s premiership title last October.
After the surprise first leg result, Simba are expected to jet home this morning in readiness for premiership action and return leg tie.
None of the Tanzanian team notched victory in their CAF outings last Saturday as Yanga were held to a 4-4 draw with visiting Dedebit FC at the national Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
KMKM lost to visiting DC Motema Pembe by 3-1 goals to remain with bleak future of making a progression into the second round of the Confederations Cup.
Zanzibar Ocean View FC were expecting to host DR Congo’s AS Vitta in a CAF Champions League tie at the Amaan Stadium later yester-night.



SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
 

Papic: Yanga isitafute mchawi

Imeandikwa na Mwandishi Wetu; Tarehe: 1st February 2011 @ 09:14 Imesomwa na watu: 59
ALIYEKUWA Kocha Mkuu wa Yanga, Kostadin Papic amesema ni vyema timu hiyo ikajipanga kiufundi na si kuanza kushutumu wachezaji ama watu wengine kuwa waliihujumu kwenye mchezo wao wa Kombe la Shirikisho dhidi ya Dedebit ya Ethiopia Jumamosi.

Yanga Jumamosi ilifungana mabao 4-4 na Dedebit katika mchezo wa kwanza hatua ya awali ya michuano ya Kombe la Shirikisho uliofanyika Uwanja wa Taifa, Dar es Salaam, huku Yanga ikisubiri hadi dakika za majeruhi ndipo ikasawazisha bao la nne.

Papic hakuwepo benchi kwenye mchezo huo baada ya kutangaza kujiuzulu wadhifa huo Jumanne iliyopita, ikiwa ni siku chache kabla ya Yanga kuivaa Dedebit, akipinga Fredy Minziro kuteuliwa kuwa Kocha Msaidizi wa timu hiyo.

Lakini baada ya mchezo huo, baadhi ya wadau wa Yanga wamekuwa wakiyahusisha matokeo hayo na hujuma na wanawatuhumu baadhi ya wachezaji walicheza chini ya kiwango kwa nia ya kuivuruga timu.

Pia baadhi ya vyombo vya habari vimekuwa vikiripoti kwamba kumekuwa na kutuhumiana ndani ya Yanga kuhusiana na mchezo huo, kwamba baadhi ya wachezaji waliamua kucheza chini ya kiwango kwa sababu ya mgogoro uliopo ndani ya Yanga.

"Hakuna mchezaji anayeweza kucheza chini ya kiwango ili timu ipate matokeo mabovu, Issac (Boakye), ni mchezaji mzuri tena wa kimataifa, anajua anachokifanya, Berko (Yaw) anajua nini anakifanya, hivyo kuwashutumu ni kutowatendea haki.

"Ni ujinga watu kuanza kujadili mambo ya kuhujumiana, zinatakiwa ziangaliwe sababu za kiufundi si hayo mambo ya kuharibiana majina, ama unanishutumu mimi ni ujinga, mimi ni kocha mzoefu ninayetambua vyema kazi yangu, hivyo Yanga waachane na mambo haya," alisema Papic.

Pia Papic aliyejiunga Yanga mwishoni mwa mwaka 2009, alisema hawezi kubaki timu hiyo na kuwa ataondoka Dar es Salaam wakati wowote kuanzia leo licha ya kuwa anaidai kiasi kikubwa cha fedha.

Hakupenda kutaja kiasi hicho anachodai kwa maelezo kuwa kwa sasa fedha si jambo la msingi kwake zaidi ya yeye kuondoka na kuwa anaelekea Afrika Kusini ambako kuna timu anafanya nayo mazungumzo.

Alieleza kuwa kama timu hiyo ambayo pia hakutaka kuitaja wataelewana naye ataanza kazi ya kuinoa msimu wa mwaka 2011/2012.

"Ningeweza kubaki Yanga, lakini wamenidharau, walikuwa na nafasi ya kunibakisha lakini kwa sasa haiwezekani, naondoka," alisema Papic.

Baada ya Yanga kupata sare hiyo ambayo kama inahitaji isonge mbele italazimika ishinde mchezo wa marudiano ama sare ya kuanzia mabao 5-5, baadhi ya wadau wa Yanga wamekuwa wakiwashutumu baadhi ya wachezaji kwamba walicheza chini ya kiwango makusudi.

Baadhi ya wanaotajwa ni Issac Boakye na kipa Berko ambaye alitoka mapema kipindi cha kwanza baada ya kuumia, wakati Boakye alitolewa kabla ya mapumziko ikiwa ni baada ya kusababisha bao la kwanza la Dedebit dakika ya 24 kutokana na kutoa pasi fupi iliyonaswa na Damit Tikadu aliyepachika mpira wavuni.

Minziro kwa upande wake akizungumza baada ya mchezo wa Jumamosi, pamoja na mambo mengi ya kiufundi, pia alisema kuna haja Yanga kuwa na umoja kwani mgogoro uliopo baina ya viongozi una madhara makubwa kwa timu kwa vile humjui nani adui na nani mwenzako.


 
Union Sports triumph




By Japheth Kazenga



31st January 2011



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Union Sports Development cricket team outclassed Bhatia United Development by 73 runs in the Tanzania Cricket Association (TCA) Twenty20 League match played at the Annadil Burhani venue in Dar es Salaam on Saturday.
The winners were overwhelming favourites in the game right from the start and they duly seized the opportunity to hand their opponents the heaviest defeat in the league.
Union Development's success though was partly buoyed by their opponents' weaknesses particularly in bowling, as the latter conceded plenty of extra runs to boost Union's total.
Union Development started batting to secure 112 runs losing all wickets in 19.3 overs.
The team surprisingly had a wobbly start in the innings in which their opening batting duo of Kassim Akmal and Ninhaal Nathoo was dismissed for duck in quick succession by Bhatia United Development skipper Suraj Jani.
They however, quickly recovered to stage spirited quest for a good total as top order batsman Abbas Virjee stepped at the crease to notch economical 29 runs off 31 balls.
Virjee's solid performance, which produced two boundaries en route to the double digit score, put Union Development in better position to realize massive total despite the batsman's dismissal midway.
Middle order batsmen though failed to build on Virjee's displays as they succumbed to early dismissals before the ship was somewhat steadied by Munaj Merali and Shamil Hameer, who finished with unbeaten 17 runs and 10 runs, respectively.
Bhatia United Development wicket takers were Mith with 4/4 in three overs and skipper Jani with 2/13 in four overs.
In response, Bhatia lacked the techniques and muscle to chase their opponents' score, and they were eventually bowled out for 39 runs in 19.2 overs.
With the exception of opener Mayank (11 runs off 30 balls) and middle order batsman Tejaz Zinzuwadia (six runs), the team's other batsmen failed to pose any threat to Union development bowlers as they easily faltered.
Union Development's Hameer had a four-wicket haul and conceded three runs in 3.2 overs as Merali finished his bowling spell with 3/5 in four overs.
"Our progress in the league so far is good. We are unbeaten after five matches and hopefully we will keep on improving our game", said Union Development skipper Ali-Hassan Kassam after the match.
Bhatia skipper Jani was proud of his side's effort despite conceding the heavy defeat, saying the bowling weakness was the biggest drawback behind the defeat.
"We did our best but could not make it. Our bowling was not good, the bowlers conceded too many wides", he said.




SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
 
Simba camp in disarray




By The guardian reporter



31st January 2011



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Simba players held their chairman Ismail Aden Rage


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Barely few hours after their barren draw with Elan de Mistoudje here, Simba players held their chairman Ismail Aden Rage to a lengthy interrogation.
The players whose names are withheld asked Rage as to why some of them are more valued than others while they play together as a team to win.
For more than half an hour the players pinned Rage with a series of questions at the Moroni's Karthala hotel where the team has been accommodated.
Beside complaints that there is marginalisation among players and uncalled for double standards in resolving some of the player's issues, they have also expressed dissatisfaction for poor treatment whenever they lose a match.
A loss of a match has always been associated with accusations of betrayal linked with bribery allegations.
The players have also condemned a poor habit by some of the club's executive committee members who happen to interfere with coach Phiri's plan of action ahead of a match.
The executive members have been criticized for pressurizing the coach to field a line-up of their preference. They said their coach has to be set free to make line-ups of his choice.
"One of the executive committee member who accompanied the team here ordered Phiri to make substitution while this is at the coach's discretion", said one of the players.
"We were very disappointed to hear the member calling Phiri in high volume to make a substitution", said the player.
Rage has been told to rectify the situation as otherwise Simba's premiership title campaign will be at stake.
The players said their match against Mitsoudje was tough but they are not out of contention yet while staying confident to cross the first round hurdle.
Rage was tightlipped in connection to the player's complaints but admitted that it was a tough match.
He said Simba players came to realise that the Comoro side were a tough nut to crack at the eleventh hour.
He also praised the Comoro side for brilliant soccer and hinted that they now play a very enterprising soccer and are a force to reckon with.



SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
 
Stars line-up for Marathon




By The guardian reporter



31st January 2011



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President of Athletics Tanzania, Francis John, said top Tanzanian marathon stalwarts in the likes of Patrick Nyangero, Andrea Silvini, Daudi Joseph, Sarah Majah, Sarah Kavina and Banuelia Brighton will join a host of local and international competitors in next month's Kilimanjaro Marathon.
John Addison who happens to be one of the organisers of the event said over 35 countries are expected to field runners estimated to hit a 600 figure mark.
Expected competitors are from South Africa, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe, Kenya, New Zealand, China, Canada, USA, and Australia, France and Italy.
Participation of corporate teams in the Corporate Challenge which was introduced last year is also expected to create excitement.
The day-long event will be held on Sunday February 27 and competitors will battle in full marathon, half and five-kilometre fun run.
Cash prizes have been set aside but the organisers are yet to disclose.




SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
 
Coastal Union yachanua daraja la kwanza

Imeandikwa na Anna Makange, Tanga; Tarehe: 1st February 2011 @ 09:11

TIMU ya Coastal Union ya Tanga jana ilianza vyema kampeni yake ya kuwania kurudi Ligi Kuu Tanzania Bara baada ya kuifunga Villa Squad ya Dar es Salaam bao 1-0.

Mchezo huo wa Fainali za Ligi Daraja la Kwanza Tanzania Bara ulifanyika Uwanja wa Mkwakwani mjini hapa na ulikuwa wa ushindani mkubwa, kila timu ikionekana kupania kuibuka na ushindi.

Coastal na Villa Squad zote zilipata kucheza Ligi Kuu Tanzania Bara, hivyo mchezo wa jana ulikuwa wa miamba inayofahamu ladha ya ligi hiyo na chungu ya ligi waliyopo hivi sasa.

Bao hilo pekee lilifungwa na Ally Hasan sekunde chache kabla ya mapumziko kwa shuti kali.

Ofisa Habari wa Coastal Union, Benedict Kaguo alisema baada ya mchezo huo kuwa ushindi ulitokana na juhudi za wachezaji, kocha, viongozi na wanachama na kuomba ushirikiano huo uendelee mpaka timu ipande daraja.

Katika mechi zilizofanyika juzi Polisi Morogoro ilikubali kipigo cha mabao 2-0 kutoka kwa Moro United mchezo uliokuwa wa ushindani mkali.

Nayo TMK United ilitoka 0-0 na Rhino ya Tabora katika mchezo uliokuwa na ushindani wa hali ya juu.

Akizungumza kwa simu jana, Ofisa Habari wa TMK United, Limonga Justine alisema vijana wake walicheza kwa nguvu, lakini Rhino nayo ilijiandaa vilivyo.

Alisema leo TMK United inashuka tena uwanjani kucheza na Polisi Moro na kuongeza kuwa wana matumaini wataibuka na ushindi.

Fainali hizo zilizoanza Jumapili kwenye Uwanja wa Mkwakwani zinashirikisha timu tisa, ambapo timu nne za juu zitapanda daraja na kucheza Ligi Kuu Tanzanai Bara mwakani.

 

Liverpool and Chelsea in late spree on Andy Carroll and Fernando Torres

• Liverpool and Chelsea spending could reach combined £150m
• Fernando Torres the most expensive signing by a British club



  • Andy Hunter and Dominic Fifield
  • guardian.co.uk, Monday 31 January 2011 21.37 GMT <li class="history">Article history Andy Carroll arrives on Merseyside as the Liverpool and Chelsea transfer frenzy reaches its height. Photograph: Pa Wire/PA Liverpool and Chelsea produced an extraordinary finale to the January window yesterday when both broke the British transfer record to sign Andy Carroll and Fernando Torres respectively in a combined spending spree totalling £134.3m.
    Torres became the most expensive signing made by a British club when Chelsea finally met Liverpool's £50m asking price but it was the Anfield club's decision to pay £35m to lure Carroll from Newcastle United that caused the greater surprise on deadline day. Fenway Sports Group, Liverpool's owner, also secured the £22.8m signature of Luis Suárez from Ajax but failed with a £10m bid for Blackpool's Charlie Adam, while Roman Abramovich's outlay reached £76.5m when Chelsea sealed a deal worth £26.5m to purchase David Luiz from Benfica.
    Liverpool moved for Carroll after Torres insisted on joining the champions during talks with Kenny Dalglish on Sunday. An initial £25m offer was rejected by Newcastle but Liverpool were informed an additional £10m would be sufficient to sign a 22-year-old who has made only 41 appearances in the Premier League and won one England cap. FSG then sanctioned Liverpool's record transfer and Carroll flew to Merseyside in a private jet to undergo a medical and finalise terms. He submitted a transfer request once it became clear that Newcastle, who failed in a late attempt to re-sign Charles N'Zogbia for £10m from Wigan, were willing to sell.
    Carroll will form a new-look Liverpool attack with Suárez, who received his work permit last night. Both players, as well as Torres and David Luiz, signed five-and-a-half-year contracts with their new clubs. FSG attempted to take their spending towards £68m by signing Adam but Blackpool rejected offers of £8.5m and £10m for the Scotland international. Blackpool demanded £14m to sell their hugely influential captain, with Adam said to be devastated at Liverpool's reluctance to go that high.
    Liverpool's extravagance may appear to contradict Damien Comolli's brief as director of football strategy to find emerging talent at sensible prices but, having sold Torres and Ryan Babel for a total of £56m, their net spend in the window was only £1.8m. There will also be a reduction in the wage bill without the Spain international.
    Torres departed with Dalglish, Liverpool's caretaker manager, insisting the club were on the rise and could withstand any major loss, just as they did when he replaced Kevin Keegan as a player in 1977 and when he reinvested Ian Rush's transfer fee from Juventus in 1987. Dalglish said: "I started off at Celtic and moved on, but if Kevin Keegan had not gone, maybe I would not be here. It's no different now &#8211; people move on. The most important thing is the club. That is much more important and bigger than any one individual, no matter who has been through it previously and who will in the future &#8211; the club is the club. I will never forget that and anyone who does is being a wee bit stupid and irresponsible."
    Ironically, Torres had grown disillusioned at Anfield due to a lack of investment and its impact on the club's ability to compete for honours and qualify for the Champions League. The 26-year-old, Chelsea's new No9, signed too late to feature at Sunderland tonight but could make his debut against his former club at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Suárez, meanwhile, has been allocated Dalglish's former No7 jersey at Liverpool and Carroll will wear the No9 vacated by Torres.
    Chelsea's lavish outlay came on the day the club announced losses of £70.9m for the financial year ending June 2010, with Abramovich's sudden willingness to return to the mind-boggling spending of the early years of his ownership a reflection of the need to strengthen the champions' relatively thin squad. It means the oligarch effectively spent as much yesterday as he has on transfer fees since José Mourinho's departure from Stamford Bridge in the autumn of 2007.
    The payments for Torres will be spread over the five years of his £175,000-a-week contract. The striker will compete with Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka for a starting place at Chelsea, though his arrival may herald a change in style and tactical approach from Carlo Ancelotti and a switch from the manager's tried and trusted 4-3-3. The Spaniard is eligible to play in the Champions League, which was an attraction given Abramovich's obsession with claiming that trophy for the first time.
    The deal for David Luiz followed tortuous negotiations between Chelsea and Benfica, with the Premier League club emerging with a relatively favourable deal after the Portuguese's attempts at brinkmanship late last week. Twice the Benfica president, Luís Filipe Vieira, had threatened to pull the plug over the amount to be paid up front, though the final arrangement has not altered dramatically from that first offered by the London club.
    David Luiz will cost around £18m up front, with a further £3.5m to be paid in 2013 and the young Serb midfielder Nemanja Matic, valued at around £5m, moving in the opposite direction at the end of this season. He will stay until then on loan at Vitesse Arnhem in Holland, where he has been since the campaign started.
    David Luiz, a 23-year-old Brazilian, flew to London last night to take his medical and will ease the club's concerns at centre-half, where Alex and John Terry have suffered bouts of injury over the course of this season.ends
 

Liverpool and Chelsea in late spree on Andy Carroll and Fernando Torres

• Liverpool and Chelsea spending could reach combined £150m
• Fernando Torres the most expensive signing by a British club



  • Andy Hunter and Dominic Fifield
  • guardian.co.uk, Monday 31 January 2011 21.37 GMT <li class="history">Article history Andy Carroll arrives on Merseyside as the Liverpool and Chelsea transfer frenzy reaches its height. Photograph: Pa Wire/PA Liverpool and Chelsea produced an extraordinary finale to the January window yesterday when both broke the British transfer record to sign Andy Carroll and Fernando Torres respectively in a combined spending spree totalling £134.3m.
    Torres became the most expensive signing made by a British club when Chelsea finally met Liverpool's £50m asking price but it was the Anfield club's decision to pay £35m to lure Carroll from Newcastle United that caused the greater surprise on deadline day. Fenway Sports Group, Liverpool's owner, also secured the £22.8m signature of Luis Suárez from Ajax but failed with a £10m bid for Blackpool's Charlie Adam, while Roman Abramovich's outlay reached £76.5m when Chelsea sealed a deal worth £26.5m to purchase David Luiz from Benfica.
    Liverpool moved for Carroll after Torres insisted on joining the champions during talks with Kenny Dalglish on Sunday. An initial £25m offer was rejected by Newcastle but Liverpool were informed an additional £10m would be sufficient to sign a 22-year-old who has made only 41 appearances in the Premier League and won one England cap. FSG then sanctioned Liverpool's record transfer and Carroll flew to Merseyside in a private jet to undergo a medical and finalise terms. He submitted a transfer request once it became clear that Newcastle, who failed in a late attempt to re-sign Charles N'Zogbia for £10m from Wigan, were willing to sell.
    Carroll will form a new-look Liverpool attack with Suárez, who received his work permit last night. Both players, as well as Torres and David Luiz, signed five-and-a-half-year contracts with their new clubs. FSG attempted to take their spending towards £68m by signing Adam but Blackpool rejected offers of £8.5m and £10m for the Scotland international. Blackpool demanded £14m to sell their hugely influential captain, with Adam said to be devastated at Liverpool's reluctance to go that high.
    Liverpool's extravagance may appear to contradict Damien Comolli's brief as director of football strategy to find emerging talent at sensible prices but, having sold Torres and Ryan Babel for a total of £56m, their net spend in the window was only £1.8m. There will also be a reduction in the wage bill without the Spain international.
    Torres departed with Dalglish, Liverpool's caretaker manager, insisting the club were on the rise and could withstand any major loss, just as they did when he replaced Kevin Keegan as a player in 1977 and when he reinvested Ian Rush's transfer fee from Juventus in 1987. Dalglish said: "I started off at Celtic and moved on, but if Kevin Keegan had not gone, maybe I would not be here. It's no different now – people move on. The most important thing is the club. That is much more important and bigger than any one individual, no matter who has been through it previously and who will in the future – the club is the club. I will never forget that and anyone who does is being a wee bit stupid and irresponsible."
    Ironically, Torres had grown disillusioned at Anfield due to a lack of investment and its impact on the club's ability to compete for honours and qualify for the Champions League. The 26-year-old, Chelsea's new No9, signed too late to feature at Sunderland tonight but could make his debut against his former club at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Suárez, meanwhile, has been allocated Dalglish's former No7 jersey at Liverpool and Carroll will wear the No9 vacated by Torres.
    Chelsea's lavish outlay came on the day the club announced losses of £70.9m for the financial year ending June 2010, with Abramovich's sudden willingness to return to the mind-boggling spending of the early years of his ownership a reflection of the need to strengthen the champions' relatively thin squad. It means the oligarch effectively spent as much yesterday as he has on transfer fees since José Mourinho's departure from Stamford Bridge in the autumn of 2007.
    The payments for Torres will be spread over the five years of his £175,000-a-week contract. The striker will compete with Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka for a starting place at Chelsea, though his arrival may herald a change in style and tactical approach from Carlo Ancelotti and a switch from the manager's tried and trusted 4-3-3. The Spaniard is eligible to play in the Champions League, which was an attraction given Abramovich's obsession with claiming that trophy for the first time.
    The deal for David Luiz followed tortuous negotiations between Chelsea and Benfica, with the Premier League club emerging with a relatively favourable deal after the Portuguese's attempts at brinkmanship late last week. Twice the Benfica president, Luís Filipe Vieira, had threatened to pull the plug over the amount to be paid up front, though the final arrangement has not altered dramatically from that first offered by the London club.
    David Luiz will cost around £18m up front, with a further £3.5m to be paid in 2013 and the young Serb midfielder Nemanja Matic, valued at around £5m, moving in the opposite direction at the end of this season. He will stay until then on loan at Vitesse Arnhem in Holland, where he has been since the campaign started.
    David Luiz, a 23-year-old Brazilian, flew to London last night to take his medical and will ease the club's concerns at centre-half, where Alex and John Terry have suffered bouts of injury over the course of this season.ends
 
Simba wachekelea sare ya Comoro

Imeandikwa na Evance Ng'ingo; Tarehe: 1st February 2011 @ 09:10

KOCHA Mkuu wa timu ya Simba Patrick Phiri, amesema amefurahishwa na matokeo ya sare ya bila kufungana waliyopata dhidi ya Elan Club de Mitsoudje ya Comoro mwishoni mwa wiki.

Simba ilipata matokeo hayo katika mchezo wa kwanza hatua ya awali uliofanyika Jumamosi mjini Moroni, hivyo ili isonge mbele italazimika kupata ushindi wa aina yoyote zitakaporudiana Dar es Salaam mwishoni mwa wiki ijayo.

Akizungumza na waandishi wa habari jana Uwanja wa Ndege wa Julius Nyerere, Phiri alisema timu yake ingekuwa katika hali mbaya iwapo ingefungwa kwani Wacomoro walikuwa vizuri.

Alisema atakipanga kikosi chake vyema ili kuhakikisha wachezaji wake wanashinda mechi ya marudiano na kuwa Elan Club de Mitsoudje ni kubwa na siyo kama walivyokuwa wakiifikiria awali.

Naye Makamu Mwenyekiti wa Simba, Geofrey Nyange alisema awali wachezaji waliondoka wakiwa na hali ya kuudharau mchezo huo kwa kuwa walidhani wanaenda kucheza mechi ya kawaida.

Alisema kuwa hali ilikuwa tofauti kwa kuwa timu hiyo ya Comoro ni bora na kiwango cha mchezo wao ni kikubwa.

Simba ikifanikiwa kuitoa timu hiyo ya Comoro itakumbana na TP Mazembe kutoka Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo (DRC), ambayo ni bingwa mtetezi wa michuano hiyo.

Wakati huohuo, timu ya Zanzibar Ocean View juzi ilijiweka katika wakati mgumu kusonga mbele katika michuano hiyo baada ya kufungana bao 1-1 na AS Vita ya DRC.

Mchezo huo wa Ligi ya Mabingwa Afrika ulifanyika Uwanja wa Amaan Zanzibar, ambapo wenyeji ilibidi wasubiri hadi dakika ya 87 kushangilia bao la kusawazisha lililofungwa na Kheir Salum.

AS Vita ilikuwa ya kwanza kupata bao dakika ya 72 mfungaji akiwa Mfungoung Alfred, hivyo Zanzibar Ocean View itahitajika ipate ushindi ama sare ya kuanzia mabao 2-2 itakuwa imesonga mbele zitakaporudiana nchini DRC mwishoni mwa wiki ijayo.

Lakini matokeo hayo ni afadhali pia kwa Zanzibar Ocean View baada ya Jumamosi wawakilishi wa Zanzibar katika michuano ya Kombe la Shirikisho, KMKM kuchapwa mabao 4-0 na DC Motema Pembe ya DRC.
 
KOMBE LA SHIRIKISHO AFRIKA

Monday, 31 January 2011 19:28 newsroom



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NA SOPHIA ASHERY
WAKATI timu ya Yanga inaingia kambini leo kujiwinda na Ligi Kuu Tanzania Bara inayoendelea, Kocha Msaidizi wa timu hiyo, Fred Minziro, ametoa tahadhari kubwa kwa uongozi wa klabu hiyo.
Tahadhari hiyo imekuja siku chache baada ya Yanga kuanza kwa sare ya mabao 4-4 na timu ya Dedebit ya Ethiopia, katika mchezo wa awali wa Kombe la Shirikisho uliofanyika mwishoni mwa wiki iliyopita. Akizungumza Dar es Salaam, jana, Minziro alisema kama migogoro inayoendelea ndani ya klabu yake haitakoma, kuna uwezekano mkubwa wa timu kufanya vibaya.
Minziro alisema timu yake itafanya vibaya kwa kuwa hakuna kiongozi ambaye atakuwa na muda na timu, na badala yake kila mtu atatega masikio kusikiliza kitu gani kinaendelea na kuiacha timu.
Alisema ni matarajio yake kuwa migogoro ya chini kwa chini na malumbano yanayoendelea baina ya viongozi wa klabu hiyo, yatamalizika na kuwapa nafasi ya kushughulikia timu ambayo inakabiliwa na majukumu makubwa.
"Tuna deni katika michuano ya kimataifa na ni lazima tukienda Ethiopia tushinde, hivyo huu si wakati wa kuvutana, ni wakati wa kuelekeza nguvu katika timu na kuachana na mambo mengine," alisema Minziro aliyekabidhiwa mikoba ya kuinoa timu hiyo kufuatia kujiondoa kwa kocha mkuu wa timu hiyo, Kostadin Papic.
Akizungumzia hali katika timu yake, Minziro alisema kikosi chake kiko katika hali nzuri na kinaendelea na mzoezi kujiandaa kwa michezo yake ya ligi kuu.
Alisema kwa sasa bado anaisoma timu hiyo kabla ya kufanya mabadiliko katika timu hiyo yatayoifanya kucheza kwa kasi na kufuata maelekezo yake.
Yanga mwishoni mwa wiki iliyopita ilitoka sare ya 4-4 na Dedebit ya Ethiopia, katika mchezo ambao timu hiyo ilicheza chini ya kiwango.
Kiwango duni cha mchezo huo kimesababisha tuhuma kwamba baadhi ya wanachama mashuhuri wameihujumu ili ifanye vibaya, ili kuwatia hasira wanachama wawafukuze baadhi ya viongozi kwa madai ya timu kushindwa kufanya vizuri kwenye
mashindano.
 
Mwinuka aibuka kidedea gofu Dar es Salaam

Imeandikwa na Mwandishi Wetu; Tarehe: 1st February 2011 @ 09:09

MWENYEJI Frank Mwinuka ameibuka bingwa wa michuano ya gofu ya Shujaa wa mwaka 2010.

Michuano hiyo ya siku moja ya aina yake ilifanyika kwenye Viwanja vya Klabu ya Jeshi la Ulinzi la Wananchi Tanzania (JWTZ) Lugalo, Dar es Salaam mwishoni mwa wiki iliyopita.

Katika michuano hiyo iliyoshirikisha wachezaji 40 waliopambana katika viwanja 54 kwa siku moja, shujaa huyo alipatikana baada ya kukusanya jumla ya pointi 100.

Alikusanya pointi 42 katika viwanja 18 vya kwanza, 28 na 30 raundi ya pili na tatu.

Kwa upande wa wanawake mchezaji mahiri wa klabu ya Gymkhana Dar es Salaam, Mwanaidi Ibrahim ndiye ambaye alitamba baada ya kuwashinda wapinzani wengine akiwa na pointi 75 (25,28 na 22).

Michuano hiyo ya aina yake iliandaliwa na klabu ya Lugalo kwa lengo la kupima ubavu wa wachezaji katika viwanja hivyo 54 katika hali isiyo ya kawaida.

Kwa kawaida michuano ya gofu ya viwanja 54 hufanyika kwa siku tatu (viwanja 18 kwa siku). Haikuwa rahisi kwa baadhi ya wachezaji hasa kutokana na joto kali la Dar es Salaam.

Wachezaji wanne walicheza raundi mbili wakati watano walishindwa kumaliza. Nahodha wa Lugalo, Samuel Hagu alifananisha michuano hiyo na mbio za marathon.

"Tunafahamu ugumu wa michuano ndio sababu tuliipa jina la shujaa, hata marathon wanariadha wanapambana hadi kufikia karibu kiwango cha mwisho cha uwezo wa kawaida na shujaa anapatikana."

Michuano hiyo ilishirikisha wachezaji wanaume na wanawake kutoka wenyeji Lugalo na Klabu ya Gymkhana Dar es Salaam
 
Transfer frenzy goes straight to No1 in compendium of splurges

For £35m Andy Carroll will have to be John Toshack and Ian Rush rolled into one




  • Andy Carroll's transfer fee exceeds the £34m paid by *Barcelona to Valencia for David Villa. Photograph: Scott Heppell/AP Seventy-two minutes into his England career Andrew Thomas Carroll is a £35m striker who now walks the path of Ian Rush, Robbie Fowler, Michael Owen and Kenny Dalglish, who broke the British transfer record for him to soften the blow of losing Fernando Torres for £50m to Chelsea. And they say January is the dullest month.
    This outlandish episode shoots straight to No1 in the Premier League compendium of fantastical splurges. While Britain's economy shrinks, football's spending rages on. More than ever goal-scorers are the must-have gods with Edin Dzeko (£27m), Darren Bent (£18m-£24m) and Luis Suárez (£23m) now joined by Torres and Carroll on the winter roundabout.
    Spot the odd one out. In a recession, these all are extravagant acts but only Carroll can be described as a punt. Anfield's raid on Tyneside is a spectacular riposte to the loss of Torres to Roman Abramovich's Chelsea, where crises tended to end with a P45 for the manager before the oligarch rediscovered his bite in the transfer market.
    Liverpool's move for Carroll should be seen in the context of their earlier purchase of Suárez. For a few dollars more than they will receive for El Niño, Dalglish and the Fenway Sports Group have bought themselves a double and complimentary strike force. In the space of a week a faltering team has been fundamentally rebuilt at the cost of expelling an employee who wanted to leave way back in the summer.
    The Kop will awake to a whole new age: 31 January 2011 is bound for their transfer hall of fame. Suárez, Diego Forlán's Uruguayan accomplice, and Carroll, a 22-year-old from Gateshead, are unlikely to strike up a swift verbal rapport, but a Uefa coaching badge is not required to see how they might function together, with Carroll frightening the lunch out of opposing centre-halves and Suárez applying more subtle virtues around the edges.
    The mind-shrivelling size of the Carroll fee is misleading in the sense that Liverpool were suddenly cash rich and time poor. Rather than parading the Suárez acquisition as the start of a rebirth, they trebled the impact by buying Carroll. Thus they wiped Torres from their history. A great club in trouble can either creep towards salvation or elect to arrive there by shock and awe.
    So much for Sabermetrics and the search for buried talent. Carroll is potential, certainly, but Moneyball was never about £35m gambles. Born on the day of the epiphany, the new Duncan Ferguson will have to be John Toshack and Rush rolled into one for that sum to make sense but he has youth on his side as well as the admiration of some of the game's best judges.
    Fabio Capello, who has learned by now that few young England players arrive without a lively social history, has identified Carroll as a candidate for the Emile Heskey line-leading role (Heskey, with goals, that is). Without irony he calls the young Geordie "a fighter" and granted him his first full cap in the 2-1 home defeat to France. Scaring the opposition into submission presents itself as an alternative to out-passing the world elite. But for this to work Carroll will have to develop his work on the floor, where his dexterity, though good, is inevitably a support act to his extraordinary aerial power.
    The altitude of Liverpool's attacking play will rise more than when Peter Crouch wore the crest. Crouch is a tall man forced to head the ball, often against his will. Carroll's forehead and youthful aggression are his primary weapons. For him attacking high balls is a compulsion: an act of subjugation. This classically British urge has drawn comparisons with Ferguson, Les Ferdinand and Alan Shearer &#8211; all fellow Newcastle centre-forwards.
    But for a 22-year-old with a conviction for common assault and a history of training&#8209;ground punch-ups to command a fee in excess of the £34m paid by Barcelona to Valencia for David Villa is an astonishing affirmation of the Premier League's capacity to employ spending as an alternative form of entertainment. The Torres-Carroll carry-on was easily the most dramatic since transfer windows were introduced. Dzeko, Suárez and Bent had already set the scene for this last-day largesse.
    Pre-Torres, only six players had fetched more than Newcastle managed to extract from Liverpool for a forward who was in the Championship last season, and who has 11 Premier League goals this term. Cristiano Ronaldo's £80m from Manchester United to Real Madrid leads the way, followed by Zlatan Ibrahimovic (£56.5m), Kaká (£56m), Zinedine Zidane (£45m), Luis Figo (£37m) and Hernán Crespo (£35.5m).
    Carroll has no business being on this all-time aristocratic list but the politics of the Torres deal acted as a windfall for Newcastle. Pity that the north-east has tended to operate as a nursery ground for other regions. Carroll's loss is redolent of Paul Gascoigne's flight from St James' Park and the loss of Shearer until Kevin Keegan managed to bring him back. There is already a filmic quality to Carroll's life. The scene where his car is torched on the driveway of the club captain (Kevin Nolan) after an allegation of violence against a former girlfriend (no charges were laid) reads like Premier League bling fiction, a bit like that £35m fee &#8211; a brick through the January window.
 
Transfer frenzy goes straight to No1 in compendium of splurges

For £35m Andy Carroll will have to be John Toshack and Ian Rush rolled into one




  • Andy Carroll's transfer fee exceeds the £34m paid by *Barcelona to Valencia for David Villa. Photograph: Scott Heppell/AP Seventy-two minutes into his England career Andrew Thomas Carroll is a £35m striker who now walks the path of Ian Rush, Robbie Fowler, Michael Owen and Kenny Dalglish, who broke the British transfer record for him to soften the blow of losing Fernando Torres for £50m to Chelsea. And they say January is the dullest month.
    This outlandish episode shoots straight to No1 in the Premier League compendium of fantastical splurges. While Britain's economy shrinks, football's spending rages on. More than ever goal-scorers are the must-have gods with Edin Dzeko (£27m), Darren Bent (£18m-£24m) and Luis Suárez (£23m) now joined by Torres and Carroll on the winter roundabout.
    Spot the odd one out. In a recession, these all are extravagant acts but only Carroll can be described as a punt. Anfield's raid on Tyneside is a spectacular riposte to the loss of Torres to Roman Abramovich's Chelsea, where crises tended to end with a P45 for the manager before the oligarch rediscovered his bite in the transfer market.
    Liverpool's move for Carroll should be seen in the context of their earlier purchase of Suárez. For a few dollars more than they will receive for El Niño, Dalglish and the Fenway Sports Group have bought themselves a double and complimentary strike force. In the space of a week a faltering team has been fundamentally rebuilt at the cost of expelling an employee who wanted to leave way back in the summer.
    The Kop will awake to a whole new age: 31 January 2011 is bound for their transfer hall of fame. Suárez, Diego Forlán's Uruguayan accomplice, and Carroll, a 22-year-old from Gateshead, are unlikely to strike up a swift verbal rapport, but a Uefa coaching badge is not required to see how they might function together, with Carroll frightening the lunch out of opposing centre-halves and Suárez applying more subtle virtues around the edges.
    The mind-shrivelling size of the Carroll fee is misleading in the sense that Liverpool were suddenly cash rich and time poor. Rather than parading the Suárez acquisition as the start of a rebirth, they trebled the impact by buying Carroll. Thus they wiped Torres from their history. A great club in trouble can either creep towards salvation or elect to arrive there by shock and awe.
    So much for Sabermetrics and the search for buried talent. Carroll is potential, certainly, but Moneyball was never about £35m gambles. Born on the day of the epiphany, the new Duncan Ferguson will have to be John Toshack and Rush rolled into one for that sum to make sense but he has youth on his side as well as the admiration of some of the game's best judges.
    Fabio Capello, who has learned by now that few young England players arrive without a lively social history, has identified Carroll as a candidate for the Emile Heskey line-leading role (Heskey, with goals, that is). Without irony he calls the young Geordie "a fighter" and granted him his first full cap in the 2-1 home defeat to France. Scaring the opposition into submission presents itself as an alternative to out-passing the world elite. But for this to work Carroll will have to develop his work on the floor, where his dexterity, though good, is inevitably a support act to his extraordinary aerial power.
    The altitude of Liverpool's attacking play will rise more than when Peter Crouch wore the crest. Crouch is a tall man forced to head the ball, often against his will. Carroll's forehead and youthful aggression are his primary weapons. For him attacking high balls is a compulsion: an act of subjugation. This classically British urge has drawn comparisons with Ferguson, Les Ferdinand and Alan Shearer – all fellow Newcastle centre-forwards.
    But for a 22-year-old with a conviction for common assault and a history of training&#8209;ground punch-ups to command a fee in excess of the £34m paid by Barcelona to Valencia for David Villa is an astonishing affirmation of the Premier League's capacity to employ spending as an alternative form of entertainment. The Torres-Carroll carry-on was easily the most dramatic since transfer windows were introduced. Dzeko, Suárez and Bent had already set the scene for this last-day largesse.
    Pre-Torres, only six players had fetched more than Newcastle managed to extract from Liverpool for a forward who was in the Championship last season, and who has 11 Premier League goals this term. Cristiano Ronaldo's £80m from Manchester United to Real Madrid leads the way, followed by Zlatan Ibrahimovic (£56.5m), Kaká (£56m), Zinedine Zidane (£45m), Luis Figo (£37m) and Hernán Crespo (£35.5m).
    Carroll has no business being on this all-time aristocratic list but the politics of the Torres deal acted as a windfall for Newcastle. Pity that the north-east has tended to operate as a nursery ground for other regions. Carroll's loss is redolent of Paul Gascoigne's flight from St James' Park and the loss of Shearer until Kevin Keegan managed to bring him back. There is already a filmic quality to Carroll's life. The scene where his car is torched on the driveway of the club captain (Kevin Nolan) after an allegation of violence against a former girlfriend (no charges were laid) reads like Premier League bling fiction, a bit like that £35m fee – a brick through the January window.
 
Fernando Torres could prove to be a bargain for Chelsea at £50m

The striker is capable of breathing new life into an ageing side &#8211; if he can cope with the level of expectation




  • Fernando Torres will be under pressure at Chelsea to justify the size of the transfer fee paid to Liverpool. Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/EPA When Fernando Torres had his medical with Chelsea, it would have been helpful if the club could have checked how great a load he can carry. Unfortunately the weight he must bear is all in the mind and no one can tell whether he will buckle or not. The £50m price is a measure of his ability, but also of the expectations that await him.
    The manager, Carlo Ancelotti, will strive to play down the demands made of the newcomer. Torres, it is true, will not be treated as a man capable of turning back time single-handed. Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard and Nicolas Anelka will continue to be players of an attacking style who are turning into veterans. Anelka, 32 in March, is the youngest of them. In that same month Torres turns 27 and the period ahead ought, in theory, to be his zenith.
    There is an issue over integration into the line-up. Chelsea, in common with most clubs, employ one centre-forward, with Anelka in a slightly wider and deeper position and Drogba as the spearhead. With the advent of Torres, the Ivorian might seem the player most likely to be displaced, although he does not seem the sort to accept demotion placidly. Ancelotti may have been making a pre-emptive effort last week to mollify the striker.
    "In general Drogba can play with anybody, including Fernando Torres," the manager said. "Didier's in great form &#8211; his malaria has gone and he looked in fantastic condition at Bolton. From now to the end of the season, he will be fantastic for us."
    This line of argument would imply that Chelsea will revert to a 4-4-2 system, regardless of the fact that such a formation is rare among prominent teams. Given his relative youth, it should be Torres who is preferred if and when it becomes essential to choose a single striker. The fee indicates just how much the club is counting on him.
    All transfers, regardless of the fee, carry an element of risk. It would be an absurdity as much as an insult to suppose that Chelsea have not considered the Spaniard's medical history. Groin and hamstring injuries, as well as knee surgery, will have been noted, but Torres does not really come across as an invalid. His total of nine goals for Liverpool at this stage in the campaign requires no apology, particularly since the team's form had been abject until recently. He did reach a tally of 33 in the 2007&#8209;08 campaign, but any subsequent decline in impact is nowhere as steep as that of the Anfield squad as a whole. It must have been of great benefit to Torres three years ago that Xabi Alonso and Javier Mascherano were around to give the side such a base in midfield.
    Chelsea have a footballer who is likely to improve the team noticeably. It would have been better for the club if they could have identified undervalued footballers who then made their names at Stamford Bridge. Some recruitment has been good and, considering the inflation in transfer prices when Chelsea express an interest, it was a coup to get the defender Branislav Ivanovic for £9m.
    More generally, the club has had trouble doing smart business. Daniel Sturridge was taken from Manchester City, with an initial sum of £3.5m paid in compensation. At the end of this transfer window, however, Chelsea were prepared to let him go to Bolton Wanderers on loan. On the whole, they have much to do before anyone is convinced that they can renovate the squad more cheaply in the year ahead.
    Frank Arnesen will be leaving the club in the summer. He was appointed in 2005 to locate emerging talent, but there have been no real coups. Josh McEachran could well turn out to be one, but the 17-year-old midfielder has been connected to Chelsea since he was eight. It has to be stressed that there have not been too many native prodigies to be uncovered, which explains the justified amazement when someone such as Arsenal's Jack Wilshere appears on the scene.
    Clubs of means sigh and meet the cost of someone like Torres. The owner, Roman Abramovich, may have in mind one particular return on the investment in Chelsea. It looks too late for the Premier League to be retained, but the forward is eligible for the Champions League. A price of £50m might be seen as a bargain if it delivers the great prize that has so far been denied the club's owner.
 
Fernando Torres could prove to be a bargain for Chelsea at £50m

The striker is capable of breathing new life into an ageing side – if he can cope with the level of expectation




  • Fernando Torres will be under pressure at Chelsea to justify the size of the transfer fee paid to Liverpool. Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/EPA When Fernando Torres had his medical with Chelsea, it would have been helpful if the club could have checked how great a load he can carry. Unfortunately the weight he must bear is all in the mind and no one can tell whether he will buckle or not. The £50m price is a measure of his ability, but also of the expectations that await him.
    The manager, Carlo Ancelotti, will strive to play down the demands made of the newcomer. Torres, it is true, will not be treated as a man capable of turning back time single-handed. Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard and Nicolas Anelka will continue to be players of an attacking style who are turning into veterans. Anelka, 32 in March, is the youngest of them. In that same month Torres turns 27 and the period ahead ought, in theory, to be his zenith.
    There is an issue over integration into the line-up. Chelsea, in common with most clubs, employ one centre-forward, with Anelka in a slightly wider and deeper position and Drogba as the spearhead. With the advent of Torres, the Ivorian might seem the player most likely to be displaced, although he does not seem the sort to accept demotion placidly. Ancelotti may have been making a pre-emptive effort last week to mollify the striker.
    "In general Drogba can play with anybody, including Fernando Torres," the manager said. "Didier's in great form – his malaria has gone and he looked in fantastic condition at Bolton. From now to the end of the season, he will be fantastic for us."
    This line of argument would imply that Chelsea will revert to a 4-4-2 system, regardless of the fact that such a formation is rare among prominent teams. Given his relative youth, it should be Torres who is preferred if and when it becomes essential to choose a single striker. The fee indicates just how much the club is counting on him.
    All transfers, regardless of the fee, carry an element of risk. It would be an absurdity as much as an insult to suppose that Chelsea have not considered the Spaniard's medical history. Groin and hamstring injuries, as well as knee surgery, will have been noted, but Torres does not really come across as an invalid. His total of nine goals for Liverpool at this stage in the campaign requires no apology, particularly since the team's form had been abject until recently. He did reach a tally of 33 in the 2007&#8209;08 campaign, but any subsequent decline in impact is nowhere as steep as that of the Anfield squad as a whole. It must have been of great benefit to Torres three years ago that Xabi Alonso and Javier Mascherano were around to give the side such a base in midfield.
    Chelsea have a footballer who is likely to improve the team noticeably. It would have been better for the club if they could have identified undervalued footballers who then made their names at Stamford Bridge. Some recruitment has been good and, considering the inflation in transfer prices when Chelsea express an interest, it was a coup to get the defender Branislav Ivanovic for £9m.
    More generally, the club has had trouble doing smart business. Daniel Sturridge was taken from Manchester City, with an initial sum of £3.5m paid in compensation. At the end of this transfer window, however, Chelsea were prepared to let him go to Bolton Wanderers on loan. On the whole, they have much to do before anyone is convinced that they can renovate the squad more cheaply in the year ahead.
    Frank Arnesen will be leaving the club in the summer. He was appointed in 2005 to locate emerging talent, but there have been no real coups. Josh McEachran could well turn out to be one, but the 17-year-old midfielder has been connected to Chelsea since he was eight. It has to be stressed that there have not been too many native prodigies to be uncovered, which explains the justified amazement when someone such as Arsenal's Jack Wilshere appears on the scene.
    Clubs of means sigh and meet the cost of someone like Torres. The owner, Roman Abramovich, may have in mind one particular return on the investment in Chelsea. It looks too late for the Premier League to be retained, but the forward is eligible for the Champions League. A price of £50m might be seen as a bargain if it delivers the great prize that has so far been denied the club's owner.
 

Fernando Torres: Joining Chelsea is a 'big step forward'

&#8226; Torres says 'this is the top level' after leaving Liverpool
&#8226; Striker reveals talks had been going on for 12 days



  • Dominic Fifield
  • The Guardian, Tuesday 1 February 2011 <li class="history">Article history Fernando Torres poses with a Chelsea shirt after completing his £50m move from Liverpool. Photograph: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty Images Fernando Torres last night claimed he had advanced his career by joining "one of the top-level clubs in the world" after finalising his British transfer record £50m move from Liverpool to Chelsea.
    The Spain international signed a five-and-a-half-year contract at Stamford Bridge last night worth £175,000 a week and revealed that discussions had been going on between the clubs for almost two weeks.
    "I'm so, so happy and so, so proud to be here, finally, after these 12 days of conversations," said Torres on Chelsea TV. "But, at the end of the day, I can say I'm a Chelsea player and I'm really, really happy. This is the kind of team I like to play against because that motivates me, but it's the kind of team I want to play for. It's always very tough playing against Chelsea, it's one of the biggest teams in Europe, always fighting for everything.
    "So, after this, there are no more steps forward. This is the top level. The target for every footballer is to try and play at one of the top-level clubs in the world, and I can do it now. I have to be very, very happy as I am. The last three or four days have been very hard for me, especially after everything I have lived in Liverpool.
    "But, as I said before, I can say I'm a Chelsea player now. I'm really happy and I'm sure I am doing one big step forward in my career joining a club like Chelsea. This is a great club, a real responsibility and everyone is expecting great things about me and I'm prepared and ready for the challenge."
    The Chelsea chairman, Bruce Buck, who also completed a £26.5m deal for Benfica's David Luiz, said: "This is a very significant day for Chelsea, capturing one of the best players in the world with his peak years ahead of him. We have long admired the talents of a player who is a proven goalscorer in English football and Fernando's arrival is a sign of our continuing high ambitions. I hope every Chelsea fan is as excited as I am with this news."
 

Fernando Torres: Joining Chelsea is a 'big step forward'

• Torres says 'this is the top level' after leaving Liverpool
• Striker reveals talks had been going on for 12 days



  • Dominic Fifield
  • The Guardian, Tuesday 1 February 2011 <li class="history">Article history Fernando Torres poses with a Chelsea shirt after completing his £50m move from Liverpool. Photograph: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty Images Fernando Torres last night claimed he had advanced his career by joining "one of the top-level clubs in the world" after finalising his British transfer record £50m move from Liverpool to Chelsea.
    The Spain international signed a five-and-a-half-year contract at Stamford Bridge last night worth £175,000 a week and revealed that discussions had been going on between the clubs for almost two weeks.
    "I'm so, so happy and so, so proud to be here, finally, after these 12 days of conversations," said Torres on Chelsea TV. "But, at the end of the day, I can say I'm a Chelsea player and I'm really, really happy. This is the kind of team I like to play against because that motivates me, but it's the kind of team I want to play for. It's always very tough playing against Chelsea, it's one of the biggest teams in Europe, always fighting for everything.
    "So, after this, there are no more steps forward. This is the top level. The target for every footballer is to try and play at one of the top-level clubs in the world, and I can do it now. I have to be very, very happy as I am. The last three or four days have been very hard for me, especially after everything I have lived in Liverpool.
    "But, as I said before, I can say I'm a Chelsea player now. I'm really happy and I'm sure I am doing one big step forward in my career joining a club like Chelsea. This is a great club, a real responsibility and everyone is expecting great things about me and I'm prepared and ready for the challenge."
    The Chelsea chairman, Bruce Buck, who also completed a £26.5m deal for Benfica's David Luiz, said: "This is a very significant day for Chelsea, capturing one of the best players in the world with his peak years ahead of him. We have long admired the talents of a player who is a proven goalscorer in English football and Fernando's arrival is a sign of our continuing high ambitions. I hope every Chelsea fan is as excited as I am with this news."
 
Makundi ligi Arusha yatajwa

Imeandikwa na John Mhala, Arusha; Tarehe: 1st February 2011 @ 09:08

TIMU 13 zinazoshiriki Ligi ya Taifa ya ngazi ya Mkoa wa Arusha zimepangwa katika makundi mawili na ligi hiyo itachezwa Uwanja wa Shekh Amri Abeid.

Katibu wa Chama cha Soka Mkoa wa Arusha (ARFA), Adamu Brown alisema kila kundi litatoa timu tatu zitakazoshiriki hatua ya fainali itakayoshirikisha timu sita ili kupata bingwa mmoja wa Mkoa wa Arusha.

Brown alitaja Kundi A litakuwa na timu za Polisi, Mana Baptisti na Jamhuri zote za Arusha, Duluti na Burka za Wilaya ya Arumeru na Nyati ya wilayani Monduli.

Alisema Kundi B kutakuwa na timu za Golden Kids na Flamengo za Arusha, Usa Star na Momela za wilayani Arumeru, Namanga Star ya Wilaya ya Longido na Mbuni ya Monduli.

Katibu huyo wa ARFA alisema ligi hiyo itaanza kama ilivyopangwa Februari 6 mwaka huu na timu shiriki zinapaswa kuheshimu taratibu zilizowekwa na Shirikisho la Soka Tanzania (TFF).

Aliwaonya baadhi ya viongozi ambao ni watovu wa nidhamu na kwamba atakayekwenda kinyume na taratibu za soka hatua kali zitachukuliwa dhidi yake.
 
AS Vita yaidhibiti Zanzibar Ocean View nyumbani

Monday, 31 January 2011 19:27 newsroom



NA ABOUD MAHMOUD, ZANZIBAR
MABINGWA wa soka wa Zanzibar, Zanzibar Ocean View, amejiweka katika mazingira magumu ya kusonga mbele
katika michuano ya ligi ya mabingwa barani Afrika, baada ya kukubali kulazimishwa sare ya baoa 1-1 na mabingwa
Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasi ya Congo (DRC), AS Vita.
Timu hizo zilizopambana juzi usiku mjini hapa, zilicheza soka ya nguvu iliyojaa ushindani, ambapo kila timu
ilionyesha ufundi wa kusakata soka, ingawa wageni walionekana kulimiliki zaidi pambano hilo.
Katika kipindi kizima cha kwanza, Zanzibar Ocean View wakitumia nafasi yao ya kuwa wenyeji, walilisakama lango
la wapinzani wao, lakini AS Vita ilisimama imara kuhakikisha hatari zilizoelekewa langoni kwao hazisababishi
madhara.
Pamoja na timu hizo kusambuliana kwa zamu, Wacongomani waliotafuta kila mbinu kusaka bao la kuongoza, lakini
hadi mapumziko hakukuwa na timu iliyoona lango la mwenzake.
Kipindi cha pili kilipoanza, hali iliendelea kuwa ile ile ya kushambuliana kwa zamu hadi dakika ya 72, ambapo AS Vita
iliwashangaza wenyeji wao kwa kupachika bao la kuongoza.
Bao hilo lilifungwa na mshambuliaji wake machachari Alfred. Kuingia kwa bao hilo kuliwastua Zanzibar Ocean View,
na kuelekeza mashambulizi ya mfululizo langoni kwa AS Vita ikisaka bao la kusawazisha, ambalo ililipata katika dakika ya 87.
Alikuwa mshambuliaji Kheri Salum aliyekuwa shujaa wa mabingwa hao wa Zanzibar, ambaye aliinusuru timu yake
kuanza michuano hiyo mwaka huu kwa kufungwa nyumbani.
AS Vita iliondoka hapa jana kurejea kwao, na timu hizo zitarudiani nchini DRC baada ya wiki mbili, ambapo timu
itakayofanikiwa kucheza raundi ya kwanza ya mashindano hayo itakapojulikana.
 
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