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Watanzania waaswa kununua filamu halisi


na Andrew Chale, Zanzibar

MKURUGENZI wa Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF), Prof. Martin Mhando, amewataka Watanzania kujitokeza na kununua kazi halisi ili kukuza soko na uchumi wa nchi. Prof. Mhando alitoa wito huo jana alipokuwa akizungumza na waandishi wa habari ndani ya ukumbi wa Ngome Kongwe mjini Zanzibar.
Alisema kuwa tayari wasanii wa Tanzania wamewewza kupiga hatua katika kutoa filamu mbalimbali, ambazo nyingi kati ya hizo zina mafundisho.
"Tumetoka mbali katika tasnia hii ya filamu kwa nchi yetu, hivyo kwa kuwa hii ni ajira rasmi, Watanzania tujitokeze kununua nakala halisi ili kukuza soko letu na filamu ziendelezee kukuza uchumi wa nchi yetu" alisema Prof. Mhando.
Mbali na hilo, pia alishahuri Tanzania kuundwe Kamisheni ya Filamu, ambayo itasaidia kuiletea nchi matunda mazuri, huku bodi ya filamu iliyoundwa ikiendelea kusimamia ushauri na kamati mbalimbali za maadili.
Pia alisema, kwa mwaka huu ZIFF imejipanga katika kuzipeleka filamu za Watanzania nje ya nchi ili kushiriki katika matamasha makubwa, ikiwemo tamasha la Afrika litakalofanyika nchini Bukinafaso Februari mwaka huu.
"Jumla ya filamu mbili zitakazoshinda leo (jana) kwenye tamasha hili dogo la ZIFF (Mini-Festival), zitaiwakilisha nchi kwenye tamasha la filam Afrika nchini Bukinafaso na bado tunaendelea na taratibu nyingine ili kuona filam zetu zinaonekana sehemu nyingi Duniani" alisema Prof. Mhando.
Aidha, kwa upande wake, Meneja Masoko wa Steps Entertainment, Ignatus Kambarage, aliwataka wananchi kujitokeza kununua nakala za filamu halisi ili kuweza kukuza vipato vya wasanii.
Alisema, ukinunua nakala halisi unaongeza kipato cha serikali na hata kwa wasanii na wananchi kwa ujumla.

 

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Flora Mbasha afungua studio


na Zainab Mlimbila

MUIMBAJI mahiri wa nyimbo za Injili hapa nchini, Flora Mbasha, amefungua studio yake inayokwenda kwa jina la Flem. Kwa mujibu wa msanii huyo, Flem Studio iko Tabata Kimanga jijini Dar es Salaam na wamepania kutoa kazi zenye ubora wa uhakika na gharama nafuu.
Mbasha alisema katika studio hiyo wanarekodi Audio na Video katika viwango bora na gharama nafuu.
Pia aliongeza kuwa pia kuna huduma ya hosteli, ambako malazi ni bure kwa wale wanaotokea mikoani.
Msanii huyo anatamba na nyimbo zake mbalimbali zenye ujumbe wa kumsifu na kumwabudu Mungu zikiwemo, Tanzania , Unifiche , Maisha ya Ndoa , Aliteseka , Jipe Moyo , Furaha Yako na nyinginezo.

 

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Stars kuanza kusaka heshima leo
• Kuvaana na Burundi Gumbo Machupa waifuata

na Juma Kasesa

TIMU ya Taifa ya Tanzania Taifa Stars leo inaanza kutupa karata yake ya kwanza katika mashindano ya nchi za Ukanda wa Bonde la mto Nile na Ziwa Victoria Nile Basin , itakapovaana na Burundi Indamba Murugamba , kwenye Uwanja Taifa mjini Cairo, Misri. Stars inayonolewa na Mdenish Jan Poulsen ambaye aliungana na timu hiyo juzi majira ya saa 8 usiku, inavaana na Burundi ikiwa na kumbukumbu ya kuilaza mabao 2-0 wakati wa mashindano ya CECAFA Chalenji hivi karibuni jijini Dar es Salaam, yote yakipachikwa na Nurdini Bakari.
Katika hatua nyingine, nyota wawili wa Stars Rashid Gumbo na Athumani Machupa wanatarajiwa kukwea pipa leo kwenda jijini Cairo Misri kuungana na wenzao.
Kwa mujibu wa Mkurugenzi wa Ufundi wa Shirikisho la Soka Tanzania (TFF), Sunday Kayuni, wachezaji hao, daktari wa timu na viongozi watatu walikwama kuondoka juzi baada ya kutokea mkanganyiko wa majina katika tiketi zao.
Alisema, tiketi zilizokuwa zimetumwa zilikuwa zimechanganywa majina kwa wachezaji na viongozi hao hivyo kutofautiana na majina yaliyomo katika pasi zao za kusafiria, hali iliyoleta mkanganyiko na TFF kulazimika kuwasiliana na Shirikisho la Soka nchini Misri ili kuzifanyia marekebisho.
Aliwataja viongozi wanaondoka na timu hiyo ni aliyekuwa Makamu wa kwanza wa Rais wa TFF, Cresentius Magori, Idd Mshangama, Merrey Balabhou na dakari wa timu hiyo Dk. Nandi Mwankemwa.
Wakati Stars ikianza kampeni hiyo jioni, timu ya Taifa ya Kenya Harambee Stars mchana itakuwa na kibarua kigumu kwa kukumbuna na Sudan.

 

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Minziro Yanga, Mkwasa Ruvu Shooting


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WAKATI klabu ya Yanga ya jijini Dar es Salaam ikimnyakua Kocha Mkuu wa Ruvu Shooting ya Mlandizi Pwani Fred Felix Kataraiya Minziro kuimarisha benchi lake la ufundi maafande hao wameziba pengo kwa kumtwaa kocha wa timu ya Taifa ya Wanawake Twiga Stars Charles Boniface Mkwasa, imefahamika. Akizungumza kwa njia ya simu jana, Msemaji wa Ruvu Shooting, Masau Bwire alisema, wameamua kumchukua Mkwasa baada ya kuonekana ana uwezo wa kuliongoza jahazi la timu hiyo.
"Minziro aliutaarifu uongozi kuwa anaachana na timu yetu na kwenda kuimarisha benchi la ufundi Yanga, sasa tumeona tumchukue Mkwasa ili kuweza kuongoza benchi letu la ufundi" alisema Bwire.
Aidha, Bwire aliongeza kuwa kikosi chao kinaendelea na mazoezi ya kujiandaa na mzunguko wa pili wa ligi kuu bara unaotarajiwa kuanza kutimua vumbi Januari 22.
Alisema, timu yake imejipanga kufanya vema katika mzunguko huo wa lala salama ili kuhakikisha inaumaliza kwa kuwa katika nafasi za juu.

 

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Wizara yachelewesha ratiba Ligi Kuu bara


na Juma Kasesa

SHIRIKISHO la Soka Tanzania (TFF), limesema linasubiri maombi yake Wizara ya Habari, Vijana, Utamaduni na Michezo kuhusu maombi ya klabu kutumia Uwanja wa Taifa na Uhuru ili kuipanga upya ratiba ya Ligi Kuu Tanzania Bara mzunguko wa pili unaotarajiwa kuanza Januari 15 mwaka huu. Akizungumza na waandishi wa habari jijini Dar es Salaam jana, Mkurugenzi wa Ufundi wa Shirikisho hilo, Sunday Kayuni, alisema ratiba ya ligi hiyo ilikuwa imeishapangwa, lakini kutokana na klabu mbalimbali kuomba wizarani kutumia viwanja hivyo, imebidi waisimamishe kusubiri majibu ya wizara.
Kayuni alisema, pia wanatarajia kuichakachua ratiba iliyopo sasa ili iweze kuendana na mashindano mbalimbali yanayoihusu timu ya Taifa Taifa Stars , kwa kuwa baadhi ya timu zikiongozwa na Simba zina wachezaji watano na sheria inairuhusu timu kutokucheza baadhi ya mechi zake za Ligi Kuu.
"Simba ina wachezaji watano katika timu ya Taifa kufuatia kuongezwa kwa Rashidi Gumbo na kwa namna ilivyo, tutalazimika kuahirisha mechi zake za Ligi Kuu ili kutoa nafasi kwa wachezaji wake ambao wako na timu ya Taifa nchini Misri kurudi, kwa hiyo ilitusikumbane na adha ya kupangua ratiba wakati Ligi imeshaanza ni vema tukaipanga upya" alisema Kayuni.
Aidha, Kayuni alizitaka klabu mbalimbali za Ligi Kuu kuwa na subira wakati wakisubiri majibu ya Wizara kuhusu matumizi ya viwanja hivyo kwa klabu ambazo zilikuwa zimeomba kuvitumia kwa mechi zake za mzunguko wa pili.

 

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Kimondo: Nipeni Cheka nimtulize jamani


na Ruhazi Ruhazi

BONDIA Paschal Ndomba Kimondo wa Kyela, ameomba aandaliwe pambano na mbabe wa masumbwi uzani wa kati nchini, Francis Cheka SMG wa Morogoro. Akizungumza na Mwandishi wa habari hizi kwa njia ya simu kutoka Kyela jana, Kimondo alisema kuwa amesikitika kusikia Mada Maugo amechapika kwa Cheka Januari mosi kwenye ukumbi wa PTA jijini Dar es Salaam.
Alisema kuwa ameumia sana kusikia hivyo, kwa sababu vipigo hivyo visivyokoma kutoka kwa Cheka vinazidi kuwashusha mabondia wote wa uzani huo nchini.
Kimondo alisema kuwa, yeye anaomba ajitokeze promota amuandalie pambano na Cheka popote pale na kwamba, fedha za pambano hilo zote apewe Cheka yeye hatachukua chochote.
"Nimesikitika sana kusikia Mada kapigwa, mimi niliomba kucheza na Cheka akanikatalia akataka fedha nyingi, sasa mi nasema wajitokeze mapromota niwaonyeshe Watanzania kuwa mimi ndiye mbabe wa Tanzania, ila sijapewa nafasi ya kudhihirisha hilo" alisema Kimondo.
Alisema kuwa, anasikitika kuona kila mara akiomba pambano na Cheka hapewi, badala yake wanapata nafasi hiyo watu goigoi ambao huambulia vichapo na kuzidi kumpandisha chati.

 

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Wenger: Gunners only need central defender

Updated Jan 4, 2011 6:20 PM ET
LONDON (AP)

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he is only considering a new central defender during the January transfer window.
Wenger says he may buy a player if Belgium international Thomas Vermaelen continues to struggle with an Achilles' injury that has kept him out of the team since August.
Wenger says that he is "just waiting to know more about him, and then at the end of January we will have to make a decision."
Arsenal is third in the Premier League ahead of Wednesday's match against second-place Manchester City.

 

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Mancini faced with 'big problem'




Updated Jan 4, 2011 3:28 PM ET
Manchester City will be without David Silva and Mario Balotelli for Wednesday night's crucial Premier League encounter at Arsenal.
The pair have both been struck down by knee injuries, with Silva possibly out for two weeks.

BARCLAY'S PREMIER LEAGUE ​

Tue., Jan. 4​

Blackpool 1-2 Birmingham | Recap
Fulham 3-0 West Brom | Recap
Man United 2-1 Stoke City | Recap

Wed., Jan. 5​

Arsenal vs. Man City
Aston Villa vs. Sunderland
Newcastle vs. West Ham
Wolves vs. Chelsea
Blackburn vs. Liverpool
Bolton vs. Wigan
Everton vs. Tottenham

BPL Scores | Table | Fixtures​

"It is a big problem," said manager Roberto Mancini.
"Neither of them will be available."
Silva in particular will be a huge loss at the Emirates given his growing influence on the Blues in recent weeks.
"David has been an important player for us and has been doing well recently," said Mancini.
"Hopefully, he will be back for the Wolves game on January 15. Mario might be back for the FA Cup tie at Leicester on Sunday."
Mancini claimed that his side are still outsiders in what he accepts is now a five-team pursuit of the title.
City are joint top with neighbours Manchester United, although they have played two games more.
And Mancini, who has previously claimed that Chelsea would stroll to the championship, feels that City's inexperience in such situations could count against them.
"Arsenal, Chelsea, United and Tottenham all have more experience than us," he said.
"Probably one of those four teams will win the title.
"We just want to work, so we can improve and try to keep getting better."

 

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Fulham 3-0 West Brom


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Updated Jan 4, 2011 7:09 PM ET
Fulham pulled out of the Premier League relegation zone following a 3-0 win over depleted West Brom at Craven Cottage on Tuesday night.
Scott Carson made another high-profile mistake on the stroke of half-time to set Mark Hughes' men on course for victory.
Carson, whose blunder against Croatia contributed to England failing to qualify for Euro 2008, got both hands to Simon Davies' 30-yard drive on 45 but could only deflect the ball into his own net.

BARCLAY'S PREMIER LEAGUE ​

Tue., Jan. 4​

Blackpool 1-2 Birmingham | Recap
Fulham 3-0 West Brom | Recap
Man United 2-1 Stoke City | Recap

Wed., Jan. 5​

Arsenal vs. Man City
Aston Villa vs. Sunderland
Newcastle vs. West Ham
Wolves vs. Chelsea
Blackburn vs. Liverpool
Bolton vs. Wigan
Everton vs. Tottenham

BPL Scores | Table | Fixtures​

West Brom's new-look defence was then exposed after the break as Fulham cruised to a first home win in six attempts with headed goals from Clint Dempsey and Brede Hangeland.
While Fulham climbed above West Brom into 13th place to relieve some of the pressure on Hughes, the Baggies' slump continued.
A fifth consecutive defeat represented their worst run in six years and having been eighth before Christmas they now hover just two points above the relegation zone.
Manager Roberto Di Matteo welcomed Gonzalo Jara back from suspension while James Hurst and Gianni Zuiverloon also came into the back four.
Fulham were without goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer, who was away on international duty, and injured striker Andrew Johnson but that gave Diomansy Kamara a chance against his old club.
The Senegal striker almost blasted Fulham ahead in the opening minutes after a brilliant piece of control in the box.
Kamara pulled Chris Baird's long ball out of the air with a deft touch and turned to fire a low shot, which Carson did well to block.
West Brom had their moments in the first half and striker Peter Odemwingie forced Fulham keeper David Stockdale into action with a low deflected shot from the edge of the box.
But Fulham were on top of a lively encounter and the visitors' defence was struggling to contain Kamara, who cut inside Zuiverloon and laid the ball off for Dempsey.
The American went to ground in the box under a challenge from Youssuf Mulumbu but referee Martin Atkinson waved away Fulham's penalty appeals.
At the other end, Jerome Thomas escaped the Fulham defence with an angled run but his shot went straight at Stockdale and John Pantsil, whose mistake had led to the chance, cleared with an overhead kick.


Marek Cech went down injured after a challenge from Pantsil and had to be replaced by Nicky Shorey after half an hour.
While the Slovakian was off receiving treatment, Dempsey did well to ride two challenges and bring the ball down in the box but his shot was blocked.
West Brom's nervous defensive display continued. Hurst failed to deal with Pantsil's long cross, allowing the ball to fall into Davies' path but the Welsh midfielder's volley fizzed across goal and wide.
Damien Duff's deflected shot forced Carson to scramble after another poor West Brom clearance and from the subsequent corner Fulham should have taken the lead.
Hangeland climbed above Carson and the West Brom defence to meet Davies' corner but he planted his powerful head just wide - moments before taking the goalkeeper's attempted punch full in the face.
However, Davies' swerving shot put Fulham ahead in first-half stoppage time.
Mulumbu was controversially robbed of possession by Dickson Etuhu, who teed up Davies for a 25-yard drive which Carson deflected into his own net.
Davies' strike gave Fulham a real impetus and Duff came within inches of doubling their lead seven minutes into the second half when he was allowed to turn on the edge of the West Brom box.
Carson was relieved to see his low shot across goal skid just wide - but the feeling was only temporary.
Davies won Fulham a corner with a determined run down the left and then delivered the cross to the edge of the six-yard box where Dempsey planted his header past Carson.
Dempsey did well to keep his eye on the ball as it flashed past Hangeland's towering leap. A second warning about the Norwegian's aerial prowess that went unheeded.
And the next time Hangeland launched himself at a Davies corner, just nine minutes later, his timing and his aim were perfect.
No-one picked up Hangeland's late run and, at the third time of asking, he sailed through the air to meet Davies' corner to beat Carson with a powerful header from six yards.

 

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Aquilani expected to stay at Juve




Updated Jan 4, 2011 4:08 PM ET
Alberto Aquilani's agent expects Juventus to sign the Liverpool midfielder on a permanent basis.

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The Italy international is currently on a season-long loan at the Serie A club and has been one of the stand-out performers this season.
Juve have the option of turning Aquilani's spell into a long-term deal and the 26-year-old's representative, Franco Zavaglia, reckons the Bianconeri will honour their agreement with the Merseysiders.
Zavaglia told Radio Sportiva: "The release from Liverpool depends only on Juventus but I think there will be.
"Alberto is very, very happy in Turin and has found an environment where he can express himself."
Zavaglia believes the former Roma schemer benefited from his brief time at Anfield, adding: "The English experience has been good, it has enriched his international background."

 

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Hodgson wants to mold own team






Updated Jan 4, 2011 12:29 PM ET
Roy Hodgson hopes he is allowed to stamp his mark at Liverpool after pointing out that he has "not been that active in the transfer market."

BARCLAY'S PREMIER LEAGUE ​

Tue., Jan. 4​

Blackpool 1-2 Birmingham | Recap
Fulham 3-0 West Brom | Recap
Man United 2-1 Stoke City | Recap

Wed., Jan. 5​

Arsenal vs. Man City
Aston Villa vs. Sunderland
Newcastle vs. West Ham
Wolves vs. Chelsea
Blackburn vs. Liverpool
Bolton vs. Wigan
Everton vs. Tottenham

BPL Scores | Table | Fixtures​

So tough has Hodgson's start to his Reds career been that rumours have circulated the club's American owners, New England Sports Ventures, are looking for a replacement.
Hodgson, though, is keen to point out he is still by and large working with the squad he inherited from former boss Rafa Benitez.
"I'm hoping that one day I will get a chance to stamp a little bit more of my authority and philosophy on the team by choosing some more of the players," he said.
"Although it's not often mentioned I've not been that active in the transfer market since I've been here.
"The players here have done exceptionally well for me in accepting a new manager, but they are the ones you have watched for the past few years."
One of the men linked with the Liverpool job should Hodgson depart is Jurgen Klopp, but the Borussia Dortmund coach has dismissed the speculation.
"There has been no approach and there's no point talking about it," he said at a training camp in Spain.
Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke also ruled out the possibility that Klopp would take charge at Liverpool.
Watzke said: "There's been no official approach because it would be a waste of time.
"Everybody knows there's no chance we'd let him go. We can but laugh [about this story].
"Jurgen is a friend of mine and he has a contract until 2014. He would never break it."

 

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Mtibwa Sugar yatinga robo fainali kombe la Uhai


Na Addolph Bruno

TIMU ya soka ya vijana wenye miaka chini ya miaka 20 ya Mtibwa Sugar, imekata tiketi ya kucheza robo fainali ya Kombe la Uhai, baada ya kuichapa Kagera Sugar
mabao 2-0.

Mchezo huo wa Kundi C ulichezwa jana, katika Uwanja wa Karume, Dar es Salaam.


Mtibwa iliwachukua dakika 10, kupata bao la kwanza kupitia kwa Issa Rashidi 'Baba Ubaya', baada ya kupiga shuti kali lililomshinda kudaka kipa wa Kagera Sugar, Hassan Boshen.

Bao hilo liliwafanya Kagera Sugar kuja juu na kuliandama lango la wapinzani wao, lakini washambuliaji wake walishindwa kutikisa nyavu za wapinzani wao.

Kagera walipata nafasi nzuri dakika ya 20 na 38, lakini mabeki wa Mtibwa walikuwa makini kuondosha hatari langoni kwao.

Mtibwa Sugar ilijipatia bao la pili dakika ya 83, kupitia kwa Michael Mgimwa, aliyepiga mpira uliojaa moja kwa moja wavuni.

Mtibwa inakuwa ni timu ya kwanza kutinga robo fainali katika kundi lao, ikitanguliwa na timu za AFC Arusha na Ruvu Shooting kundi A, Simba na Yanga, kundi B huku hatua ya makundi ya michuano hiyo ikimalizika jana jioni kwa mchezo kati ya Majimaji FC dhidi ya JKT Ruvu na mshindi kuingia robo fainali.

 

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Blackpool 1-2 Birmingham City




Updated Jan 4, 2011 7:10 PM ET
Scott Dann's 89th-minute strike earned Birmingham City a 2-1 Premier League win over Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on Tuesday night. Dann's last-gasp strike earned Blues their first away win of the season and moved them out of the relegation zone.
Alexander Hleb pounced on a mistake by Stephen Crainey to put Blues ahead in the first half before DJ Campbell's 68th-minute equaliser.
Alex McLeish's side then sealed victory thanks to Dann's close-range effort with a minute of normal time remaining.

BARCLAY'S PREMIER LEAGUE ​

Tue., Jan. 4​

Blackpool 1-2 Birmingham | Recap
Fulham 3-0 West Brom | Recap
Man United 2-1 Stoke City | Recap

Wed., Jan. 5​

Arsenal vs. Man City
Aston Villa vs. Sunderland
Newcastle vs. West Ham
Wolves vs. Chelsea
Blackburn vs. Liverpool
Bolton vs. Wigan
Everton vs. Tottenham

BPL Scores | Table | Fixtures​

It was a dramatic conclusion to a pulsating game which saw the woodwork rattled once by the hosts and twice by the visitors.
Blackpool, playing at home for the first time since November 20, were slow to get out of the blocks and fortunate not to be a goal down within the opening two minutes.
Having been fed by Hleb, Liam Ridgewell sent the ball into the six-yard box for Matt Derbyshire, but with the goal at his mercy, the striker could only prod his effort wide.
Three minutes later the ball fell to Derbyshire in the area again as Cameron Jerome lashed a shot across goal but there was too much pace on it and the former Blackburn man could not capitalise.
Birmingham wasted another decent opportunity within seconds, Jerome the culprit this time as he failed to wrap his foot around Derbyshire's cut-back.
The hosts attempted to get a grip on the game and Neal Eardley rifled their first shot at goal over the bar in the 10th minute.
Matt Phillips tried to drill one but could not get much power on it and went closer soon after, connecting with Charlie Adam's free-kick at the back post but seeing his shot blocked by Ben Foster.
It seemed Blackpool had settled, but then an error by Crainey led to the visitors taking the lead.
Under little apparent pressure, Crainey inadvertently laid the ball straight to Hleb on the edge of the box, and he gleefully took advantage by beating Richard Kingson.
The Seasiders almost hit back straight away, with Phillips getting on the end of Adam's free-kick but only able to provide a glancing contact that sent the ball wide.
Gary Taylor-Fletcher tried a chip which Foster saved before Craig Gardner sliced an effort off-target at the other end.


Jerome then cracked a shot at Kingson just before the break which the Ghanaian palmed away.
Blackpool emerged from the interval looking determined to find an equaliser and Luke Varney unleashed an effort that cleared the bar five minutes after the restart.
Adam's curling shot from distance then drew a diving save out of Foster with Varney lifting the follow-up over the bar, and Phillips had a low drive blocked.
McLeish brought on Sebastian Larsson for Keith Fahey before Blackpool broke away again, Adam squaring to Campbell, who was off-balance as he shot towards Foster.
The momentum was with the hosts, but Blues then nearly made it 2-0 as Jerome dinked the ball over Kingson only to be denied by the post.
Larsson also struck the upright with a free-kick soon after, but moments later, the Seasiders were level.
Taylor-Fletcher provided a knock-down from Eardley's cross and Campbell was there to volley past Foster for his fourth goal in four games.
Tangerines boss Ian Holloway withdrew Phillips and Taylor-Fletcher for Brett Ormerod and Jason Euell and the home supporters cried out for a penalty as Ridgewell challenged Varney in the box, but referee Jon Moss waved play on.
Blackpool's substitutes were swiftly in the thick of the action as Euell volleyed at Foster before Ormerod saw his effort saved by the England stopper.
Adam then got the ball beyond Foster with an angled shot, but it came back off the far post.
Birmingham appeared to have held on for a point, but right at the death, they snatched all three.
Roger Johnson rose in the box to head down substitute Jean Beausejour's delivery and Dann fired the ball in, with Kingson's appeals for offside proving futile.

 

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Mwanamke ajuta 'kumuuzia' Ronaldo mtoto kwa mabilioni


* Sasa atamani kumwona
LONDON, Uingereza

MSHAMBULIAJI Cristiano Ronaldo anadaiwa kuwa na hofu dhidi ya mwanamke aliyezaa naye mtoto, ambaye amejulikana kwa mara ya
kwanza kuwa, ni mwanafunzi mrembo wa kingereza.

Mchezaji huyo wa zamani wa Manchester United mwenye umri wa miaka 25, wakati wa fainali za Kombe la Dunia mwaka jana, aliishitua dunia baada ya kuelezwa kuwa baba, lakini bila ya kutajwa mama wa mtoto huyo.

Wakati huo alisema kuwa, mtoto wake atalelewa chini ya uangalizi usiokuwa wa kawaida na baadaye ilielezwa kuwa, amemnunua mtoto kwa kumtuliza mama yake kwa mkataba wa kutoa pauni milioni 10, ambazo kwa fedha za Tanzania, ni zaidi ya sh.bilioni 22.

Lakini, chanzo kimesema kuwa, mwanamke huyo hataki kumwacha mtoto huyo ambaye alipatikana baada ya kukutana na nyota huyo siku moja kwenye klabu ya usiku.

Mwanamke huyo amekuwa akimpigia simu Ronaldo akimweleza kuwa, amebadili mawazo na kwamba, anataka kurudisha fedha zake.

Mwanamke huyo amekuwa na msongo wa mawazo kufuatia uamuzi wake wa kukubali kulipwa fedha.

Moja ya kipengele katika mkataba huo ulioandaliwa na wanasheria wa Ronaldo, kinataka asijadili jambo hilo na mtu yeyote, ikiwemo familia na rafiki zake.


Inadaiwa kuwa, mwanamke huyo kwa sasa amekuwa na uchungu kwa kumkosa mtoto na haoni kama fedha alizopewa zimemletea furaha.

"Mara kwa mara amekuwa akimpigia simu usiku wa manane. Amekuwa akimlilia na kumwomba akubali kumwona mtoto," chanzo kilicho karibu na mwanamke huyo kililiambia gazeti la Sunday Mirror.

"Kulikuwa na makubaliano ya kutowasiliana naye, lakini hata hivyo imekuwa tofauti.

"Humpigia simu baada ya mechi kumpongeza kwa jinsi alivyocheza, akitumaini kuwa, kuna siku anaweza kuwa karibu naye.

"Anahisi kama ameuza nafsi yake. Amekuwa na maisha ya kimilionea, lakini hawezi kuwaambia rafiki zake na familia yake ukweli kuhusu ni kitu gani kilitokea na hilo linamfanya ajisikie mpweke."


Rafiki wa Ronaldo, ambaye alihamia Real Madrid kwa ada iliyovunja rekodi ya dunia ya pauni milioni 80 mwaka 2009, alisema: " Kwa jinsi ilivyokuwa, ni chaguo lake, maamuzi yake."

Ronaldo aliwahi kumwelezea mwanamke huyo aliyezaa naye kuwa, ni mwanamke aliyekaa naye siku moja wakiwa watupu hotelini na kufurahia penzi.

Baada ya kujua kuwa ni mjamzito, aliwasiliana naye kupitia wakala wake, Jorge Mendes.

Baada ya kuzaliwa na kupimwa vinasaba ili kujua kama ni mtoto wake wa damu kweli, wakati akiwa katika michuano ya Kombe la Dunia akiichezea Ureno nchini Afrika Kusini, ilitangazwa katika Facebook Julai 3, kuwa, amekuwa baba.

Mtoto huyo alionekana kwa mara ya kwanza hadharani katika mechi ya Real Madrid Desemba 8, akiwa na umri wa miezi sita.

Alikuwa amebebwa na mama yake Ronaldo Dolores mwenye miaka 55, ambaye amekuwa akimlea mtoto huyo pamoja na dada za Ronaldo, Elma na Liliana Catia.


Rafiki huyo aliongeza: "Kwa kiasi fulani mama wa mtoto ameweza kuwasiliana naye na kutaka kumwona mtoto.

"Atamwambia kuhusu maisha ya umilionea aliyonayo sasa, pamoja na safari nyingi za kwenda katika klabu za usiku London.

Rafiki zake wanachukulia kuwa, alishinda bahati nasibu, na mwenyewe amekuwa akijifanyisha hivyo.

Lakini, amekuja kugundua kuwa, hana nafasi ya kumwona mtoto wake ambaye anakua. Kama wataendelea kuzungumza kama hivi, anaweza kujikuta akizidi kuumia zaidi na zaidi.'

Ronaldo akiwa na Manchester United, alitwaa nayo ubingwa wa Ligi Kuu, Kombe la FA na Ligi ya Mabingwa Ulaya na alipigia kura kuwa Mchezaji Bora wa Mwaka wa FIFA 2008.

Ronaldo akiwa katika msimu wake wa pili Real, sasa amekuwa juu kwenye orodha ya ufungaji mabao katika Ligi Kuu Hispania maarufu kama La Liga, akichuana na Lionel Messi.

 

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Manchester United 2-1 Stoke City




Updated Jan 4, 2011 7:08 PM ET
Manchester United pulled three points clear at the top of the Premier League but were forced to work hard for a 2-1 win over Stoke on Tuesday.
United's unbeaten fight for the title reached 20 matches at Old Trafford as Javier Hernandez and Nani scored the goals that sank Tony Pulis' Potters.
Dean Whitehead had headed home a shock leveller for the visitors at the start of the second half but Sir Alex Ferguson's men just about deserved their latest triumph.

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It took United's tally to 19 points out of the last 21 and opened up a lead of three points over Manchester City and five on Arsenal ahead of their meeting at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday.
Yet rarely can such impressive and imposing statistics be greeted with such an underwhelming response, which is possibly the strangest aspect of a very strange season, which Hernandez at least has plenty of reason to enjoy.
When Hernandez was considering the delights that awaited in his first season at United, it is fair to assume Stoke would not have been top of his list. But long after he has returned to Mexico, he will remember his meetings with the men from the Potteries.
In October it was that jaw-dropping back header, which even a renowned exponent such as Andy Gray admitted he would have struggled to emulate in his heyday.
Tuesday night's effort was no less audacious. Nipping in front of former United defender Ryan Shawcross at the near post, Hernandez reacted quickly as Nani drilled over a low cross.
Letting the ball run behind him, he quickly flicked back his right leg and turned it at right angles, into a goal that Asmir Begovic thought he had covered.
It was Hernandez's ninth goal of the season and his second in four days.
Little wonder Ferguson had enough faith in the striker not to worry too much about the absence of Wayne Rooney, who watched on from an executive suite in the company of Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones.
Rio Ferdinand was missing too, rested ahead of Sunday's FA Cup tie with Liverpool, which allowed Chris Smalling to make his first league start.
Not that the England Under-21 defender had that much to do as United dominated proceedings without carving out too many clear-cut opportunities.
Dimitar Berbatov had one after Ryan Giggs' shot deflected into his path off Shawcross.


But, although the Bulgarian controlled brilliantly, under pressure from Marc Wilson, he prodded wide rather than into the same corner Hernandez found shortly afterwards.
The overwhelming feeling at half-time was of the hosts once again scraping by without really exuding any of the class expected.
And five minutes after the restart they were pegged back as Whitehead nipped between Nemanja Vidic and Patrice Evra to nod home Tuncay's cross unchallenged.
It was the centre-piece of a period of genuine Stoke pressure and brought the Potteries outfit their first Old Trafford goal since 1980.
And for while a nervousness and anxiety betrayed United's play.
Berbatov ranted at Nani for not passing to him quickly enough as another home attack broke down in its infancy.
Yet if their actual play leaves many doubters unconvinced about their actual merits in comparison to Ferguson teams of old, the Red Devils' durability cannot be questioned.
And when Danny Collins failed to get tight to Nani as he collected Hernandez's pass on the edge of the area, the Portugal winger turned swiftly before finding the bottom corner with a precise curling left-footed shot.
Although there has been the odd outstanding performance, such as the one that brought seven goals against Blackburn, it is upon such magical moments that United's season has been built thus far.
The late introduction of Michael Owen for his first appearance of the winter, and his run to reach a Nani cross that did not bounce kindly for him in stoppage time, suggests Ferguson does have options that Arsenal and Chelsea in particular cannot match.
It was the presence of another former Liverpool man, Jermaine Pennant, that the crowd chose to highlight as attention switched to Sunday's FA Cup tie with the ailing Merseysiders, which will presumably not peter out as this did.

 

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Ancelotti ajipa matumaini ya kutwaa ubingwa


LONDON, England

KOCHA wa Chelsea, Carlo Ancelott, amesisitiza kuwa, timu yake inaweza kunyakua ubingwa wa Ligi Kuu ya England, licha ya kulazimishwa sare ya mabao 3-3 na
Aston Villa, na kuwaacha wakiwa nyuma kwa pointi sita dhidi ya Manchester United, wanaoongoza ligi hiyo.

Chelsea ilikuwa nyuma kwa mabao 2-1, na kuwa mbele kwa mabao 3-2 hadi dakika za mwisho, ambapo mlinzi wa Aston Villa, Ciaran Clark aliisawazisha dakika ya mwisho ya mchezo.

Ancelotti amesema juzi: "Mapambano bado hayajamalizika kwa sababu tunazidi kuimarika, nadhani tunaweza kuwa na usemi msimu huu."

"Kuna pengo dogo kutoka timu inayoongoza, lakini msimu bado ni mrefu na tunaweza kurejea katika hali ya kawaida. Kwa wakati huu kila kitu kipo wazi."

Chelsea imeshinda mchezo mmoja kati ya michezo nane iliyopita ya ligi, na walikuwa katika shida kubwa kwa muda mrefu wakati Villa walipokuwa wakiwasumbua, katika mechi hiyo, walianza wakiwa pointi moja juu ya shimo la kushuka daraja, walionesha kandanda safi, iliyowafanya Chelsea kufanya kazi ya ziada kutafuta mabao.

Mabingwa hao watetezi, sasa wamefikisha pointi 35, kwa michezo 20, wakishikilia nafasi ya tano.

 

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Bingwa Kombe la Mto Nile kuzoa Sh milioni 200

Imeandikwa na Amir Mhando, Cairo; Tarehe: 4th January 2011 @ 23:59


BINGWA wa mashindano ya soka ya timu za Taifa kwa nchi za Bonde la Mto Nile yanayoanza leo jijini hapa atazawadiwa zaidi ya Sh milioni 200 za Tanzania.

Mashindano hayo yanayoshirikisha nchi saba yatafunguliwa leo kwa mchezo kati ya timu ya Taifa ya Tanzania 'Taifa Stars' na Misri 'Farao', pia Burundi itaumana na Uganda.

Akizungumza na waandishi wa habari mjini hapa jana, Rais wa Chama cha Soka cha Misri (EFA), Samir Zahir alisema bingwa atapata pauni milioni moja ya Misri ambayo ni zaidi ya dola za Marekani 176,000 (zaidi ya Sh milioni 200) za Tanzania.

"Tumetoa zawadi hiyo kuhamasisha zaidi timu, kucheza kwa nguvu ili kuboresha mashindano yetu ambao ni mara ya kwanza kufanyika," alisema Rais huyo.

Pia aliongeza kuwa mshindi wa pili atapata pauni 700,000 za Misri zaidi ya dola 125,000 (zaidi ya Sh milioni 150 za Tanzania), wakati mshindi wa tatu atapata pauni 600,000.

"Kutakuwa na zawadi ya mfungaji bora, kipa bora na mchezaji bora, ni aina ya mashindano ambayo tunataka yawe mfano kwa Afrika," alisema Samir.

Leo katika mchezo wa Stars na Misri utakaoanza saa mbili usiku kwa saa za Afrika Mashariki, ikiwa ni saa moja kwa saa za huku unatarajiwa kufanyika kwenye Uwanja wa Cairo, ukitanguliwa na mchezo mwingine kati ya Burundi na Uganda, ambapo ratiba ya awali ilikuwa ni Kenya 'Harambee Stars' na Sudan.

Ni mtihani wa aina yake kwa Kocha Mkuu wa Taifa Stars, Mdenmark Jan Poulsen ambaye wino wa kwenye mkataba wake bado haujakauka vizuri tangu awasili nchini Agosti mwaka jana kuanza kibarua cha kuinoa timu hiyo akirithi mikoba ya Mbrazili Marcio Maximo aliyekaa nchini kwa miaka minne.

Poulsen mwezi uliopita aliwapa furaha Watanzania kwa kuiongoza timu ya Taifa ya Tanzania Bara 'Kilimanjaro Stars' kuchukua Kombe la Chalenji kwa nchi za Afrika Mashariki na Kati, michuano iliyofanyika Dar es Salaam.

Misri ni mabingwa mara tatu mfululizo wa michuano ya Mataifa ya Afrika, ikiwa imesheheni vipaji tofauti, ambapo kulingana na Kocha Mkuu wa timu hiyo Hassan Shehata kikosi cha Misri kinachoshiriki michuano hiyo ya Mto Nile kina wachezaji 10 waliokuwepo katika kikosi kilichotwaa ubingwa wa Afrika Februari mwaka jana nchini Angola.

"Naifahamu Tanzania, nimesikia pia imechukua ubingwa wa Cecafa, si timu ya kubeza, naamini imejiandaa vilivyo, ina wachezaji wazuri na wenye vipaji.

"Nawakumbuka wachezaji wawili wadogo walikuwa wakielewana vizuri tulipocheza nao mwaka juzi, kwa ufupi mechi itakuwa ngumu," Shehata aliwaambia waandishi wa habari jana.

Stars itaingia uwanjani ikiwa na kumbukumbu ya kubugizwa mabao 5-1 na Misri katika mchezo uliofanyika jijini Aswan Novemba 4, mwaka 2009, kipigo ambacho kilimuweka kwenye wakati mgumu Maximo.

Lakini Stars iliyofungwa mabao 5-1 ina tofauti kubwa na hii ambayo leo inatarajiwa kujitupa uwanjani, kuanzia kwa makocha mpaka baadhi ya wachezaji.

Wakati huo Stars ilikuwa chini ya Maximo, pamoja na Rodrigo Stokler ambaye alikuwa kocha wa timu za vijana, wakati sasa Stars ipo chini ya Poulsen na Sylivestre Marsh, huku Meneja akiwa yuleyule Leopold Tasso Mukebezi.

Ally Mustapha 'Barthez' ndiye alikuwa langoni siku hiyo akishuhudia Waarabu wanavyozifumania nyavu zake, jambo ambalo lililalamikiwa na wadau wengi wa soka kwamba Maximo alimchukua Barthez huku akifahamu hana nafasi katika kikosi chake cha Simba na haikuwa ajabu kufungwa mabao hayo kwani kwa muda mrefu alikuwa hachezi.

Kipa aliyekuwa akipigiwa debe na wadau wengi Juma Kaseja, ambaye kipigo hicho cha Stars wengi walimkumbuka, leo ndiyo anatarajiwa kukaa langoni ikiwa ni wiki chache tangu aibuke kipa bora wa michuano ya Chalenji akiwa amefungwa bao moja katika mechi sita alizocheza.

Lakini Kaseja naye ana kumbukumbu mbaya na Waarabu kwani Mei mwaka jana, timu yake ya Simba yeye akiwa langoni ilikubali kipigo cha mabao 5-1 kutoka kwa Haras El Hadoud ya Misri mchezo uliofanyika jijini Alexandria katika michuano ya Kombe la Shirikisho.

Kaseja atakuwa analindwa na ukuta utakaoongozwa na Aggrey Morris, Nadir Haroub, Stephano Mwasika na 'Babu' Shadrack Nsajigwa, ambapo safu ya kiungo itakuwa chini ya Shaaban Nditi na Nizar Khalfan kuhakikisha wanamdhibiti vilivyo kiungo wa Misri, Mohammed Aboutrika na Ahmed Hassan ambao ni miongoni mwa nyota wa timu hiyo watakaocheza.

Washambuliaji wa Taifa Stars wakiongozwa na Mohammed Abdallah a.k.a Machuppa, Saidi Maulidi na Mrisho Ngassa watakuwa na jukumu kubwa la kuipenya ngome ya Misri na kusaka pointi tatu muhimu.

"Timu yetu ipo vizuri, nina hakika tutaanza kwa ushindi," alisema Marsh akizungumzia mchezo huo jana.

 

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Minziro kocha Yanga

Imeandikwa na Mwandishi Wetu
; Tarehe: 4th January 2011 @ 23:55

KOCHA wa Ruvu Shooting, Freddy Minziro ameteuliwa kuchukua nafasi ya Salvatory Edward kuwa msaidizi wa Kostadin Papic Yanga.

Habari za uhakika kutoka ndani ya Yanga zilizopatikana Dar es Salaam jana zilisema kuwa tayari Yanga imesharidhiana na uongozi wa Ruvu Shooting, hivyo Minziro anatarajiwa kuungana na Yanga leo Zanzibar.

"Ndio hivyo, ni kweli taarifa hizo zipo kwamba Minziro sasa anakuwa msaidizi wa Papic Yanga baada ya kuonekana nafasi ya usaidizi Salva haimudu ndio maana uongozi ukaona umpe jukumu hilo Minziro," alisema mtoa habari wetu ndani ya Yanga.

Hata hivyo huenda hiyo ndio safari ya Minziro kupewa Yanga kwani kocha Papic mkataba wake unamalizika mwishoni mwa msimu huu na kuna kila dalili za kutohitajiana, si Yanga wala Papic anayemhitaji mwenzake.

Habari zilizopatikana jijini juzi zilisema kuwa kocha huyo tayari ameshaanza kufanya mchakato wa kutafuta nyingine ya kufundisha atakapoondoka Yanga na ameagiza rafiki zake sehemu mbalimbali kumfanyia kazi hiyo.

Inadaiwa kuwa kinachomfanya Papic aondoke ni hali ya kukosekana kwa morali kwa wachezaji ambao hivi karibuni waligoma wakishinikiza kulipwa sehemu ya fedha zao za usajili.

"Kocha amechoshwa, anahisi timu itafanya vibaya kwenye mashindano kwa vile wachezaji hawana morali kutokana na kudai fedha zao za usajili, pia klabu haina fedha kwa sasa kwani mfadhili wetu Yusuf Manji ni kama hayupo kwa vile hatoi tena msaada kama ilivyokuwa mwanzo na kusababisha klabu kushindwa kujiendesha".

Yanga ipo Zanzibar ikishiriki michuano ya Kombe la Mapinduzi ambapo juzi ilianza kwa sare ya bao 1-1 dhidi ya Zanzibar Ocean View matokeo ambayo pia yalipatikana katika mechi ya Simba na Jamhuri.

 

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Usajili wachelewesha ligi ya mkoa Mbeya

Imeandikwa na Joachim Nyambo,Mbeya; Tarehe: 4th January 2011 @ 23:50

TAREHE rasmi ya kuanza kwa ligi ya taifa ngazi ya mkoa wa Mbeya imegeuka kitendawili baada ya Chama cha soka mkoani hapa MREFA kupata kigugumizi cha kupanga ratiba ya ligi hiyo kutokana na kile kinachoelezwa kuwa baadhi ya timu shiriki kushindwa kuwasilisha fomu za usajili zilizochukua.

Habari kutoka ndani ya chama hicho zimeeleza kuwa timu hizo zimeshindwa kurejesha fomu kutokana na wachezaji kuzigomea kusajiliwa wakitaka kulipwa fedha kwanza ndipo waweze kusaini fomu huku timu husika zikiwa hazina uwezo huo.

Akizungumzia hali hiyo makamu mwenyekiti wa MREFA, Ben Mwamwaja alisema hadi sasa ni timu 13 pekee zilizorejesha fomu hivyo kusababisha kikao cha uchambuzi wa fomu kilichofanyika Jumatatu wiki hii kushindwa kupanga ratiba kama uongozi huo ulivyoahidi kuanza ligi hiyo Januari tano (leo).

Kwa mujibu wa Mwamwaja timu zilizorejesha fomu na kukamilisha usajili wa wachezaji ni Zaragoza FC, Eleven Boys na Airpot Rangers za Mbeya Mjini wakati kutoka wilayani Kyela zikiwa ni Super Marine FC, Bondeni FC, pamoja na Kijiwe FC.

Nyingine ni Mbalizi Super Stars na Wenda FC za Mbeya vijijini, Ibala FC na Buffalo FC za wilayani Mbarali pamoja na Chipukizi FC,Vijana FC, na Eagle FC za wilayani Mbozi.

Hata hivyo, makamu mwenyekiti huyo wa MREFA alisema iwapo timu zilizosalia zitakamilisha usajili wa wachezaji na kurejesha fomu kwa wakati ambapo muda wa kurejesha umeongezwa hadi Januari 10 huenda ligi hiyo ikaanza kutimua vumbi Januari 14.

"Unajua Klabu zetu vingi zinaendeshwa kwa fedha ya mdau mmojammoja mifukoni sasa inapotokea wachezaji wanaweka misimamo kama hiyo inakuwa vigumu kwa kuwa mdau huyohuyo analazimika kuihudumia timu wakati wa maandalizi.

Lakini kama wataweza kurejesha fomu kwa wakati tunaweza kuanza Januari 14 japo tutakuwa tumechelewa mno," alisema Mwamaja.