The Citizen Date: 29.08.2017 Page 36

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Premier League matches involving the country's the fixture if our country's position football heavyweights, Simba and Yanga, have in the world rankings is to improve," j been postponed indefinitely he said yesterday. J In the latest Fifa World rankings, « By Majuto Omary Tanzania unsurprisingly dropped '¦_ @maiutoy2k six places. It is now placed 120. —A [email protected] Recently, success­starved Stars ¦ were booted out of the 2018 Afri­ Dar es Salaam. The country's can Nations Championship (Chan) football heavyweights, Simba and qualifiers in the preliminary stage to | Young Africans, will have to stay the advantage of Rwanda's Amavubi. | k k on the sidelines a bit longer before The Amavubi forced Stars to bar­ 1 The Stars­ swinging back into action for their ren draw in the return leg match a | Botswana match Mainland Premier League matches, few weeks ago to advance on away | falls on the it has been revealed. goals rule after drawing 1­1 in the Fifa dates for Matches involving the two teams first leg at the CCM Kirumba Sta­ frie^to matches are amonS encounters that have dium in Mwanza a week earlier. We must honour keen PostPoned indefinitely to give If the Stars play on Fifa dates, for­ the fixture if our room for an international friendly eign clubs will have no choice but to > country's position match between the national soccer release their players. » in the world team, Taifa Stars and Zebras of Bot­ They refuse to release players j rankings is to swana. when the team competes in the 1 improve" Stars report at camp in the city Cecafa Cup because does not fall I wlfredkidau.tff today ahead of the friendly set for under the Fifa calendar. I acting secretary Saturday at the Uhuru Stadium, 'It is vital that our foreign based | general according to the Tanzania Football players link up as possible with our i Federation (TFF) acting secretary local players so we can build a strong 1 general, Wlfred Kidau. national team to be proud of, but J "The Stars­Botswana match falls Stars need to play often to realise j on the Fifa dates for international their potential as a team" he added. t friendly matches. We must honour Simba, who launched their 2017/18 Premier League campaign MORE INFO: RESCHEDULED MATCHES jS'Ja^TrcSfS^ ; The decision by Tanzania Football Fedration (TFF) to at the Uhuru Stadium. reschedule the Mainland Premier League matches stems Defending champions Yanga and from the fact that Saturday's friendly match between Njombe Mji were to lock horns at ; the national soccer team, Taifa Stars and The Zebras of Sabasaba Stadium in Njombe the | Botswana is very important if Tanzania's position in the following day. I world rankings is to improve. The Stars were far from In their first match of the season, ¦' impressive in their last five matches. League matches Yanga battled to a one­all drawwith that have been postponed include Simba vs Azam FC, Lipuli pc at the Uhuru Stadium on J Yanga vs Njombe Mji, Tanzania Prisons vs Majimaji, Sunday. Mtibwa Sugar vs Mwadui FC Singida « Mbao Kagera The TFF official said the matches ' Sugar vsRuvu shooting and Mbeya City vsNdanda. would now take place on dates to be A ¦¦¦¦^¦¦¦¦iii^^HHBMHH revealed later. 1

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