Building Stadiums is fine, but who will score for Taifa Stars??

DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 30 -- TANZANIAN football is enjoying one of those beautiful moments when everybody wants to smile, clap and pretend there is no small problem standing quietly in the corner wearing... Read More

The Machine that watches: Why TZ fell in love with FVS before it even learned its full name

DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 23 -- FOR three weeks now, I have watched grown men (coaches, mind you, men who once shouted at referees with the fury of a jilted lover discovering WhatsApp blue ticks) calmly rea... Read More

A Nation that forgot its own daughters: The Sunday read you didn't know you needed

DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 9 -- GOOD morning, dear reader, and welcome to another Sunday, which, as tradition now demands in this beloved country of ours, must begin with either a hangover or a WhatsApp forw... Read More

Let the World Cup sleep - Twiga Stars are about to kick the door open in Morocco

DAR ES SALAAM, July 26 -- LADIES and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, chairpersons of football WhatsApp groups and honourable citizens who have never kicked anything heavier than a bedroom slipper: Th... Read More

Yanga's fifth helping leaves rivals needing therapy, tea, calculator

DAR ES SALAAM, July 5 -- SOME seasons end with a trophy presentation, while others end with half the country pretending not to be hurt while loudly explaining why hurt is actually progress. The NBC P... Read More