The former British colony known as Tanganyika won independence in 1961, officially becoming Tanzania after merging with Zanzibar three years later, and adopting a system of multi-party democracy in 1992.
Fifa and Caf banned the Nelson Mandela Stadium, also known as Namboole, following an inspection visit in March 2020.
In arriving at this decision, the inspectors indicated the state of the pitch, pavilion, dressing rooms were way below the minimum required standards.
“In the current circumstances, Uganda only has St. Mary’s Kitende (stadium),” confirmed Harrison Obua, the country’s state minister for sports.
“If the inspection team for the World Cup team does not approve it, I want to put our country on notice that it will have no option but to host the World Cup qualification matches in one of the countries outside Uganda.”
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Sunday, Feb 28, 2021 03:09 PM Five-star Sundowns beat 10-man Belouizdad
Themba âMshishiâ Zwane scored a brace as Mamelodi Sundowns beat 10-man CR Belouizdad 5-1 at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Sunday in their Group B Total CAF Champions League tie.
The Algerian champions had to play most of the match with a man down after Chouhaib Keddad was shown a straight red card just three minutes into the match after deliberately handling Zwaneâs goal bound shot.
From the resultant penalty, Sundowns went a goal up with Zwane scoring. The Algerians equalized a minute to half time through Amir Sayoud, but Sundowns cleaned up the game in the second half with Zwane, Peter Shalulile, Lebohang Maboe and substitute Kermit Erasmus scoring.
The Team : Tanzania Braving The Odds
Even though the Taifa Stars have been in the competition only once, their dream is to go beyond the group stage in this edition of CHAN Cameroon 2021.
The Taifa Stars of Tanzania will compete for the Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) title for the second time. Tanzania are placed in Group D alongside Namibia, Guinea and Zambia that are coached by former Cranes coach Serbian Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic. The team has support from the Tanzania Football Federation as a way of helping the team excel in the competition. Lire aussi : Coupe de la Confédération: Coton Sport en état de grâce