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Six foreign teams are here for Nyerere Cup
2007-10-29 08:21:20
By Oforo Vallentine
Six foreign handball teams have arrived in the country ready to compete in the inauguration Nyerere Cup which starts today at the Indoor Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
The General Secretary of the Tanzania Handball Association (Taha), Sudi Omary, named the teams as the Heritage (men) and Police (women) from Kinshasa, TP Mazembe (men) and SCOMI -Mikish (women) from Lubumbashi, (DRC) and Cereal (men and women) from Kenya.
Zanzibar will be represented by Matarumbeta (men and women) and Nyuki (men).
Tanzania Mainland will be represented by JKT Ruvu, Dar Stars (women) and Ngome (men).
Omary said that teams from South Africa, Zambia, Uganda, Mozambique, Mauritius and Ethiopia who had earlier promised to come would not come.
`They confirmed to come before we exchanged date to give room for the Tanzania Basketball Federation (TBF) to stage their Taifa Cup,` he said.
The Nyerere Handball Cup will be held every year to commemorate the death of the late Father of Nation Mwalimu Julius Nyerere.
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