Tanzania: Stars Afcon Qualifying Game Grosses Sh110 Million

The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)

Majuto Omary

29 March 2011

Some Sh 110,552,000 million was realised during the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between the national soccer team, Taifa Stars, and Central African Republic at the National Stadium on Saturday.

Tanzania Football Federation information officer Boniface Wambura said yesterday that 21,117 people paid to watch the match.

Taifa Stars, gunning for their first appearance in the AFCON finals for the first time in more than three decades, beat CAR 2-1 to put their AFCON campaign back on track.

Elaborating, Wambura said one per cent of the money (Sh1,101,520) would go to Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner’s office to support the Gongolamboto blast victims.

Meanwhile, the final examination for FIFA players’ agents takes place tomorrow. In another development, after a two-day recess, the national U23 soccer team will reassemble tomorrow for training ahead of Olympic Games return leg qualifier against Cameroon.

Having lost 2-1 to the West African team in the first leg game in Yaoundé, the youth team needs a win of at least one clear goal secure a ticket for the next stage of the qualifiers.

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