{"id":428733,"date":"2011-05-23T14:10:53","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T14:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/23\/tanzania-keep-wayward-referees-out-of-kili-cup-tourney\/"},"modified":"2011-05-23T14:10:53","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T14:10:53","slug":"tanzania-keep-wayward-referees-out-of-kili-cup-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/tanzania-keep-wayward-referees-out-of-kili-cup-tourney\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania: Keep Wayward Referees Out of Kili Cup Tourney"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"40.0309684685\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecitizen.co.tz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Citizen<\/a> (Dar\u00a0es\u00a0Salaam)<\/p>\n<p>21 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>For almost a week, soccer fans will focus their attention on Arusha, where the finals of this year&#8217;s Kili Taifa Cup championship, one of the oldest football tournaments in the country, will take place. Eight teams that excelled during the round-robin stage are already in the northern city for the event, which kicks off today.<\/p>\n<p>We hope fair play will prevail during the tourney, and the referees, the players and their coaches and managers will have a key role to play here. The referees must avoid making biased decisions, which only create acrimony, robbing the tournament of the excitement it deserves.<\/p>\n<p>In Tanzania, in the region and elsewhere in the world, wayward and incompetent referees are the bane of the game.<\/p>\n<p>The charged atmosphere that results from inept handling of matches prevents the players from freely showcasing their talents. In some instances, police have had to be called in to save referees from being attacked by aggrieved parties.<\/p>\n<p>We expect fair competition between the various teams and may the best clinch the cup. However, we are only too aware that in past competitions, wayward referees have robbed some teams of victory. And the Kili Taifa Cup is no exception.<\/p>\n<p>It is through such competitions that we identify new talents that can be developed to feature in the national team. It is also an avenue through which young players exhibit their talents and attract the scouts of the various national league teams. The blatant bias by referees, who are expected to be impartial umpires, sends a negative signal to the youngsters.<\/p>\n<p>We expect the organisers to ensure that referees do their job without fear or favour so that a true verdict on the competence of the various teams can emerge. We can&#8217;t ask for more from them.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105231339.html\" title=\"Tanzania: Keep Wayward Referees Out of Kili Cup Tourney\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tanzania: Keep Wayward Referees Out of Kili Cup Tourney<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Citizen (Dar\u00a0es\u00a0Salaam) 21 May 2011 For almost a week, soccer fans will focus their attention on Arusha, where the finals of this year&#8217;s Kili Taifa Cup championship, one of the oldest football tournaments in the country, will take place. Eight teams that excelled during the round-robin stage are already in the northern city for the event, which kicks off today. We hope fair play will prevail during the tourney, and the referees, the players and their coaches and managers will have a key role to play here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tanzania: Keep Wayward Referees Out of Kili Cup Tourney - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/tanzania-keep-wayward-referees-out-of-kili-cup-tourney\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Tanzania: Keep Wayward Referees Out of Kili Cup Tourney - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The Citizen (Dar\u00a0es\u00a0Salaam) 21 May 2011 For almost a week, soccer fans will focus their attention on Arusha, where the finals of this year&#039;s Kili Taifa Cup championship, one of the oldest football tournaments in the country, will take place. 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