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Monday, December 17, 2012

KATONGO MWANASOKA BORA WA BBC AFRIKA



Christopher Katongo ameshinda tuzo ya mwanasoka bora wa BBC mwaka wa 2012.
Nahodha huyo wa Zambia mwenye miaka 30 amemshinda Demba Ba, Didier Drogba, Younes Belhanda na Yahya Toure na kuwa mshindi wa kwanza kutoka Kusini mwa Afrika katika historia ya mashindano hayo.
Orodha ya washindani hao ilitengazwa na wataalamu wa soka Afrika, ambao wamezingatia umahiri wa mchezaji, uwezo wa kiufundi na ushirikiano na wachezaji wengine.
Na idadi kubwa ya watu wamepiga kura kupitia njia ya mtandao au ujumbe mfupi huku asilimia 40 kati yao wakimchagua Katongo, ambaye anachezea timu ya China Henan Construction.

Katongo aandikisha rekodi mpya

Huku wachezaji wote walioorodheshwa katika kinyang'anyiro hicho walikuwa na mwaka mzuri, wanne kati yao walikuwa wameshinda medali mbali mbali, ni Katongo pekee ambaye mafanikio yake yamezingatiwa na mashabiki wa mpira Afrika.

Katongo, ambaye ni mwanajeshi nchini mwake, alikuwa kivutio pindi alipoiongoza Zambia, katika michuano ya kombe la Mataifa Bingwa barani Afrika mnamo mwezi wa Februari mwaka huu.
Alifunga magoli matatu katika fainali iliyoandaliwa nchini Equatorial Guinea na Gabon na baadaye kufunga bao la ushindi kupitia mkwaju wa penalti na kuisadia Zambia kunyakuwa kombe hilo.
Zambia iliishindi Ivory Coast kwa 8-7 katika fainali hiyo baada ya timu hizo mbili kutoshana nguvu baada ya muda wa kawaida na muda wa ziada mjini Libreville.
Kilikuwa ni kipindi kilichojawa na hisia kwa Zambia, ambayo miaka 19, iliyopita ilipata msiba mkubwa, pale ndege iliyokuwa imebeba wachezaji wa timu ya taifa ilipoanguka mita 500 tu mbali na Libreville, na kuuwa wachezaji wote 25 na rubani wake.
Miezi saba baada ya kuongoza Zambia kushinda kombe hilo, Katongo vile vile amekuwa nyota wa timu yake ya taifa wakati wa michuano ya kufuzu kwa fainali za mwaka ujao,wakati alifunga goli la pekee dhidi ya Uganda.
Bao hilo liliibuka kuwa bao muhimu sana kwa Zambia kwa kuwa ilipoteza mechi iliyofuatia kwa bao moja kwa bila, lakini ikafuzu kwa fainali za mwaka 2013 zitakazo andaliwa nchini Afrika Kusini baada ya kushinda kwa magoli 9-8 kupitia mikwaju ya penalti.

Mikakati ya kufuzu kwa kombe la Dunia

Na zaidi ya hayo yote, Katongo amechangua pakubwa harakati za kufufua matumaini ya Zambia ya kufuzu kwa michuano ya kombe la dunia ya mwaka wa 2014.
Zambia ililazwa magoli 2-0 na Sudan mjini Khartoum mwezi Juni, matokeo ambayo hadi wakati huu hayajathibitishwa, huku uchunguzi ukiendelea kuhusu hatua ya Sudan ya kumshirikisha mchezaji ambaye hakuwa amesajiliwa.

Wiki moja baada ya mechi hiyo Zambia ilichuana na Ghana na Katongo kwa mara nyingine ndiye aliyefunga bao la ushindi na hivyo kuimarisha matumaini yao ya kufuzu.

Ikiwa Christopher Katongo ataendelea na hali aliyo nayo kwa sasa, huenda akaisaidia Zambia kuandikisha matokeo mazuri wakati wa michuano ya kuwania kombe la dunia nchini itakayoandaliwa nchini Brazil miezi kumi na minane ijayo.



Monday, December 10, 2012

WAPENZI WAPOTEA MMOJA AKUTWA HAI MWINGINE MAITI


 A Nevada couple missing for a week in the California mountains after their vehicle became stuck following a sudden snow storm have been found, the woman survived the ordeal, but her boyfriend died, police said.
Paula Lane, 46, and Roderick Clifton, 44, were reported missing on Nov. 29, after they left Clifton's mother's home in Citrus Heights, Calif., on their way home to Nevada.
The couple are believed to have taken their Jeep off-roading when they became stranded off Highway 88/89 in the Sierra Nevada mountains, police said.
"They spent that first day, and slept, in the vehicle before Roderick left to go find help, but he never came back," said Bryan Fritsch, a spokesman for the Citrus Heights police department.
Police said they were unable to locate the couple using their cell phones because of limited mobile service high in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
A massive manhunt across two states was launched to find the couple, who routinely made the drive from California to Gardnerville, Nev., where they lived.
When Clifton did not return, several days later, Lane set out to find help. She was found Wednesday by a relative, among others searching for the couple, along the highway in Alpine County, Calif.
Investigators do not yet know how Lane survived or whether she had food. She was taken to the hospital with some injuries, none of which are life threatening.
Clifton's body was found several miles from the highway. Police have not yet confirmed how Clifton died, but police do not believe foul play was involved.