THERE is absolutely no question that those two arch-foes Young Africans and Simba SC have dominated local football for the past multiple decades.

Indeed, this has unarguably been the case through the years and it has become abundantly clear that the rapidly concluding 2024-25 football season has not changed even in the slightest the supremacy of both Young Africans and Simba.

Having been neck and neck for huge chunks of the season, Simba and Young Africans have doggedly battled for local football’s Holy Grail, which is of course the Mainland Premier League trophy.

Viewed against this backdrop, Simba and Young Africans are set to clash this coming Sunday in a matchup that is highly likely to be a gripping and riveting encounter, with lots of thrilling end-to-end stuff.

Granted, whichever team comes out on top from this fascinating football contest will not immediately lift the coveted league title.

Having said that though, a win for either Simba or Young Africans will doubtlessly be a huge confidence-booster because this compelling race for the league crown will entail two further matches for both giants before the utterly engrossing season comes to an end.

Therefore, as we excitedly wait for the tail end of the current season to unfold, this writer’s advice to all Tanzanian football-crazy fans is to closely follow the latest developments regarding their favorite team as the battle for league glory seems set to be decided at the death of the present league campaign.

Moving on, since the all-time African-American women’s tennis greats Serena and her elder sister Venus Williams sadly called it quits in the sport, it is wholly true that the hunt for the heir apparent to the Williams’ throne has gotten underway.

For a time, the stars touted as the players to fill the huge shoes left behind by Venus and Serena Williams in women’s tennis have been Naomi Osaka and perhaps even Sloane Stephens to a small degree.

However, since bursting onto the global tennis scene five years ago, the young African-American teenage sensation, Coco Gauff has continually wowed tennis fans with her prodigious talent while keeping her feet firmly on the ground.

Two years ago at Flushing Meadows, which is the official venue of the US Open, Gauff deservingly defeated the tall, Belarusian perennial title contender, Aryna Sabalenka in the US Open Final to capture the first grand slam trophy of her career.

It should be noted here that Gauff was only 19-years-old at the time of that monumental sporting accomplishment.

And, after disappointingly failing to win any of the four grand slams last year, Gauff amazingly and fabulously downed Sabalenka once more last Saturday in the final of the French Open to admirably claim her first grand slam on the famous clay courts of Paris.

Indeed, Gauff’s exceptional exertions last weekend now mean that she has two priceless grand slam titles in her trophy cabinet.

Thus, as she continues her meteoric ascent to the summit of women’s tennis, one hopes that the 21-year-old can remain a source of endless inspiration to all girls aspiring to take up tennis on the African continent who look just like her.