Sport in Tanzania

Tanzanian athletes Filbert Bayi and Suleiman Nyambui both won track and field medals in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Football is widely played all over the country with fans divided between two major clubs, Young Africans and Simba.

Football is the most popular sport in Tanzania, despite the little success that has been achieved by the national team.

Hasheem Thabeet is a Tanzanian-born player with the Oklahoma City Thunder, the first Tanzanian to play in the NBA.

On 12 May 2014, Tanzania Baseball and Softball Association (TaBSA) was established and registered as the National Sporting Association (NSA) responsible for the administration, conduct, control, development and promotion of the sport of baseball in Tanzania, as recognized by the National Sports Council (NSC), the African Baseball and Softball Association (ABSA) and the World Baseball Softball Confederation the International Sport Federation.