DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 18 -- KMC Football Club kicked off their Mainland Premier League campaign in style, securing a narrow but priceless 1–0 victory over Dodoma Jiji at the KMC Complex, Kinondoni in Dar es Salaam.

In doing so, the Kinondoni outfit wrote their names into this seasons history books, becoming the first side to register a goal and a win in the 2025/26 curtain raiser and, for the moment at least, they sat proudly atop the table.

Elsewhere, last nights clash between Coastal Union and Tanzania Prisons carried its own weight, with the outcome destined to shake the early standings depending on how the pendulum of fortune swung.

The opening half at the Complex was a chess match of caution. Both sides traded blows, carving ...