Dar es Salaam, Nov. 4 -- A CALL has been made for corporate firms to heavily invest in sports and support government initiatives to develop and promote the sector to advance to higher levels.

Former national hockey and cricket star based in Canada, Tarlochan Sandhu made the call in Dar es Salaam this week that corporate firms have a huge part to play if the country has any ambition to succeed in the sector.

Sandhu, 82, who led the hockey national team in the Moscow Olympics of 1980, said the government cannot do everything alone.

“I want to advise local and international corporate entities in the country to invest heavily in sports, I know they put some effort, but more is needed to help the government,” he said.

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