DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 17 -- TANZANIA this week became the first country from Zone V member states to be introduced in world of the new sport, dubbed Teqball.

This sport, which is essentially a cross between football and table tennis, requires extremely high levels of co-ordination and athleticism.

The sport which was invented in 2014 and is played on a curved table and with a ball similar to a football, hit by any part of the body except the hands has landed in the country after the International Teqball Federation (FITEQ) donated three tables for the sport.

FITEQ has donated three tables and 12 balls for the sport, which were distributed to Filbert Bayi Sports Centre at Mkuza, Kibaha, the Tanzania Olympic Committee (TOC) and Dole Centre i...