Dar es Salaam, March 16 -- DAR ES SALAAM: Ah, the Kariakoo Derby. A spectacle where football is at its most glorious splendour in a fashion that defers to entertainment than the style points of the play on the pitch.

On Saturday, the nation held its breath for another super heavy-weight clash between Simba SC and Yanga FC.

Fans had had been warming up their vocal cords, to unleash global-level insults. Players had rehearsed their best gravity-defying dives.

And referees had honed their trademark knack for spotting fouls that did not exist and overlooking those that were perilously close to amputation.

But instead of a high-octane football drama we got something so much better than that: a live-actio...