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World Cup Qualifiers: Taifa Stars start camp ahead of Burundi test

The Tanzanian national team have moved into residential training to prepare for their upcoming World Cup qualifying match against Burundi.

A squad of 30 players will camp in Dar es Salaam under coach Etienne Ndayiragije and his assistants Selemani Matola and Juma Mgunda as they get ready for the two-legged fixture.

Taifa Stars will face Burundi in the first leg away on Wednesday before the return leg set for the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on September 8.

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Should Taifa Stars see off Burundi, they will be one of the 14 winners in the qualification play-offs to join the continent’s top-ranked 26 sides, who have been exempted from the preliminary stage of the long journey to Qatar.