Tanzania striker joins Turkish women’s league

TANZANIA star Asha Rashid is close to joining a top club in Turkey’s Women’s Premier League. The striker has arrived in Istanbul for a medical with a view to signing for Atasehir Belediyespor Women’s FC. Rashid, who is a member of Tanzania’s women’s national squad the Twiga Stars, said she was impressed by the welcome she got. “We don’t speak the same language, but we are already friends,” she told the BBC.