Karate Team In A Lurch After Trip Aborted

The Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) has cancelled the karate national team’s trip to Spain at the 11th hour, due to lack of funds.

The team, comprising Thabang Setshego, Tlotlang Ponatshego, Wathuto Maake, and Gaone Mothoyomotona, with Sensei Christopher Ponatshego as the coach and Sensei Phineas Motseolapile, was due to leave this past Saturday. The team’s visas had already been processed but due to lack of funds, the trip was aborted.

Instead, only 16-year-old Muhammad Ali Hussein, who was not in the initial squad, travelled to Spain with coach, Ponatshego to compete in the World Cup.  Botswana Karate Association (BOKA) president, Sensei Tshepho Bathai told Monitor Sport that they were informed that funds from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had not been credited into the BNOC account.

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