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As usual, football connived to pollute the sport atmosphere, with the Onkarabile Ratanang saga the dominant, unwanted distraction.The matter is still not over after the Botswana Football League (BFL) decided to appeal the ruling, which saw Township...

Not since the days of an effervescent, all-conquering Jamaican christened Usain Bolt, has the world witnessed such arrogance on the track.Bolt conquered in almost every corner of the world, winning countless major titles in a career spanning nearly...

With a bid project dubbed ‘BONA’, Botswana and Namibia will have to bring their A-game to convince CAF to award them the rights to organise the tournament.A technical bid committee, headed by Ashford Mamelodi has been set up, with the two...

After their debut match against Burundi on July 4, the Gaolethoo ‘Ronaldo’ Nkutlwisang’s charges had pocketed a significant number of admirers.While the Mares won only one out of their five matches at the finals, they still managed to gate...

Consumption at soccer matches was outlawed around 2009, with the government also banning alcohol companies from sponsoring sport.However, the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) chief executive officer (CEO), Tuelo Serufho indicated the ban on...

Just when football fans thought they had seen the last of a saga that has rumbled on for months, the BFL chief executive officer, Solomon Ramochotlhwane indicated they had appealed the DC’s ruling.“The Prosecutor has filed an appeal with the...

Botswana has sent the largest contingent of athletes to the Commonwealth Games, with hopes of a medal haul. Also known as the ‘Friendly Games’, the Commonwealth Games are held every four years and bring together athletes from former British...

It could have been the right call by the judicial body in terms of interpreting the laws as they handed down their sentence on the Township Rollers’ Onkarabile Ratanang saga.The key issue that the Disciplinary Committee raised is that there was no...

Exactly a decade separates Amos’ career-defining moments.This time, 10 years ago, the nation was about to erupt in unbridled joy to celebrate the first Olympic Games medal delivered through the unorthodox running gait of Amos.At the London 2012...

However, the best came out as the walked away with a slap in the wrist; a P15,000 fine which they will probably have paid by lunch time today- in cash may be. Soon after the judgement, which took local football by surprise was delivered last night,...

After the Zebras and Mares had done reasonably well in their respective COSAFA Cup and Women’s Africa Cup of Nations assignments, three doping incidents reared their ugly heads to foul the celebratory mood.The strong stench of doping swept across...

But two seasons into the CAF-developed system, Club Licensing has failed to stem the tide with the Footballers Union of Botswana (FUB) indicating pay disputes are un-abating.FUB secretary-general, Kgosana Masaseng told Mmegi Sport they had hoped the...

Why a gender verification test in the first place? A gender verification test became increasingly necessary in the 1930s when it emerged that some male athletes were competing in female events.The media fuelled claims that individuals who had...

If there were jitters ahead of the Mares’ debut performance at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, the fears were emphatically banished as Burundi was put to the sword in a 4-2 drubbing on Monday night.It was another night where the nation had...

The Mares are in Morocco for the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) finals and kick off their debut campaign against Burundi tonight. WASBO, in a statement released earlier today, hit at the BFA for excluding women football leaders from the...