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Mqondisi Dube
  • Youth, experience in Baggy Blues' squad for qualifiers

    Karabo Motlhanka will lead the squad during the qualifiers, which will take place from September 26 to October 4 in Harare, as eight teams battle for two slots at the 2027 T20 World Cup. The team also includes former captain Karabo Modise, pace...

  • Bathoeng aces UB Marathon on debut

    Known for her exploits in the half marathons, she made the leap to the more demanding 42.2km race and aced it at the first time of asking.Pitted against a strong field, Bathoeng crossed the line in 2:49.08 fending off competition from Kenyan, Rosina...

  • A death that serves as a clarion call for arts and sports

    ATI might have been on the other side of the fence, but arts and sports are inter-related and some of the issues in either of the two are cross-cutting.There are countless takeaways in the midst of a sombre incident and the nation can pick vital...

  • Zebras’ issues have been resolved – BFA

    However, the Footballers Union of Botswana (FUB) says there are still some sticking points.Internationals Tumisang Orebonye, Gape Mohutsiwa, captain Thatayaone Ditlhokwe and Kabelo Seakanyeng were at the centre of the storm as a strike over welfare...

  • Sport betting shakes fans’ loyalty

    Traditionally the fans’ lines have never been blurred. Either you are Liverpool or Manchester United, Orlando Pirates or Kaizer Chiefs, or Township Rollers or Gaborone United.But thanks to the rapidly growing sport betting industry, the lines are...

  • Sekgororoane’s ‘problem-solving’ matrix faces acid test at BFL

    Often at hand to proffer solutions to some common problems facing Botswana across the spectrum, Sekgororoane finds himself in the cross-hairs, now tasked with putting his theoretical ‘problem solving’ submissions into practice.Sekgororoane was...

  • Baggy Blues head to Zimbabwe for historic qualifier

    This is the final stage before the 2027 World Cup, which South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe will jointly host.The top two teams will progress to the competition, and for the first time, the Baggy Blues are in contention deep into the qualifying...

  • Fans brace for World Championships humdinger

    Only two athletes, Amantle Montsho and Letsile Tebogo, have made it to the podium at the World Championships, and the current team is eager to change the statistics.Tebogo is tipped to add to his two medals, a silver and bronze, which he won at the...

  • Take a red bow for GU

    The GU women's team are the newly minted regional champions, completing a hugely successful year for the club after the men's side took domestic honours in the FNB Premiership.The female Reds are without competition locally as they cruised to...

  • 'Victory beyond words'

    GU ladies went on better this year after finishing as runners-up in 2024, and are now the region's representatives at the CAF Champions League finals scheduled for later this year.The team will join seven other sides drawn from the five other CAF...

  • Owing clubs given licences

    The FIB is a committee tasked with reviewing and granting licences to clubs to participate in the FNB Premiership. There have been concerns that the body has been too liberal in granting licences to clubs, even to those that owe their former players...

  • AFCON bid probe hits cold trail

    In February, Parliament approved a motion brought to the House by Member of Parliament for Molepolole North, Arafat Khan, to audit the AFCON process after Botswana spent P65 million on the botched bid. The costs were largely driven up by a bid book...

  • Worrying early signs at Calendar Stars

    The newcomers hardly competed and struggled to get maximum points in a hard, painful debut campaign that expectedly ended in demotion back to the First Division. In hindsight, it was a much-needed reprieve from their season of toil and torment, where...

  • Nico provided Ndoro's launching pad into stardom

    Not much could be read from Ndoro's gangly structure when he arrived in Botswana to begin a short but productive spell in 2009. But as soon as the whistle was blown, opposition defenders found out that they had an enormous task on their hands as...

  • Will the Lions roar in an unforgiving jungle?

    Kills could become hard to come by for an animal that has been so dominant across Africa's savanna plains. The FNB Premiership officially welcomed its own apex predator last week Tuesday with the launch of Black Lions at the Cresta Lodge, as...

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