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Earlier this year, the BFL CEO, Senzo Mbatha told journalists during a media engagement session that the league will be reduced from 16 to 12 teams in a phased manner. Under the proposal, four teams will be relegated at the end of the 2023-2024...

Tebogo was born in Kanye, a village with a population of 48,000 as per the 2022 Population and Housing Census, while Alcaraz is from a village, El Palmar, Spain, which is home to around 24,000 people.The two were born just a month apart, with Alcaraz...

While Gaborone United is far from its 'sell-by date', the club turned to the buy one, get one free sales promotion in a bid to lure fans to the National Stadium for their CAF Confederations Cup tie against Madagascar side, ELGECO PLUS on...

In the first season of implementation, five clubs Notwane, Extension Gunners, Mahalapye Railway Highlanders, Gilport Lions and Mogoditshane Fighters failed the initial process, leading to the Botswana Football Association (BFA), through the licensing...

However, given an opportunity to show his undoubted commitment to gender equality and equity, the Minister decided to go for an all male list in picking the Minister's Award recipients.Tebogo Letsile joined departed heroes, Major David Bright,...

Led by Ashford Mamelodi, the bid committee extended a warm welcome to the three-member inspection team representing Africa’s football governing body. The delegation arrived in a phased manner, with the initial two members touching down in Gaborone...

CAF inspectors were in the country from last week Thursday to get a first hand feel of what Botswana has to offer compared to what the other rivals have. Briefing the media midweek, bid committee chairperson, Ashford Mamelodi expressed his confidence...

The bid committee chairperson, Ashford Mamelodi gave a progress update during a media briefing in Gaborone this week. “Government will re-prioritise. Already you know how much noise there was about how much we had to pay for the bid book. We still...

At the close of nomination in May only Botswana, Egypt, Algeria and a joint effort from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda had been submitted.Egypt later pulled out. However, when the bid committee travelled to Abidjan to try and convince delegates during...

Briefing the media in Gaborone today, bid committee chairperson, Ashford Mamelodi said the inspectors will be treated as 'VVIP' with Botswana targeting a lasting impression.Omar El Ghiati from CAF will be in the company of auditors, Adam...

At the end of May, doomsayers were within their rights to predict a bleak future for Popa outside their ‘Mr Moneybag’, Jagdish Shah.But the club has shown sheer will and determination to succeed amid a difficult operating environment for most...

After the disappointment of seeing favourite Amantle Montsho finish fourth in the final of the 400m, hopes of a first ever Olympic Games medal during the London 2012 competition hung on the then largely unknown 18-year-old Amos.Most had given up,...

Hamlet had been looking for such a glorious moment to avenge his father’s death and this was the gilt-edged opportunity he had long been waiting for. But Hamlet hesitates, if he kills Claudius in his moment of prayer, it will be useless.Why?...

Angara had served the BCA since 2015 and ‘quietly’ left his post with no public announcement from the association.Reports are that the Zimbabwean coach, Timoni has already been roped with the BCA yet to make an announcement. BCA vice chairperson,...

But that is a debate for the latter part of today’s column. For the uninitiated, the BFA recently sent a reminder to clubs that they should not sign foreign players with less than three national team caps. Those caps can be earned from any age...