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  • Mares, Zebras P28m search continues

    Both the Mares and the Zebras qualified for the AFCON finals to be held in July and December respectively. However, the cash-strapped BFA needs P28.186 million to adequately prepare the two national sides for the assignments in Morocco. The two will...

  • BFL to decide Mamelodi’s future

    Mamelodi's term was extended by a year upon its expiry last year, and now the board will decide if he stays or goes. The BFL chairperson, Peter Kesitilwe, said the position will be advertised and only after the due process will a decision be...

  • World Relays debacle: Athletics enters murky territory

    The Botswana Football Association (BFA) has become a reference point for disputes over allowances. Successive Zebras generations have been at loggerheads with the association for failing to timeously honour financial obligations.This week, it was the...

  • GU holds firm in title cliffhanger

    With three games left of a gripping title contest, the jury is still out after Jwaneng Galaxy also ground a result against Matebele while TAFIC held on to the leaders' coattails with a late 1-0 win over Orapa United. At the Gaborone United...

  • Investors are not magic bullets

    The road to privatising clubs has proved long and arduous contrary to common belief that it will be the panacea to all challenges facing local teams. Most clubs have tried to bring on board what are commonly referred to as investors, with clubs in...

  • Motlhanka settling well at English club

    Motlhanka, who has previous experience playing in the UK and Zimbabwe, joins the Bristol City-based side until the end of the season in September. In 2017, Motlhanka was in the UK where he played for the Holmewood Cricket Club, scoring 902 runs in 33...

  • BFA step-up efforts to introduce VAR

    Botswana could become one of the first COSAFA members to introduce VAR, after the BFA held the second of a three phase training project for match officials this week. The BFA Referees Manager, Phodiso Rasetsoga said following the second workshop,...

  • Where’s the good in goodbye?

    On Friday, April 25, 2025, one of life’s most heartless robbers, death, carried out its usual callous act, this time robbing the nation of a prominent, history-making son.Stanley ‘Hunter’ Tshosane breathed his last in the early hours of Friday,...

  • Sebata delay decision on Rollers assets

    These assets include a bus for the men's team, a mini-bus for the women's side, six vehicles for executive management and staff. Sebata also secured office space, accommodation for staff players and reached an agreement for the lease of the...

  • Rollers ‘single and searching’ after fourth investor break-up

    First there was Sommerset Gobuiwang, a man credited with pioneering the transition of Township Rollers from a society to a professional entity with a commercial wing.Gobuiwang brought on board Jagdish Shah and Rollers’ dominance was further...

  • After a gallant battle, Bra Stan's gun has fallen silent

    Tshosane, a soldier on and off the field, was a tactical genius who dared a nation to dream with his enduring troops en-route to the country's first ever Africa Cup of Nations finals appearance. A man who was part of a football revolution...

  • Sebata, Rollers' short-lived marriage

    Last year, Sebata acquired 80 percent stake in Rollers, through its investment arm, Popa Popa Investments which gave him control of Botswana's most successful club for five years. But the deal has failed to last a full season after Sebata told...

  • Resignations rock boxing

    Secretary-general Taolo Tloutsile jumped ship last month and in his place, Irene Ntelamo was co-opted. But Ntelamo did not last long as she threw in the towel this week. BoBA spokesperson, Gaone Motshwanaesi, has now been asked to take over the role...

  • Raguin makes progress towards junior slam

    Raguin was in Izmir, Turkey, this week participating in the J100 ITF World Tennis Tour where the sixth seed progressed to the quarter-finals. He lost to second seeded Turkish player, Cem Christopher Kucukhuseyin 6-7, 6-1 yesterday. In the first...

  • Sebata dumps Rollers

    This week, Sebata is expected to announce the decision to terminate the relationship over a breach of contract. Sebata has invested more than P15 million since assuming control of the club at the beginning of the season. The transport business mogul...

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