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Kabelo Boranabi
  • Rollers de-register Skhwama, Rakhale

    Speaking to journalists on Friday evening, Rollers’ head coach, Mogomotsi ‘Teenage’ Mpote said the pair was excluded due to niggling injuries and that their status at the club will be reviewed in the mid-season, during the January transfer...

  • Off-road finale set for Gumare

    The BMS will host round six and seven of the championship in Maun and Gumare over the Independence Day weekend. On September 28, BMS affiliates, Chariots of Fire, Team Maun and Team Orapa host part of the Nhabe-Okavango 400km Off-Road Rally while the...

  • New BFA leader pleads for free stadiums

    Last month, the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) informed the BFA it would halt issuing venues for free to football and the highest charge is set at P15, 000, while the lowest is at P3, 500. The use of 'premium venues' the National...

  • Financial audit looms at BFA

    Rakgare was speaking at a meet and greet session with the newly elected BFA president, Tariq Babitseng, at the Ministry headquarters on Monday afternoon. The two sport leaders met on Monday as Rakgare officially welcomed the new BFA boss to the local...

  • Libyan side attacks local referee

    Ketshabile was the whistle man in the first leg of the CAF Confederations Cup second preliminary round clash between Al Ahly Tripoli and Simba SC of Tanzania played on Sunday evening. The highly contested match played in Libya ended in a 0-0 draw...

  • Babitseng to grant BFL autonomy

    Babitseng was elected as the new BFA president at the general assembly held at the Majestic Five Hotel in Palapye on Saturday. He ousted Maclean Letshwiti, who held the seat for an eight-year period over two terms. The duo was set for a re-run as the...

  • Status swap bad for football – Zakhem

    The swap is an increasing phenomenon in local football. At least P1.2 million has been spent in the exchanges that saw the return of sleeping giants, Mochudi Centre Chiefs and Extension Gunners to the elite league. Chiefs are said to have paid P600,...

  • Gunners go for experience in ‘Dubula’

    Sithole was appointed Gunners' head coach on a one-year contract in his first elite league job since parting ways with Police XI in February 2020. The well-travelled mentor has won league and cup titles with amongst others, Gaborone United,...

  • Zakhem blames Matebele for Maponda saga

    GU and Matebele spent the large part of this transfer window battling for the services of the goal poacher. Maponda had signed with GU while he also penned a two-year contract extension with Matebele. He has spent the transfer window on both sides...

  • Red Roses bemoan poor COSAFA treatment

    GU were making their debut at the eight-team tournament held in Blantyre in the past two weeks. The Red Roses were unlucky to miss the only spot in the finals to be played later this year. In a dramatic end to their debut campaign, GU were beaten in...

  • Chiefs' First Division status remains on sale

    Chiefs will return to the elite league in the 2024–2025 FNB Premiership after five years in the dusty grounds of the second-tier football league. The four-time league champions acquired the status of Masitaoka for P600, 000 and are looking to cash...

  • Finger-pointing heightens as BFA elections loom

    Boardroom squabbles this week spilt before cameras and microphones as the Botswana Football Association (BFA) elective congress approaches.It appeared as if a quiet campaign on the surface ahead of the September 14 polls, but in the past week,...

  • Galaxy ready to deliver another Pirates upset

    The league champions needed the lottery of the penalty shootout over the weekend to overcome very defensive Namibian side, African Stars, in the second leg of the CAF Champions League first preliminary round played at the National Stadium on Saturday...

  • Orapa target group stages spot

    Over the weekend the Ostriches sailed into the competition’s second preliminary round following a 3-1 aggregate win over Foresters FC of Seychelles. Orapa managed a 2-0 win over the visitors in the second leg of the CAF Confederations Cup first...

  • 'Ben 10' scoops best player award

    The Red Roses on Saturday saw their dreams of being the first local club to make it to the African women football inter-club tournament's last eight shattered by a loss in the regional final. In their debut outing at the CAF Women’s Champions...

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