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Gold medal winners will take P1 million cash home, and P2, 500 monthly groceries for a year. Even during the Tokyo 2020 Games, the retail store had dangled the same incentive but it remained unclaimed as there were no gold medal winners. Choppies...

According to the World Chess Federation (FIDE), at the end of January, the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission (ARB) launched a call of interest for the Chess Olympiad. “This way we got the necessary information from arbiters who wanted to join the team of...

Then-president Malebo Raditladi-Nkgakile, Seipei Gaelisiwe (vice president-project and events), Masego Serumola (sport development officer), and Mokeresete Mokeresete (public relations officer), were all removed through a motion of no confidence. But...

Some members left yesterday for a pre-camp ahead of the games while other athletes, Letsile Tebogo, Collen Kebinatshipi, and Anthony Pesela are already in Europe competing in the Diamond League and Continental Tour Meets. The team comprises 14...

The event organiser, Oeme Morupisi, told MmegiSport that it is all systems go. He said the toss for playing pools was conducted on Tuesday during a technical meeting. Three softball pitches, Mowana Ball Park, Cricket Ground and Makhubu Ball Park, all...

The team is taking part in the Confederation of African Tennis (CAT)/International Tennis Federation (ITF) continental tournament. The tournament started on Saturday (July 6) and comes to an end tomorrow (July 9). The tournament is attended by...

The outcomes come a few weeks before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympics with athletics event kicking off on August 1. The two cases, which involve a male and female runners bring the number of active cases in athletics to five. An effort to speak...

The relay team clocked 38.19secs during the heats at the recent African Senior Championships held in Duoala, Cameroon. However, the results were not recognised due to the use of faulty timing equipment. The Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) vice...

The league was due to start in April but was postponed to this weekend and has been rescheduled once more. Mafolofolo coach, Isaac Thenjelani, told MmegiSport that they are in the dark about what is happening to the league. “The BVF executive...

Botswana has always been part of the tournament since its infancy stage when it was still a tri-nations competition. The BONA president, Onkemetse Mpudi, is a concerned person as the association is struggling with funding. She told MmegiSport that...

This would mean the Netherlands, currently ranked number 16, will compete in Paris. However, the participation of the Netherlands will be confirmed by the standard of World Athletics qualifying procedures. Botswana clocked 38.19 during the African...

Local players were amongst those who eyed the increased prize money and the title. Some of the countries that attended the championships included Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique, Eswatini, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), South Africa and...

Wells' dream of getting a slot at the tournament was diminished by a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Vikings. The women’s teams that have qualified for the Phikwe Softball Extravaganza from the Southern Zone are Police IX, BDF IX (defending...

The team finished second behind South Africa with 39 medals which included 11 gold, 13 silver, and 15 bronze. The Botswana Karate Association (BOKA) sent a team of 23 athletes to the competition. Last year, BOKA had sent a team of 42 members....

The last time there was softball activity on the pitch was back in September last year during the Independence Cup. The eliminations for the southern zone are at the National Diamond while Mater Spei and Clifton School in Francistown, host matches in...