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Kenosi clinched back her title by defeating Sakobi Macelat of Democratic Republic of Congo in the 57kg category.Kenosi has been on top of her game since becoming the first woman boxer to qualify for the Olympics. She booked her ticket to Tokyo by...

Tebogo ran 9.94 secs in the men’s 100m heats to set a then-new world junior record. The world athletics governing body had to ratify the feat before it became official.Tebogo, who claimed his first senior continental title during the Africa Senior...

Team Swift cyclist, Thabiso Mokalake is the national champion after completing the 140km race in a time of 3:34.08. Abeng Malete of Jwaneng Cycling Club was second pulling out of the peloton a few meters before the finish line to complete the race in...

“Our attention continues to be drawn to developments some of which border on indiscipline and arrogance where those who are supposed to lead our sporting bodies now take positions of kings and queens, running those bodies as personal properties,”...

The consultations followed in the backdrop of the submission of the Joint Task Team on the review of school sport. MYSC permanent secretary, Kitso Kemoeng said following a lengthy and involving exercise in the last two to three years, to try and...

The competition comes at a time when the country is struggling with resuming school sport, which is normally used to select athletes for the Region 5 Games. Botswana is sending a team of football (boys and girls), netball, tennis, volleyball (boys...

Riley was the tournament director for AFCON 2016 which South Africa hosted. He is a member of the CAF media committee, FIFA Marketing and Development Instructor. He assisted South Africa to clinch the 2010 FIFA World Cup and he was the technical...

Mahommed lost his opening bout in the 51kg category against Moziane Mohammed-Elamin of Algeria yesterday. Another local boxer, Lere Solomon lost to Bathily Abdoul Karim of Mali in the 60kg category. George Molwantwa won his first bout of the...

The medals were won by Kagiso Mophuting who was competing in the Under 21 male kata. The second gold medal was won by female kata team.The team comprised Lesego Masimola, Lethabo Sekano and Amantle Leburu. The male kata team that had Mophuting,...

The side fell short of scooping the league title during the just-ended Botswana Rugby Union (BRU) season, but are not about to let the disappointment disrupt their plans.Savage gave their all in the 10s league to secure a bronze medal after playing...

Rugby has 12 referees but two have decided to stay away due to what they term as constant abuse.But referees manager, Aleck Maphosa told Mmegi Sport that he would not comment about referees who have decided to stay away as it was their personal...

A team of 10 boxers left by road on Thursday destined for the Mozambique capital. Setlalekgosi said the most important thing when going to a championship is the mindset, adding the team going to Maputo is in good physical shape but lacks mental...

A group of 20 karatekas did not have transit visas, but other members of the travelling squad including Ofentse Bakwadi, Oratile Caiphus, Boemo Ramasimong (karatekas), Christopher Ponatshego (coach) and China Metswi (team manager) did not face any...

Botswana collected eleven gold medals, four silver and six bronze to be crowned the Region 5 Games champions. The team arrived back in Gaborone yesterday.Botswana Darts Association (BoDA) public relations officer, Thato Maphorisa told Sport Monitor...

The hard-punching boxer melted the hearts of Batswana when she became the first member of Team Botswana to win a medal at the just ended Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the United Kingdom in July.She scooped the medal after beating Sri Lanka's...