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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...

Jaguars go into the match as the underdogs but intend to give Hogs a stiff fight. On the other hand, Hogs want to continue their dominance. Jaguars powered to the final after beating traditional giants, BDF Cheetahs 6-0 last weekend.Hogs received a...

Botswana qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup after their performance at this year's Olympiad, which was held in Chennai, India.The country is in the Open Section together with Egypt, Tunisia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Morocco, Madagascar, Libya,...

He has been nominated for the World Athletics' August moment of the month title.Tebogo's nomination comes after his record-breaking run at the World Junior Championships in Cali, Columbia last month, where he registered a new mark of 9.91 in...

The visitors found themselves leading the pack. South African runner, Sehohle Folavio won the men’s 21.1km race with a time of 1:07.59. Folavio said he arrived late at the venue and did not have time for a warm up.“I panicked when I arrived late...

The Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) has largely managed to stay out of unwanted attention but the sport finds itself at the centre of a potentially damaging internal fight.The executive committee faces a motion of no confidence, as internal bickering...

The Fight Night was facilitated by Scud Missile Promotions. Bagwasi won the vacant title after defeating Tanzanian opponent, Said Chino through a split decision. He thus becomes the first ever World boxing champion from Botswana.The three officials...

There were interesting moves which shook softball, including Pauline Tukisi's move from Wells International to Vikings. Tukisi has previously featured for Rail Giants before joining Wells.She is considered one of the best outfielders in the...

The total budget for prize monies was P69,800 and the club had raised P42,800 by midweek. BDF Athletics Club sponsorship manager, Gerald Bashingi, said during a press briefing this week that in the event of a shortfall they will have to make plans....