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...
In the other battle, defending champions, Gaborone Hogs face BDF Cheetahs for a place in the final. All eyes will be on Wildebeests who have emerged as brilliant newcomers in the league. However, it will not be a walk in the park as UB Rhinos have...
This year's edition will be held in Malawi from August 15 to 24. During a draw held this morning, GU are in Group B where they face fellow debutants, Uniao Desportiva de Lichinga from Mozambique and Malawi's Ascent Academy while the fourth...
The deal is for Under-15 and Under-17 competitions across all the BFA regions with the tournament known as the Choppies Cup. Speaking at the launch of the sponsorship on Tuesday, Choppies CEO, Ramachandran Ottapathu, said the P5, 250, 000 partnership...
The competition came to a conclusion on Sunday evening putting to an end to intense week-long action, which began on July 15. The tournament held at the Botho University Multi-Purpose Hall was the first ever continental table tennis competition...
Both teams were unbeaten going into the final Pool C of the Davis Cup Group V matches and the winner was guaranteed a place in today's semi-finals. The two teams that will progress to the final will be promoted to the Africa Group IV, with...
Sebata of Sebata Group has acquired 80% shares at Rollers and assumes control of the most successful football club in the country for the next five years. He replaces Jimmy Haskins Kereng, who left the post after just a year. Kereng had replaced...
The two clubs have been negotiating for some time after Young Stars gained promotion to the elite league last season. Although Young Stars chairperson, Banyatsi Gaedie, could not reveal names of potential buyers for their status last week, he did...
The results that impacted the Zebras' position included the last three matches at the COSAFA Cup in which Botswana finished the group stages without a win. They draw against Eswatini and South Africa, both goalless stalemates before a 3-1 loss to...
Yesterday, Rollers announced the arrival of Tendani Sebata of Sebata Group, who is the new club's main financier and assumes the role of club president. Sebata joins Rollers on a five-year-long agreement and acquires 80% of the club's stake...
Sebego has been scathing in his recent criticism of the BFA leadership and this week he took a dig at the mother body’s CEO, Mfolo Mfolo. But Mfolo told MmegiSport that while he has taken note of Sebego's social media post, he will not respond....
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Africa vice president (development), Andrew Mudibo, wants to see politicians, just like they do with football, use other codes to push their agendas. Mudibo, who is in the country for the ITTF Youth...
The spectacular event, a brainchild of Edward Maloiso and his team, has been gaining momentum since its inception, growing into a platform that champions both inner and outer strength. "The idea to merge beauty and fitness into the Miss...
Masego Nchingane and Tariq Babitseng had shown interest in standing for the position, but their applications have been considered unsuccessful by the electoral committee. The latest development means that the current BFA president, Maclean Letshwiti,...
Namibia’s Premier League champions, African Stars are also part of the programme, GU announced this week. “We are pleased to inform you that Gaborone United will be hosting the Namibian Premier League champions, African Stars and South Africa’s...
Abrahams was speaking at the official opening of the 2024 ITTF-Africa Youth Championship held at the Ave Maria Conference Centre on Wednesday afternoon. Abrahams expressed pride in Gaborone being chosen as the host city of the prestigious continental...
The team is in the same group with Libya, Lesotho, and Madagascar in Pool C. The hosts opened their account with a 3-0 win over Libya on Wednesday and followed it up with a similar victory against Lesotho yesterday. Denzel Seetso and Mark Nawa gave...
Yesterday, Egypt won three gold medals in the youth and cadet team events finals played at the Botho University Hall in Gaborone. In the team events, competing nations field three- to five-member squads and the first team to claim three victories in...
According to Sebata's profile, he was born in Zimbabwe's border town, Beitbridge and developed interest in business at a young age. Sebata buses mainly ply the Bulawayo-Johannesburg route. "My journey in the transport industry began...