The National Stadium and the Lobatse Sports Complex failed the CAF test in 2019 and the situation has not been remedied.Jwaneng Galaxy will particularly feel the full pinch of the development as they will have to play their CAF Champions League group...
Galaxy is in oil-rich, Tunisia and they will need to drill deep in their reservoirs against the four-time CAF Champions League winners in the first of the six group stage matches. The local side reached the group stages after a brave fight against...
As per the rules, teams were drawn as per their log standings from the 2019-2020 season. The teams were divided into two parts, the northern and southern regions of the country. Two Premier League sides, Masitaoka and Sua Flamingoes were in the hat...
The Super League will mark the start of the 2022 table tennis season. The Super League will run until April. The league games will be played Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays over the three months until the competition, which is only open to players...
The inaugural annual marathon will see children from ages of three to 15 run for a philanthropic cause, with A target of at least 500 brand new school shoes from the proceeds. The marathon is slated for April 23, 2022, in Gaborone. Montsho, who...
After the unfortunate incident, Nkobolo was left wheelchair bound. But now there is light at the end of the tunnel. Nkobolo is jetting off to New Delhi, India today for medical attention.He will be at the facility for six weeks. The athlete will be...
Popa remain second and five points behind rivals Gaborone United as the second round of games begun over the weekend.Kabelo Dambe was the first to deny Otlarongwa Nthumolang from a free kick before Tshomarelo More on the other end put a two-hand save...
Gaborone United (GU) striker, Thatayaone Kgamanyane has been leading the pack since the start of the campaign until last week when Jwaneng Galaxy forward, Thabang Sesinyi dethroned him.The former has been sitting on the sidelines with an injury and...
Mpote saw his side going 11 points adrift of GU in a Botswana Premier League (BPL) encounter played at the National Stadium. Prior to the game, The Ostriches were eight points behind The Reds and had a chance to reduce the gap to just five.The league...
The mis-allocated funds, which were meant for FIFA sanctioned projects amount to P6 million. The money was diverted to fund internal operations of the association.Sources this week said if Motlogelwa does not resign, the BFA NEC will move a motion to...
Branch was with Yamaha for two years after joining the Yamaha Factory team in 2020, as he became the first local biker to go fully professional.At the time he had done enough in his first two Dakar Rally appearances to draw Yamaha’s attention.This...
Eight years later he jetted off across the Atlantic Ocean to further his studies and play tennis at a higher level in the United States. Lenkopane started playing tennis at Orapa Junior Secondary School in 2014.The plan was not to stick around for...
During the Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) series held in Francistown over the weekend, Kemorena Tisang of Maun Athletics Club set a new national record in the men’s 400m hurdles clocking 49.96. He beat the 50.88 mark set by Daniel Lagamang in...
“Referee from hell,” “Botswana referee expelled from COSAFA Cup,” “Senegal unhappy with Botswana,” were some of the unpalatable headlines which Bondo woke up to not too long ago.It has been a journey fraught with its own challenges, but...
Zakhem had turned into a fierce critic of the administration at the Botswana Football Association (BFA), with much of the criticism directed at the association’s president, Maclean Letshwiti.However, all that has cooled and in an interview, Zakhem...
Speaking during the cheque handover ceremony yesterday, Debswana managing director, Lynette Armstrong said the Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) sponsorship is spread over three years up to 2024.She said BAA would receive P3 million annually. The...
Makgantai was unveiled as GU’s latest signing on Wednesday, making a switch from The Ostriches. He has signed an 18-month deal with the Reds as he itches for immediate action after not kicking the ball after being frozen out of match day squads at...
The games are scheduled for July 28 to August 8 and the BNOC is playing a waiting game with its parent ministry, the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development (MYSC).BNOC strategy and business development manager, Baboni Kupe told...
Apart from FIFA, BFA gets much of its funding from the government through the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) subvention. The association has in recent weeks grabbed headlines for the wrong reasons.There have been allegations of corruption,...
There were questions marks over whether the Orapa United coach's qualifications allow him to sit on the Zebras bench, with a CAF A license the requisite to lead a national team. Mpote has a CAF B license, but he told Mmegi Sport in a brief...
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