Vipers made one of the greatest comebacks to win a tightly contested match by a single goal. Cats started the match on a high note dominating the first three quarters and it seemed like they were heading for victory in an entertaining men’s clash....
The event, which attracted over 300 athletes was held at the Obed Itani Chilume Stadium on Saturday but it started two hours behind schedule.This caused confusion and frustration among athletes as many of whom were left wondering about their...
The Federation will also host the 2024 Africa Games qualifiers where countries will compete for two slots to represent Zone Six during the continental competition scheduled for Accra, Ghana in March.The qualifiers are slated for January 27 and 28...
So successful has Chibana been in a short space of time that at some stage and for a whole season of 2023, she was not even n aware that she had already achieved a feat of ever getting to a podium position in South Africa’s motor-cycling...
There has been no sports at schools for nearly five years despite recent efforts to resume activities. Meetings have been held between the ministry and two teachers unions, the Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) and the Botswana...
This week, the Botswana Softball Association (BSA) issued an invitation to players to report for training at the National Diamond in Gaborone and there are already complaints that players from far flung areas were finding it hard to respond to the...
According to World Athletics, the Certification System has been developed in response to the need for better quality products in top-level competitions and the rapid developments in athletics equipment.“It also recognises the growing trend towards...
Gaborone United and Security Systems headline the weekend fixtures of the women's league when the two sides meet at Lekidi West.The match between the two promises fireworks as local football yearns elite action in the absence of the men's...
Having dominated African football in the 1960s and 1970s, the 42-year AFCON drought has left Ghanaians nostalgic for glories past. Anthony Yeboah, a two-time winner of the Bundesliga golden boot, with Eintracht Frankfurt and Hamburg, admits that a...
He has been in the Persian Gulf deserts since January 5 for the Dakar Rally which is also the first round of the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC)Branch finished eighth on the final stage to clinch second position overall, a first for any...
Tebogo will compete in the men's 400m race ahead of a busy season with all eyes on Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Speaking to MmegiSport, Tebogo said running the 400m is not part of his plans as he prepares for the new season. “There is no plan...
This is Branch's second stage win in this year's edition of the race following a win on day one on January 5. The biker has now accumulated five stage wins in his six appearances in the Dakar Rally. Today sees Branch in sight of Dakar Rally...
Botswana's neighbours to the south kick-started their AFCON campaign against a marauding Mali on Tuesday and went down 2-0 in a game they could easily have lost with a bigger margin. Mali's win saw the West Africans go top of Group E ahead of...
The latest win at this year’s edition of the race marks Branch's fifth career stage win. He remains in second position in the general standings behind Ricky Brabec of USA.The American leads by 10 minutes and 22 seconds ahead of the final stage...
Following a meeting of its Emergency Committee last night, the BFA announced it was provisionally suspending the BFL with immediate effect. In a statement, the mother body said the suspension was due to gross violation of the BFA and BFL...
The Orange FA Cup was supposed to kick off on Friday with the round of 48 matches. Today, the BFA wrote to clubs informing them the cup games have been postponed indefinitely. "This serves to inform you that due to unforeseen circumstances, the...
Gadimang steps in following the departure of Zimbabwean coach, Taurai Mangwiro, who was sacked in December. Mangwiro took Orapa to the Orange FA Cup final last season but was relieved of his duties following a string of poor results. In a statement,...
the BFA president, Maclean Letshwiti, arrived today from Ivory Coast where he had attended a CAF executive committee meeting, which took place on the side lines of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations finals. According to sources, the Emergency...
Letshwiti is in Ivory Coast for the Africa Cup of Nations finals as part of the CAF executive committee and arrives back home tomorrow. Media reports had indicated that his arrival will coincide with a visit from a CAF and FIFA delegation, that will...
After the December 16 Palapye meeting which purportedly removed Nicholas Zakhem as the BFL chairperson, Godfrey Ratlhaga took over on a temporary basis.In today's statement, there is no mention why Ratlhaga left his role, but the board, during...
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