Departed Tiro remembered at Rollers vs BDF XI game

It has been a sad week as great soldiers have fallen. Just when the nation looked to reach closure, another sad news from Boksburg, South Africa came in; Botswana’s finest professional boxer Herbert Nkabiti had also passed on that Saturday night at the Sunward Park Hospital in Boksburg. He reportedly suffered a head injury during his bout against Willis Baloyi at Carnival City near Brakpan on Friday night.

Tiro, a soldier who died with the team’s flag on his chest proved to be an impact sportsman not just in the field and in the dressing room but in all areas and situations, which Rollers went through. He passed on ahead of his team’s trip to Serowe to face Green Lovers in a Premier League match scheduled for that Sunday. And as his managers and supporters described him, he was seeing a better game ahead, an optimistic character who did not leave the world the same as he found it.