Wet start for 'KgaaTshoo' FA Cup

BFA and Orange Botswana officials during yesterday's press briefing in Gaborone PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
BFA and Orange Botswana officials during yesterday's press briefing in Gaborone PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

After seven years of absence, the Football Association (FA) Cup returns to the playing grounds this weekend, with widespread rains expected.

The cup was last played in 2012 with soft drink manufacturing company, Coca-Cola as the sponsor. This time around telecommunications company, Orange Botswana has come on board and the competition is played under the tagline #KgaaTshoo, shortened for “Kga tshoo! hao sa bona wa jewa”, a widely used tagline for knockout games.

The games will kick off this weekend in the Southern Block. Speaking at a press briefing in Gaborone yesterday, Orange Botswana sponsorship coordinator, Mosarwa Molema said there is excitement around the Orange FA Cup as it quenches the thirst for competitiveness and inclusiveness in the football community in the country.

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