Athletics on track to spark new revolution

Golden generation: The Under-20 athletics team did well at the World Junior Championships PIC: BNOC
Golden generation: The Under-20 athletics team did well at the World Junior Championships PIC: BNOC

Athletics has, for the umpteenth time, thrown down the gauntlet to the men and women in charge of sports. A critical phase for local sport lies ahead after athletics’ recent sparkling display at two world competitions, argues Staff Writer, MQONDISI DUBE

Football has long been Botswana’s pampered code, enjoying near undiluted attention from both the fans and administrators. The football purse has been healthier than the more than 40 other Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) codes.

It is argued; football is Botswana’s national sport and enjoys unparalleled mass participation across the length and breadth of the country.

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