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With nearly half of Africa’s 54 countries now eligible to take part in the Africa Cup of Nations finals, the Zebras are fancying their chances.But as the engines for the 2023 AFCON finals rev after a lengthy pit stop, Mpote’s charges find...

When Nare’s BMC finished second during the 2011–2012 BeMOBILE Premier League season, football fans acknowledged the impressive progress made by a product grown within local shores.Here was a young coach making brisk steps up the coaching ladder...

The statement was, without a doubt, directed at Ookeditse Malesu who recently set up a football academy. Some read malice from the BFA statement while others felt the move was justified.Aside from the wording of the statement, which sounded too...

Rollers have been the embodiment of professionalism in recent seasons, becoming the perfect template for all local clubs aspiring to reach the top. Popa had everything going for them including setting new records by winning the league four times on...

It was a modest welcome with some empty seats dotted across the Lekidi Football Centre auditorium.Just after the clock struck 11am, Senzo Mbatha found himself huddled on a couch placed just outside the entrance of the Lekidi Centre auditorium, where...

Gunners, lying at the wrong end of the Premier League table, have been given 45-days to settle P400,000 owed to defender, Desire Bafana. The matter emanating from 2021, was escalated to the world mother body, FIFA after the club failed to keep up...

The team's defender is owed P400,000 and the matter was escalated to FIFA, with the result being Gunners ordered not to be active in the transfer market for three windows if they do not settle the amount.BFA chief executive officer, Mfolo Mfolo...

Mbatha will effectively replace Solomon Ramochotlhwane who hurriedly quit last year October. Speaking at a press briefing in Gaborone today, Mbatha said he main challenge will be to commercialise and professionalise the league. “We have some ground...

Most of the relationships in sport also hinge on the availability of money. In the absence of ‘chelete’ sport is reduced to a pastime or recedes to amateur level. There is always a mismatch locally where administrators talk about elevating sport...

This is why it will be difficult to shake-off the enduring narratives about Africa being a dark continent. Welsh journalist and explorer, Henry Morton Stanley, is credited with the ‘dark continent’ view as he saw Africa as mysterious.Africa is...

Botswana and Namibia have launched a joint bid to host the 2027 AFCON finals and a South African company, Reuben Reddy Architects was appointed to undertake an extensive audit of the facilities. The exercise has been completed in Botswana and moves...

As of May 2021, 21 out of CAF’s 54 member states did not have facilities that meet the continental body’s requirements. That number has grown to 24 as of the beginning of this month.This resulted in countries flying all over the continent to...

The expectation is that Mbatha will wave his magic wand and chart a new path for the BFL. Contrary to overwhelming criticism, the BFL has not been as bad as it has been made to appear. Retaining sponsors was going to be a tall order post COVID-19,...

The explosive letter, signed by five other directors and leaked to the media, accuses Zakhem of taking unilateral decisions.In particular, the Gaborone United director is in the dock for discussing issues surrounding the league’s prize money and...

The competition has noble intentions; it gives locally based players the necessary exposure. The tournament is the equivalent of the Africa Cup of Nations, only that it features players plying their trade in the domestic leagues.But the tournament...