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The start of the Botswana Premier League season was laden with controversy after five teams; Extension Gunners, Notwane, Mahalapye Railway Highlanders, Gilport Lions, and Mogoditshane Fighters were expelled from the league. The five were said to have...

Rollers were due to know their fate last week, but the sentencing was postponed to this week Wednesday. While there has been speculation that Rollers might get a slap on the wrist for their transgression, there are reports the club could pay the full...

The code has proved to be the undoubted goose that lays the golden egg and a trusted conveyor belt of endless talent. The latest wonderkid is Letsile Tebogo who recently broke the world 100m Under-20 record. But is Botswana ready to make the next...

‘The rise of Selebi-Phikwe’s green machine was confirmed recently when Nico dumped the second tier boys and joined the elite sides. Nico was relegated to the First Division in 2017 when all ominous signs were on the table. Their return was not...

We have been dragged here once again by the now infamous Ratanang saga. It’s not new and it’s not isolated. Football walked this path not too long ago with the Ofentse Nato saga.Where there is a will, there is a way. But are there concerted...

It’s not new and it’s not isolated. Football walked this path not too long ago with the Ofentse Nato saga. Where there is a will, there is a way. But are there concerted genuine efforts to pull football out of its self-made abyss? There is little...

Khumalo says those who walked the path should be part of football administration as they made sacrifices on the pitch. Fair enough; they have done a lot for football.But should being a former player be the defining barometer in electing one into...

Tebogo is a rising athletics star with one of the world’s fastest times in the 100m and he says, for now, the track takes precedence over books. Tebogo is on the cusp of greatness as he awaits the athletics governing body, World Athletics, to...

The elective AGM will see the regional soccer body elect a new committee, with the president, Philip Chiyangwa from Zimbabwe, not seeking re-election. Chiyangwa was elected unopposed replacing Suketu Patel in 2016. Angola’s Artur Almeida e Silva is...

Last week was his fastest recorded 100m race, when he powered past the finish line in a time of 9.96 during the Gaborone International Meet. This is the fastest time ever recorded by an Under-20 athlete and should have been enough to have his name...

The dilemma arose when Kasemang, an amateur boxer until recently, took part in a professional bout in Johannesburg. In her debut professional fight, Kasemang defeated South Africa’s Raider Muleba.BoBA secretary-general, Taolo Tlouetsile said there...

That Letsile Tebogo broke a world record with a nonchalant jog across the finish line at the Gaborone International Meet last Saturday should be an ominous sign. After 9.96secs he had crossed the white line; it was done and dusted and a new world...

Former Botswana Football Association (BFA) first vice president, Marshlow Motlogelwa was in line to contest the COSAFA elections, but recently quit his position. This left the country without a candidate to sit in on the elective congress for the...

South African business mogul, Patrice Motsepe, who is also CAF president, recently touched down in Gaborone and had a tête-à-tête with a handful of corporates that have stood by football.The majority, if not all, sport codes, are heavily reliant...

The money will also cover participation in the African Nations Championship (CHAN) and the COSAFA Cup. The BFA is waiting for funding from government, with the responsible sports ministry indicating it was considering the association’s request for...