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Mqondisi Dube
  • Amos targets 2025 World Championships return

    In 2023, a four-year ban was handed to Amos, which was later reduced to three, after being found to have used a banned substance on the eve of the 2022 World Championship held in Oregon, the United States.His ban runs from the time he was suspended...

  • GU winner as teams lose points for January 'revolt'

    As a result of leadership wrangles within the BFL, clubs announced a boycott of the fixtures in January. Only Security Systems, VTM, and Gaborone United turning up for Week 13 fixtures. In Week 14, only GU was present at the venue, while all other 15...

  • BNSC and the National Stadium toilet mess

    I deliberately picked the two as in terms of rank at the secretariat and the board respectively, they are the top dogs. While I am dead sure that the two have been to the National Stadium of late, what I am not certain about is if they have used the...

  • Athletics, the gift that keeps on giving

    More than 40 sport codes are officially registered under the umbrella body, the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC). All have recorded success in their small way, but one has remained peerless as the rise of Botswana as a global athletics...

  • The Makwala conundrum

    Makwala was the first in as he sought to give Botswana's 4x400m relay team a perfect start. However, it didn’t work well as a tiring Makwala faded towards the finish line after a decent run up to the last bend. The reverse gear appeared to kick...

  • Bodybuilders ready to flex muscles

    At least 30 contestants are billed to flex their muscles as the organisation of the competition scheduled for May 25, takes shape. The last bodybuilding contest was held in 2019. Show organiser, Lust Sithole told MmegiSport this week that it is...

  • Tables turn on disciplined forces

    There are new good dancers on the domestic front as Jwaneng Galaxy and Orapa United have moved far ahead of the trio that terrorised local opponents. So ruthless were Fighters and BDF XI that they took turns to dominate the league, with the former...

  • Nico launch late Houdini act

    Typically, Majombolo were down for the count, and with the referee ready to hit the deck for the decisive slap, Nico kicked back.The arrival of former Zebras coach, Mogomotsi ‘Teenage’ Mpote has galvanised a side that was lacking in direction and...

  • Distance a big enemy for teams like Desert Nxau

    You do not have to look further than Sankoyo Bush Bucks and teams from the Kgalagadi region that participate in the First Division South.A team like Desert Nxau spends most of the time on the road and at the end of the day, the travels evidently take...

  • Pour more fuel to fire the derby

    It was a fairly good advert for local football with a carnival atmosphere enveloping the National Stadium on a bright sunny afternoon.The football could have been better as Gaborone United sat back for the bulk of the 90 minutes while Township...

  • Amidst BFA fights, Sebego raises hand for presidency

    However, on Tuesday, just hours after the BFA Disciplinary Committee dropped charges he faced, Sebego indicated his name would be on the ballot in an election expected between August and October this year. Sebego is expected to face incumbent,...

  • No two ways; marathons must be regulated

    The BAA, as the custodian of athletics in the country, has a responsibility to regulate an industry that can easily attract conmen and con-women. While others see a genuine potential to contribute to athletics development, others are sadly wolves in...

  • An attack that stole Mamelodi’s night

    The ‘Protecting the Game’ launch attracted the who-is-who in football administration from within the borders and even from neighbouring South Africa.Supersport’s Thomas Kwenaite and COSAFA chief executive officer, Sue Destombes were some of the...

  • Book launch turns into war room

    In the past, the two have played down the animosity, despite reports they no longer see eye-to-eye. On Wednesday, however, the growing rift was laid bare to the public during Mamelodi’s launch of his memoir titled, ‘Protecting the Game’.What...

  • 'Our problem with Rakgare is personal'

    This was hours before Rakgare made probably the harshest criticism of the duo and the Botswana Football Association (BFA) president, Maclean Letshiwiti, during Ashford Mamelodi's book launch on Wednesday evening. In an earlier interview, in...

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