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  • BFA, Phuthego legal showdown looming

    Former Botswana Football Association (BFA) Regional Coordinator and Competitions Manager, Setete Phuthego is set to file a case before the court against the association over his suspension from football.Phuthego was suspended alongside two (2)...

  • Club licensing woes stalk BFL clubs

    The Botswana Football Association (BFA) is playing dumb to the reports that local football clubs have once again failed to satisfy and comply with the Botswana Football Association (BFA) club licensing manual, which could see them outside Botswana...

  • BONA bid lures Zimbabwe

    Botswana and Nambia recently announced their intensions to bring the African football tournament, Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), to the southern Africa part of the continent in 2027 in a joint bid dubbed BONA 2027. While the two neighboring countries...

  • BFL assumes responsibility for lower league

    Botswana Football Association (BFA) granted Botswana Premier League (BPL) its autonomy at the 2020 annual elective general assembly while the National First Division league (NFD) was set to operate under the auspices of the newly formed Botswana...

  • NADO steps up education on doping

    As part of their strategic priority to deter and eventually eliminate doping amongst local athletes, the National Anti-Doping (NADO) office has stepped up education measures for a wider reach of their targets.Together with the South African Institute...

  • Ngele linked to Rollers return

    Several local top clubs were reportedly exploring opportunities and presented proposals to land the highly talented local star attacker, Mogakolodi Ngele whose contract with Chippa United has elapsed. After over a decade serving in South Africa’s...

  • Nijel runs into trouble ...Famous runner part of Botswana duo suspended by World Athletics

    ATHLETICS On Wednesday morning, the country woke up to the devastating news that Nijel Amos has been provisionally suspended from world athletics ahead of next week's World Championships after testing positive for a banned metabolite, according...

  • Motshegwa to exit Gunners

    Ketlhalefile Motshegwa, who emerged as the new Secretary General of Botswana National Front (BNF) during the central committee elections held in Gaborone this past Tuesday is reported to be on his way out of the Extension Gunners executive Committee...

  • VTM on the way up

    Two minutes into the play-off final encounter, VTM FC coach, Leutlwetse Tshireletso’s bald was receiving frequent scratches, wondering how his team was going to navigate the last 88 minutes of the tie, without one of their trusted midfield...

  • World stage beckons for The Mares

    Given the strenuous demands of leading the local football women team, both immediate and sustained success is an enormous challenge to overcome.Gaoletlhoo Nkutlwisang, during her tenure as The Mares mentor, will surely attest to the rough terrain she...

  • Cracks emerge within Gunners committee

    Chairman of Extension Gunners, Rapula Okaile and some members of the club committee are facing accusations that they are ruling with an iron fist in their attempts to help the Peleng side rediscover its glory days. Formerly with Gaborone United,...

  • Mmathethe Sport Festival billed for the weekend

    In 2015, former Botswana Football Association (BFA) 1st Vice President, Pelotshweu Marshlow Motlogelwa introduced an initiative of Mmathethe Sport Festival with an aim to promote sport development.The annual event, which is hosted every year in...

  • LADIES IN RED ...Gaborone United are planning to revamp their women's team

    Gaborone United director Nicolas Zakhem has recently just arrived from Morocco where the finals of Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) are currently ongoing and he has been impressed.Inspired by the recent growing trend of women football in the...

  • Ngele linked to Rollers return

    Several local top clubs were reportedly exploring opportunities and presented proposals to land the highly talented local star attacker, Mogakolodi Ngele whose contract with Chippa United has elapsed. After over a decade serving in South Africa’s...

  • Zebras off to good start

    The Foals grazed with not much ease in a foreign land and unsurprisingly so as they huffed and puffed to get past a stubborn Seychelles side, which proved a hard-nut to crack at King Zwelithini stadium in Durban. Thato Kebue’s second half strike...

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