StanChart employees cycle Gabs to Joburg for charity
17 cycling enthusiasts – all Standard Chartered Bank employees – today began a 400km cycle challenge from Gaborone to Johannesburg to raise funds for charity under the Bank’s recently launched...
View ArticleSports leaders welcome Rakgare
Various sports leaders from across national sport associations have hailed the appointment of Tumiso Rakgare as the minister of Youth Empowerment, Sports and Culture Development with open hands. This...
View ArticleBoKA targets 2024 Commonwealth champs
Just months after hosting the 2019 UFAK Junior and Senior Championships in Gaborone, Botswana Karate Association(BoKA) is contemplating on bidding for the 2024 Commonwealth Karate Championships....
View ArticlePaw buddies prepare for Tokyo 2020
Dog Trainers Association -Paw Buddies Botswana in collaboration with Botswana National Olympic Commission (BNOC), has launched a fund raising campaign to help support team Botswana in preparation for...
View ArticleP1.5m Mascom Top8 Season 9
The 2019/20 season of the Mascom Top8 has been officially launched and as per the norm teams which finished on the top eight of the national league last season will once again line up in contest for...
View ArticleBotswana in Copa Coca-Cola Africa Cup Tourney
The Pan-African tournament is a showcase of skills and talent aimed at developing young footballers into the next generation of soccer stars The second edition of the COPA Coca-Cola Africa Cup will be...
View ArticleGhana Eagles to meet Botswana Vultures in historic Rugby Africa Cup
Ghana Eagles to meet Botswana Vultures in historic Rugby Africa Cup The new Rugby Africa Cup format season 2020 starts this weekend in Ghana with a battle of the birds of prey The first Rugby Africa...
View ArticleBNOC taken off Olympics funds
Ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics games slated for Japan, signs of discord are already visible in the local sporting fraternity with Botswana National Olympics Committee(BNOC) no longer in charge of the...
View ArticleMakwala Challenge Cup 2019
Christopher Nyanga, Publicity Secretary – Makwala Challenge Cup said the Makwala Challenge Cup executive committee is currently involved in talks with some big corporates in this country for purposes...
View ArticleKanye Stadium on the pipeline
After long delays, government will soon construct a mini-stadium in Kanye village in an effort to facilitate sport development in the country, Parliament has been told. Responding to a question from...
View ArticleZebras’ female assistant coach
As Botswana began their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign earlier this month, there was a piece of history for the Zebras as they had a female assistant coach. Dr Carolin Braun, from...
View ArticleMakhwengwe back at GU
Gaborone United(GU) has appointed Philimon Makhwengwe as the new club coach following the departure of Nikola Kavazovic who spent some few months with the team before he was forced to resign due to a...
View ArticleBAA gets P2.5m
Funds to aid Olympics Preparations Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) has received a whooping P2.5 million to use towards the preparations for the upcoming 2020 Olympic games. Botswana have only...
View ArticleStadium booking circus
The Week 11 of the BTC premiership was marred by controversies following the cancellation of a match and the indefinite postponement of another. The Jwaneng Galaxy/Tafic match which was scheduled for...
View ArticleThe sensational Gabatshwarwe
She has taken the chess game by storm Woman Candidate Master (WCM) Refilwe Gabatshwarwe has taken the playing boards by storm this year. Despite being just 14 years, the Moshupa native have already...
View ArticleBranch wins stage 2 of Dakar Rally
By Reuters Argentine driver Orlando Terranova led the Dakar Rally after the second stage in Saudi Arabia on Monday while double Formula One champion Fernando Alonso smashed his Toyota on a rock and...
View ArticleTafic suspend three players
Trouble seems to be looming at Tafic Sporting Club after it emerged that the club has suspended three of their senior players this week. The trio is –Rocky Nkwe, Buyani Kgomotso and Captain Uyapo...
View ArticleNuttall for Rollers
By JEFF KINYANJUI mobile.nation.co.ke Former Gor Mahia coach Frank Nuttall has been linked with the vacant job at Botswana top-tier side Township Rollers. The tactician was at the National Stadium...
View ArticleMunyere draws closer to Candidate Master Title
Musa Munyere is a Candidate Master in waiting following a great performance at the Africa Youth Chess Championships last month in Namibia. The 13-year-old Setlalekgosi Junior School Student managed to...
View ArticleWhat Sports Fraternity Expects Ahead of 2020/21 Budget Speech Presentation
Minister of Finance and Skills Development, Thapelo Matsheka will be delivering his maiden budget speech following his appointment last year post general elections. But as always people from all...
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