BY: Kabelo Seleka Botswana Table Tennis Association (BTTA) top seeds Tshenolo Mooketsi and Boago Malobela are eyeing Phoenix Life-Changing P25 000 price award.SPORTSNATION staffer Kabelo Seleka writes. The record price newly introduced by BTTA and Phoenix Assurance is set to be awarded at the much anticipated Independence Day Grand Finale to be hosted at BUAN Read More
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BY: Kabelo Seleka Botswana Table Tennis Association (BTTA) historically launched P70 000, National Championship sponsor, this morning at Crystal Paradise. TALKING POINTS The sponsorship includes P50 000 Phoenix Life-Changing Awards The winner in both sections walks away with P6 000.00 Phoenix Chief says they intend to help transform youth through sports.
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BY: Tirelo Mosielele Botswana Table-Tennis Association(BTTA) is adamant that they will conclude their tournament series by hosting its grand finale at this year’s independence holidays next week on September 30 amid the COVID-19 scare.SPORTSNATION Corespondent Tirelo Mosielele writes. TALKING POINTS Tournament hosted at BUAN The winner walks away with P25 000.00 BTTA uses tournament monies Read More
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BY: Kabelo Seleka Botswana Football Association(BFA) is set to constitutionally adopt a new football season calendar post-COVID-19 global pandemic.SPORTSNATION Staffer Kabelo Seleka observes. The information reaching this publication is that the new BFA football calendar has been developed. TALKING POINTS The calendar is now February-November season The calendar may clash with international Read More
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BY: Tirelo Mosielele Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court dismissed Caster Semenya’s case appeal of a prior ruling made by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in 2019. The ruling ordered Caster Semenya to take testosterone reducing drugs. Following the ruling, Caster Semenya would now be able to compete in her famous 800 m race. Caster Read More
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BY: Kabelo Seleka Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) 2020 Metropolitan Open Chess Champion WCM Besa Basaiti has earned herself an elite scholarship to study in the USA courtesy of the Botswana National Sports Commission (BNSC). The BNSC Elite athlete scholarship meant that Besa Basaiti is the first women chess player to be granted one. The chess Read More
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BY: Tirelo Mosielele Botswana Football Association(BFA) has this past week received an amount of over 5million pula from FIFA as a relief plan from COVID -19 global pandemic repercussions. This follows a decision by the world football governing body FIFA to distribute $150million to help against coronavirus losses to struggling football leagues. FIFA has over Read More
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BY:Kabelo Seleka Botswana’s rising teenage tennis star Ekua Refilwe Youri has finished second at the just ended Open Catalan Federation tournament Under 18s in Barcelona, Spain. Ekua Refilwe Youri won her first qualifying match of the ITF under 18 grade 4 after beating Lojan Shaker of Britain 6-2,6-1. Subsequently, Ekua Refilwe Youri lost by a Read More
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Botswana Football Association (BFA) should restart the local football competitions particularly Orange FA Cup sooner than later. Following the coronavirus global pandemic, football is like many of the industries affected by the virus and subsequently, lockdown resulting in the ending of the league games as they are by the BFA and indefinite suspension of Read More
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BY:Kabelo Seleka Botswana’s table tennis king Tshenolo Mooketsi is continuously reigning supreme with his fine form of his life in Botswana Table Tennis Association(BTTA) tournaments.SPORTSNATION STAFFER Kabelo Seleka writes. TALKING POINTS His dominance started in 2018 He won two tournament in a space of four weeks His next target is a big money tourney Tshenolo Read More
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