BY: Katlego Mechidi Following been extremely hit by the coval COVID-19,Botswana sports industry resurrected in 2021 after a dull 2020 across almost all sporting codes.SPORTSNATION staff writer Katlego Mechidi writes. Even though 2021 was a year where many athletes across the world faced challenges to get an opportunity to compete at their peak performance due Read More
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By Katlego Mechidi Team Botswana has settled for position two in combined medal count at the just ended African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 games which took place from the 3rd to the 12th of December 2021 in Maseru, Lesotho. Botswana scooped a total of 64 medals of which 24 are gold, 21 silvers Read More
Read moreBY: Katlego Mechidi Botswana football and the nation at large are mourning the death of Botswana national under 20 and also Security Systems head coach Keitumetse Pio Paul, aged 48. The legendary gaffer succumbed to covid-19 related complications on the 13th of August at Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital. Pio Paul as he was affectionately Read More
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BY: Katlego Mechidi Isaac Makwala’s achievements so far are a true definition that diligence is the mother of good fortune, without a shadow of a doubt he had a great year and is in an untouchable form that even the blind can see his class. Regardless of the challenges brought forth by the Covid-19 which Read More
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BY: Katlego Mechidi Unlike any other sport code here in Botswana, boxing has a rich tradition of winning medals at the Commonwealth games. TALKING POINTS Botswana made its debut in 1982 at the games Botswana boxing`s success started in 1994 at the commonwealth However, Botswana has gone two consecutive tournaments without glory in Boxing
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BY: Katlego Mechidi Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sports and Culture Development, Honourable Tumiso Rakgari successfully launched the World Olympic day celebrations for the year 2021 at Lekidi Football Center on May 10. TALKING POINTS Olympic Day is celebrated annually and globally in June 23 This year’s Olympics day celebration challenge include 100, 200, 300 and Read More
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By Katlego Mechidi Karabo Sibanda’s absence from the track for almost two years left the athletics fraternity with countless questions about his whereabouts. TALKING POINTS Karabo Sibanda`s absence is owed to injuries Special inclusion in the national team was done for Sibanda He is the future of athletics, and the future is now KARABO SIBANDA Read More
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BY:Katlego Mechidi When you do not want to say 800m,you can say Nijel Amos, without any doubt he is among the best 800m runners of all time not only in Botswana. Having shocked the nation by gaining podium position at the 2012 Summer Olympics at just 18 years old, Amos also made history by becoming Read More
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By Katlego Mechidi The boy have already set tongues wagging and everyone is really asking themselves about him, but the answer is simple and straight forward, Tebogo Letsile is Botswana athletics rising star holding the track records from a young age. TALKING POINTS He is based in Kanye with Mafika Athletics Club Letsile dominated the Read More
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By Katlego Mechidi “Hunter” as affectionately known in the football circle is indeed a virtuous hunter, he surprisingly hunted the joy for Batswana back in the last decade and he is the man who achieved the impossible in Botswana football. For a long time since independence Botswana was well known for being the punching bag Read More
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