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: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 Tennis Association (BTA) returned to action this past weekend with Botswana Open which attracted only 62 participants in the the midst of covid-19 scare and post extreme social distancing.
The tournament which was hosted from the 18th of July to the 21st of July was hosted at the all famous Notwane Courts.
The tennis association observed the new covid-19 prevention protocols to get a go ahead in hosting the tournament powered by PROKENNEX
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BY:Kabelo Seleka GABORONE:Botswana Tertiary Education Student Sports Association(BOTESSA ) Bracket B championship qualifiers has this past weekend experienced disarray of uncoordinated officiating around the region hosted at UB,BUAN,BNYC and BIAC. The games which was used as qualifiers for the optimistically anticipated BOTESSA Championship to be held in Gaborone next month nonetheless managed to successfully make Read More
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BY:Kabelo Seleka GABORONE:Tennis Team Botswana at the ongoing AUSC Region 5 Games has managed to rake in 3 medals into the blue,black and white medal basket to help Botswana come 3rd in overall medal position gaping Zambia with 21 medals. Botswana as per requirement of the tournament’s rules and regulations thrown to the court 4 Read More
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BY:Kabelo Seleka GABORONE:Botswana’s double impact duo at the ongoing AUSC region 5 youth games held in Gaborone,Tshegofatso Tsiang and Leungo Mannawo did it again,this time better and tougher as they entertained the crowd by winning Beverly Matsiwe and Munashe Kaume of Zimbabwe 6-2,4-6,10-8 to campaign for the tourneys gold medal today in Notwane Courts. The Read More
Read MoreBY:Kabelo Seleka GABORONE:Tennis Team Botswana ladies double madeup of the all prospective Tshegofatso Tsiang and rawly talented Leungo Monnawo gave their Malawians counterparts Linda Msiska and Winnie Kadamanja a lifetime tennis lesson to advance to the finals after dominantly edging over by 6-0,6-1 at the ongoing AUSC region 5 games Gaborone 2018 held at the Read More
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BY:Kabelo Seleka GABORONE:Botswana’s double impact ladies double team for region 5 youth games tennis yesterday Tshegofatso Tsiang and Leungo Mannawo had a mountain to climb as they were completely dominated to accept a defeat from their South African counterparts and highly top seeded duo Ntokozo Zungu and Deien Kleinhans by 6-0,7-5 score. The home girls Read More
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BY:Letsile Matlhodi With only a few days to the African Nations Cup in tennis team Botswana is more than ready to hit the courts and earn themselves medals. This was said by the men’s team captain Aobakwe during a conference held by Botswana Tennis Association(BTA) in Gaborone at Notwane Tennis courts this afternoon. This will Read More
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BY:Letsile Matlhodi GABORONE;After five days of tough competition at Notwane club tennis courts the Botswana Tennis Association yesterday evening held an official dinner at Avani hotel in Gaborone to officially welcome the participating countries. Around 13 countries took part in the competition which started on the 5th of November this year and are expected to Read More
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