Athletics has once again asserted its growing dominance on Botswana’s national sporting stage. The Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) recently announced the nominees for the 45th Botswana Sports Awards, with the Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) emerging as the standout organization, securing eight nominations. The list, released last week, reflects a season in which athletics continued to deliver medals, international recognition, and elite performances. Other sports, including football, tennis, judo, swimming, and chess, also earned nods....

The Botswana’s premier track stars will be notably absent from this year’s FNB Golden Grand Prix, dealing a significant blow to the continental meet’s prestige ahead of its kickoff tomorrow (Sunday). Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo, 400m world champion Collen Kebinatshipi, and relay standout Bayapo Ndori have all withdrawn from the event, with organisers citing unresolved disputes over appearance fees. Glody Dube, founder of Golden Door Sports Agency and organizer of the Golden Grand Prix,...

The Botswana Football Association (BFA) has unveiled a sweeping 10-year strategic plan aimed at reshaping the nation’s football landscape with ambitious benchmarks for the Zebras, the Mares, and grassroots player development by 2036. Central to this vision is a decisive shift: Botswana intends no longer to be a sporadic contender on the African football stage but to establish itself as a steadfast competitor among the continent’s elite. This initiative, dubbed the BFA Strategic Framework 2036,...

Eric Ookame, a forward for the Zebras senior national football team, was deported from Egypt back to Botswana after immigration authorities reportedly discovered that he was traveling on a fraudulent visa. Ookame was in transit to Morocco, where he plays for Mouloudia Club Oujda FC, intending to rejoin his club after fulfilling his national team duties. This publication can exclusively reveal that the incident occurred on April 3, highlighting a complex situation involving travel documentation...

Negotiations to secure Botswana’s most celebrated athletics star, Letsile Tebogo, for the highly anticipated FNB Botswana Golden Grand Prix have brought to light a widening gap between the market value commanded by world-class athletes and the financial realities faced by local sporting event organizers. This publication has learned exclusively that Tebogo’s management team is demanding a substantial appearance fee of P850,000 for his participation in the event scheduled for April 26 at the National Stadium...