Leemisa Thuseho FORMER Makoanyane XI captain, Moteloa Khemisi, Lifofane defender Shali Lekhotla and Kick4Life workhorse Mokoteli Mohapi are back in the country after undergoing a four-day trial at GladAfrica Championship side, University of Pretoria. The trials ended last Friday. The trio left for Pretoria on Monday after being invited by the team. The trial period […]
Leemisa Thuseho LONG distance-runner ‘Neheng Khatala clocked 2:28:06 to win the Retail Capital Langa Marathon in Cape Town on Sunday to qualify for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Khatala becomes the second Lesotho athlete to qualify for this year’s edition of the Olympics after her husband, Khoarahlane Seutloali, who qualified during the Cape Town Marathon in […]
Moorosi Tsiane WHEN Mosito Matela was appointed Matlama coach four years ago, he brought belief and confidence into a team that had gone eight seasons without winning any silverware. In his first season, the former Matlama midfielder guided Tse Putsoa to the LNIG Top8 title ending the eight-year drought. Matlama, who then had nine league […]
Moorosi Tsiane BANTU midfielder Tšoanelo Koetle and United States (US) based winger Napo Matsoso have been recalled to the senior national soccer team. The duo is part of the 24-man squad announced by Thabo Senong this week. The team will face eSwatini and Mozambique in friendlies on 2 and 5 June in Mozambique. The friendlies […]
Moorosi Tsiane DEFENDING premier league champions Bantu cemented their position at the summit of the table after edging Liphakoe 2-1 at LCS Ground on Sunday. The Sunday win saw Bantu stretching their winning streak to six matches this season thanks to goals from Litšepe Marabe and Lazola Tjokotjokwana while Tšepang Makapa netted from the spot […]
Moorosi Tsiane SPORTS journalists must use their knowledge for the betterment of sport, Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) president Salemane Phafane has said. Phafane said this during his closing remarks after a two-day sports journalists’ refresher course in Maseru. The course was held by LeFA in conjunction with the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA). More […]
Moorosi Tsiane LINARE suffered their third Vodacom Premier League loss last Saturday, going down 3-0 humiliation at the hands of the struggling Swallows. The weekend loss saw Tebogo Moloi’s charges dropping points once again after drawing nil-all with LCS a fortnight ago. Under Moloi, Tse Tala has played six matches and have only won once […]
Moorosi Tsiane LIOLI’S first half goals from Switbirth Kum and Tumelo Makha were enough to sink Lifofane 1-2 in a Vodacom Premier League tie at in Butha-Buthe yesterday. The tie was a catch-up game after it was originally called off due to heavy rains in January shortly before football activities were suspended by the Lesotho […]
Moorosi Tsiane LINARE will be out to change its fortunes when the side returns to soccer action on Saturday in a Vodacom Premier League clash against LCS at LCS Ground. Tse Tala have endured a slow start to the current season under new coach Tebogo Moloi losing two, drawing one and winning one before […]
Leemisa Thuseho TOP boxers Moroke Mokhotho and Arena Pakela left the country yesterday for Zambia where they will be in a training for six weeks. The duo is preparing for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, which are running from 23 July to 8 August 2021. The boxers will be in Zambia along with their coach, […]
Leemisa Thuseho THE Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC’s) long serving president ‘Matlohang Moiloa Ramoqopo is set to become the next Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) second vice president. This after she was unchallenged in her bid for the post in ANOCA’s upcoming 19th elective general assembly on 24 and 25 May 2021. […]
Moorosi Tsiane THE Vodacom Premier League will finally resume this week ending the four months’ break on the back of Covid-19 lockdowns. The Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) in January this year suspended football activities in a bid to arrest the spread of Covid-19. The suspension was immediately followed by the government’s lockdown restrictions that […]
Moorosi Tsiane THE Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) has condemned Setsoto Stadium for hosting FIFA fixtures. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced this week that Setsoto Stadium and a host of other stadia in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Mali, Central African Republic, Burundi, Eritrea, Chad, Gambia and Namibia had been banned from hosting […]
Moorosi Tsiane LESOTHO is likely to forfeit its place in the upcoming Confederation of Football (CAF) champions league. This after CAF announced that the closing date for registrations will be end of June 2021 for Champion’s League, a date by which the local league would not have been decided yet. Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) secretary […]
Leemisa Thuseho THE National Women’s Football Committee will this week distribute football equipment to women’s developmental teams across the country. According to the Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) technical director Leslie Notši, 81 women’s clubs will benefit from the initiative. He said this during the official launch of the distribution in Maseru this week. Notši said […]
Leemisa Thuseho LESOTHO’S top sprinter Mosito Lehata is in Zambia for a one-month camp preparing for the upcoming Olympic qualifying events. Lehata left the country last week and is expected to be in Zambia until 2 May 2021. Federation of Athletics Lesotho (FAL) public relations officer Nkuebe Makhalemele told the Lesotho Times that they came […]
Moorosi Tsiane TRIPLE jumper Lerato Sechele has said her preparations for the upcoming African Seniors Championships are on track after jumping 13, 46 metres to win the Potchefstroom Meeting last weekend. The African Seniors Championships are penned in for either May or June 2021 in Algiers, Algeria. The games were initially set for 24 to […]
Leemisa Thuseho DESPITE failing to win the Nelson Mandela Bay Half Marathon, local runners are happy with their respective times citing it was their first race after a long Covid-19 break. This year’s edition held at the Pollok Beach in Summerstrand; Port Elizabeth last Saturday also served as the Athletics SA half-marathon championships. Lesotho had […]
Moorosi Tsiane LESOTHO Football Association (LeFA) is courting foreign-based players with Lesotho roots to represent the men’s senior national soccer side, Likuena. The move is expected to boost the depth of the national team according to LeFA secretary general Mokhosi Mohapi. Mohapi told the Lesotho Times this week that he has already spoken to […]
Leemisa Thuseho LESOTHO’S top mountain bike (MTB) cyclists Tumelo Makae continued with his poor form after failing to rise to the occasion during the 2021 Otztaler Cross Country Olympic MTB Festival in Austria last weekend. Makae failed to finish the race only completing three out of seven laps. The performance saw him 59th out […]
Leemisa Thuseho CHESS Federation of Lesotho (CFL) secretary general Mokone Moshe has thrown his hat in the ring for the presidency in the upcoming elections. The association will hold its elective annual general meeting (AGM) on 1 May 2021 at a yet to be decided venue. With current president Tšeliso Motloheloa out in full […]
Leemisa Thuseho THE Lesotho Badminton Association will launch AirBadminton at Sefika High School in Maseru on Saturday. Association president Moneoang Leshota told the media during a press briefing in Maseru this week that the event dubbed AirBadminton Day will be sponsored by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). AirBadminton Day is expected to launch the new […]
Moorosi Tsiane THE Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) is yet to decide on the future of senior national soccer team coach, Thabo Senong’s, secretary general Mokhosi Mohapi has said. Senong was appointed Likuena head coach in August 2019 on a one-year contract which was supposed to run until the end of both the 2021 Africa Cup […]
Moorosi Tsiane LIOLI president Lebohang Thotanyana on Thursday elected the chairperson of the Premier League Chairpersons’ Forum. Thotanyana told the Lesotho Times this week that his team’s immediate task is to restructure and reorganise the Premier League Management Committee (PLMC) and help it improve football. “The PLMC looks like it has reached its ceiling in […]
Leemisa Thuseho TOP long distance runner Jobo Khatoane’s Olympic dream has been shattered after he was withdrawn from the recently announced provisional squad for the Tokyo games. Khatoane was ejected from the team for failing to show-up for the 2019 Africa Games in Rabat, Morocco despite pocketing allowances for the trip. The Olympics will […]
Leemisa Thuseho ROAD cycling rider Teboho Khantši produced a stunning performance on Sunday when he won the Federation of Cycling Lesotho (FCL) tournament in the elite men’s category on Sunday. Khantši completed the 80km race in 2:07:57 a result which saw him securing the second place in overall standings of the tournament in Mazenod, […]
Moorosi Tsiane THE Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) last week accused the National Covid-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC) of discriminating sports by crafting impractical Covid-19 regulations as a prerequisite for the resumption of sports activities. This follows Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro’s announcement last week that it was now safe for the return of sports after the lifting of […]
as murder-accused soldier files fresh lawsuit for his recusal from trying him Mohalenyane Phakela BOTSWANA Judge Onkemetse Tshosa has a fresh headache to deal with. This after murder-accused soldier, Major Pitso Ramoepane, filed a new High Court application for his recusal from trying him and his co-accused. In his application filed on Tuesday, Major Ramoepane […]
Moorosi Tsiane LIKUENA gaffer Thabo Senong has expressed his disappointment in his team’s failure to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Senong’s charges were thumped 3-0 in their last Group L ties in Lagos on Tuesday. A first half goal from Victor Osimhen and a second half goal apiece from Oghenekaro Etebo and […]
Leemisa Thuseho THE senior national rugby team coach, Realeboha Segoete, could soon relinquish his post after he was nominated to contest the treasurer position in the upcoming Federation Lesotho Rugby (FLR) elections. The federation is expecting its elective annual general meeting (AGM) on 17 April 2021 at a yet to be announced venue. Segoete is […]
