Leemisa Thuseho BERENG High School is the overall winner of the 2023 Lesotho Institutions Sport Association (LISA) Ball Games after winning both the male and female categories of the tournament’s soccer competition. The games were held at Lesotho High School and Setsoto Stadium in Maseru from Friday to Sunday. In the girls’ competition, Bereng won […]
Leemisa Thuseho Lesotho Volleyball Association (LVA) president, Lehlohonolo Ncheke, has remained positive despite the disappointing results of the national team at the ongoing Women’s African Nations Volleyball Championship. Team Lesotho lost all their five matches at the tournament which kicked off on 14 August in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and ends tomorrow. Twelve teams were competing in […]
Leemisa Thuseho LOCAL chess starlet, Lebajoa Tšephe, says the secret to his current good form is holding regular training sessions with top international players. Tšephe continued his impressive run by winning the 2023 Basotho Year Opener held at Good Night Lodge from 5 to 6 August. The 18-year-old was too hot to handle as he […]
Leemisa Thuseho MATLAMA head-coach, Halemakale Mahlaha, has extended his stay at the club for another season. Mahlaha joined Tse Putsoa – as Matlama are affectionately known – in October last year and was tasked with leading the premier league outfit until the end of the 2022/23 season. He replaced former coach, Molebatsi Mothobi, who left […]
… as Khojane is elected new chairperson Leemisa Thuseho MATLAMA’s newly-elected president, Moeketsi Khojane, has vowed to revive the club’s glory days and restore its dignity by securing more sponsors and uniting the supporters, among others. Khojane claimed the club’s hot-seat amid a dramatic elective Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at Police Training College (PTC) […]
Leemisa Thuseho National volleyball team coach, Thabiso Maboee, has set an ambitious target for his charges when they take part in the 2023 Women’s African Nations Volleyball Championship. The tournament is set for Yaoundé, Cameroon, from 14 to 25 August while team Lesotho is expected to arrive in Cameroon on 13 August 2023. Maboee said […]
Leemisa Thuseho NETBALL administrator, Matšepo Mohau, will fly the national flag high as she is set to participate in the 2023 Netball World Cup tournament as an international volunteer. The tournament will run from tomorrow, 28 July, to 6 August at Cape Town International Convention Centre in South Africa. This will be the first time […]
Leemisa Thuseho LESOTHO has failed to send representatives to this year’s African Boxing Championship currently underway in Cameroon due to financial challenges, the Lesotho Boxing Association (LeBA) has confirmed. The 21st edition of the annual continental tournament, which got underway on Tuesday this week, is set to end on 6 August in Yaounde. Lesotho had […]
Leemisa Thuseho Likuena yesterday booked a spot in the semifinals of the ongoing COSAFA Cup despite losing 2-4 to Angola at Chatsworth Stadium in Durban, South Africa. The national soccer team still finished top of Group C with six points despite the loss, while Angola were in second position with four points. Mozambique ended the […]
…become the first high school team to play in the women’s topflight soccer league. Leemisa Thuseho MPHAKI High’s female football team will go down in Lesotho’s history as the first school side to play in the Women Super League (WSL). The Quthing-based ladies will now be contesting against heavyweights such as 2022/2023 champions LDF Ladies, […]
Leemisa Thuseho IT was a bad day in office for local athletes during the Absa Run Your City 10km Race held in Durban, South Africa, as none of them was among the top five finishers. The race was held on Sunday at the Durban beachfront promenade, and featured a star-studded line-up of both international and […]
Leemisa Thuseho LMPS FC will have to secure a new coach ahead of the 2023/24 season after head-coach, Tiisetso Molete, decided to dump them. Molete joined the police outfit at the beginning of the 2022/23 season but has decided to part ways with the team. An impeccable source confirmed this development to the Lesotho Times […]
Leemisa Thuseho NATIONAL team, Likuena, suffered a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Togo in an international friendly game at Sturrock Park Stadium in Johannesburg yesterday. The match, which was played behind closed doors with no spectators, saw Likuena coach, Veselin Jelušić, starting with an experienced first eleven with two foreign based players, Katleho Makateng and […]
Leemisa Thuseho THE Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) has resolved to restrict the usage of expatriate players in the Premier League, A Division League, as well as in other lower leagues ahead of next season to create opportunities for local players to have more game time. A recent LeFA national executive committee resolution states that starting […]
Leemisa Thuseho LESOTHO’s athletics relay team brought home two trophies from an international competition in Botswana over the weekend. The competition organised by Botswana’s Lefika Athletics Club was held on 10 June 2023 at the Botswana National Stadium in Gaborone. The Lesotho team won two trophies after finishing second in the senior females’ 400m×4 relay […]
Leemisa Thuseho NEDBANK Lesotho in collaboration with the Lesotho Cycling Federation (CFL) yesterday launched three new cycling competitions for the year 2023. The launch was held at Lancers Inn Hotel in Maseru and the competitions are dubbed Lesotho Nedbank Cycling Series 2023. Speaking at the launch, CFL president Rammotang Makatile said under the collaboration they […]
Leemisa Thuseho THE 2022/23 Vodacom Premier League (VPL) champions, Bantu, are on the verge of giving their current coach Bob Mafoso a new contract, the Lesotho Times can reveal. Mafoso took the reins in April 2023, immediately after the resignation of the team’s former coach Abram Mongoya. Mafoso took the team with only six games […]
Leemisa Thuseho CYCLING national team coach, Mark West, has hailed local cyclists’ performance at the just ended African Mountain Bike (MTB) Championships. The championships were held at Thaba-Trails in Johannesburg from 2 to 4 June 2023. The championships saw Lesotho’s top rider, Tumelo Makae, making it in the top ten. He settled for tenth position […]
Leemisa Thuseho THE Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC) is hosting a week-long Level 1 Sport Administration Course (SAC) for personnel involved in the running of sports in the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). The course which started on Monday is expected to end tomorrow at the LNOC premises in Maseru West. Thirty-five LMPS officers are participating […]
…as they win league title four times in a row Leemisa Thuseho LEQELE Queens have once again proven to be Lesotho’s netball giants after winning their fourth consecutive domestic league title at the weekend. Leqele Queens were crowned the 2022/23 champions after beating rivals LCS 30-23 at the Police Training College (PTC) netball courts. Following […]
Leemisa Thuseho ACE Maseru and Quthing LMPS have advanced to the semifinals of the 2023 A Division Nedbank Top 8. The two teams advanced after winning their respective quarterfinal matches at the LCS Ground in Maseru yesterday. Quthing LPMS were the first to book a spot in the semifinals by beating Mokhotlong based side, Mzamane […]
Leemisa Thuseho YOUNG local athletes found the going tough, failing to win a single medal in the just ended Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Under 18 and Under 20 Championships in Lusaka, Zambia. The joint championships ran from 29 April to 3 May 2023. Lesotho was represented by 11 athletes who battled in different categories but […]
…wants Likuena to qualify for CHAN and AFCON by 2026 Leemisa Thuseho THE Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) has set the bar high in its 2023-2026 strategic plan. Its uppermost priority in the plan is to have the national team, Likuena, qualify for the African Nations Championships (CHAN) and the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) for […]
Leemisa Thuseho LESOTHO could lose rights to host the 2023 Confederation of African Volleyball (CAVB) Zone VI Club Championships and the association’s annual general meeting (AGM). The two events were set to be held in Lesotho for the first time in December this year on dates yet to be announced. However, Lesotho is likely […]
. . . bemoans lack of quality players in Lesotho . . . ready to accept any decision taken over his future Leemisa Thuseho LIKUENA coach, Veselin Jelušic, has once again failed to deliver. But he is not giving up hope. He has promised to continue working hard to ensure Lesotho one day in the […]
Morocco’s 2-1 win over Brazil at the weekend underlines the North African country’s growing status as a heavyweight in African football. The Atlas Lions recorded their first win over mighty Brazil with HM King Mohammed VI’s massive investment in football key to the success of the North African country. In a match where both […]
Leemisa Thuseho THE senior national team, Likuena, will officially don its new Umbro away jersey when they face Zambia’ in an Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier first leg match this Sunday. The match will be played at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in the Copperbelt Province in Zambia. Today’s match will see Likuena donning the […]
as Likuena prepare to face Zambia in AFCON qualifiers Leemisa Thuseho LIKUENA coach, Veselin Jelusiƈ, is concerned about his strikers’ lack of punch as they prepare for a crucial back-to-back clash against Zambia in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. Jelusiƈ said this after the national men’s soccer team on Thursday played to a […]
Leemisa Thuseho CHARITY movement, Tour de Frontline (TdF), yesterday raised a total of M340 000 through a cycling tour in Maseru. The event saw over 30 riders completing a 40km cycling tour. It started and finished at Maseru Mall. This was the second time the TdF has organised the tour in Lesotho, the first […]
Leemisa Thuseho VODACOM Premier League side, Lifofane coach, Kabelo Malapane, resigned during the week because he was not happy with the team’s decision to bring in another coach to work with him, the Sunday Express has learnt. The Butha-Buthe based club recently reinforced its coaching department by roping in former Machokha coach, Katiso Mojakhomo. […]
