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Leemisa Thuseho MARATHONER, Tebello Ramakongoana is not happy with his maiden performance at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. Ramakongoana came a disappointing 35th after clocking 2:13:35 on Sunday. The championships started on 15 July in Oregon, US and end on 24 July. Ramakongoana was the only athlete representing Lesotho. “I am not satisfied with my […]

Leemisa Thuseho REDSKINS volleyball club men and women teams have qualified for the 2022 Zone VI Senior Club Championships. This year’s tournament will be held in Zambia in December. The Redskins teams earned tickets to the event after winning the local qualifying tournament held over the weekend at Ratjomose. The male’s team qualified following their […]

Leemisa Thuseho GEORGE Mahommed and Lebajoa Tšephe displayed outstanding performances to dominate the 2022 Lesotho Winter Open Chess tournament over the weekend. The tournament was held at the Lesotho Agricultural College (LAC) in Maseru on Saturday and Sunday. Twenty-eight players participated in the tournament. Mahommed and Tšephe collected five points each from six rounds. However, […]

Leemisa Thuseho TOKA Badboy’s dream of making his debut at the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) African Senior Track and Field Championships in Mauritius has gone up in flames after suffering ankle and knee injuries. The biennial event started yesterday and ends on Sunday. This is the first edition since the Asaba, Nigeria 2018 edition. […]

Leemisa Thuseho PREMIER league side, Lifofane, is up for sale, the management has said. The management announced yesterday that it had decided to sell the team due to financial challenges. “It has been a very long and expensive season,” the management said in a statement on Wednesday. “There were a lot of challenges that we […]

Leemisa Thuseho LIFOFANE came from a goal down to beat Vodacom Premier League leaders Matlama 1-2 at Ratjomose Ground yesterday. The results also saw Lifofane ending Matlama’s 18-game unbeaten run. Matlama went into the game expecting nothing but a win. This because a win yesterday could have seen the side being crowned the league champions, […]

Leemisa Thuseho THE senior national soccer team, Likuena, has been drawn alongside, Zambia, Comoros and Ivory Coast in Group H of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers’ group stages. The draw was conducted in South Africa on Tuesday evening. The qualifiers will get underway on 30 May 2022. Forty countries will participate in […]

  Leemisa Thuseho MARATHONER Motlokoa Nkhabutlane is happy with finishing fifth in the 2022 Two Oceans Ultra Marathon (56km) last weekend. The 2015 winner of race competed in the race in Cape Town on Sunday on its return after a two-year break on the back of the Covid-19 pandemic. He clocked 3:12:55 while the winner, […]

Leemisa Thuseho THE A-Division Management Committee (ADMACO) has announced the return of Nedbank Lesotho as the A-Division Top 8 sponsors. The announcement was made during a press conference at Bambatha Tšita Sports Arena, this week. The announcement came after ADMACO early this month announced that this year’s competition would be financed by the Lesotho Football […]

Leemisa Thuseho PHETETSO Monese, Tumelo Makae and Eric Ramohanoe will represent Lesotho at the 2022 African continental MTB Championships in Windhoek, Namibia. The event will be held on 22 and 23 April 2022. Coached by Sehaole Mpopo and Malefane Morie, the team left the country yesterday. Morie told the Lesotho Times this week that the […]

Leemisa Thuseho LOCAL boxing coach, Sibusiso Keketsi, has been awarded the International Boxing Association (IBA) Coaches Instructor status becoming Lesotho’s first coach to bag such an achievement. This after he completed an IBA Coaches Instructors Course in Helsinki, Finland from 7 to 10 April 2022. He has now become Lesotho’s most qualified coach with a […]

  Leemisa Thuseho THE National Women’s Football Committee will next week start distributing to women’s developmental teams across the country. This after the Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) this week handed over the equipment it purchased for the women’s football committee. The equipment was handed over by LeFA at its premises in Maseru. The equipment includes […]

Leemisa Thuseho LOCAL marathoners will be out in full force this weekend battling for honours in the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town. The race will be held on Saturday and Sunday. The annual race is returning to action after a two-year absence on account of the Covid-19 pandemic. Tebello Ramakongoana, who will be making […]

  Leemisa Thuseho CHARITY cycling movement, Tour de Frontline (TdF), will be in Maseru for a one-day tour on Sunday. The tour is meant to raise funds for charity according to TdF founder, Semoli Mokhanoi. Mr Mokhanoi specifically founded TdF in 2021 to help in efforts to raise funds for charity through cycling. “The cause is […]

  Leemisa Thuseho LESOTHO Netball Association (LNA) and Lesotho National Council of Women (LNCW) have joined forces in the fight against teenage pregnancies, child marriages and HIV and AIDS. The two bodies hosted a two-day netball tournament at Ratjomose courts last weekend. The platform was used to sensitise players, administrators and the public about the […]

Leemisa Thuseho LIOLI has averted a possible player signing ban from the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA). This after the side managed to pay the funds that it owed its former defender, Thato Sefoli this week. Had the club not paid the money, it would have been banned from signing players for the next […]

Leemisa Thuseho  LINARE’S winless streak in the league now stands at six games after the team was held to a 1-1 draw by strugglers, Sefotha-Fotha at Ratjomose Ground last weekend. Teboho Mokoma scored for Sefotha-Fotha while Linare‘s goal came from substitute Siyabonga Mkhize. Linare last won a match in January this year after beating Manonyane […]

Leemisa Thuseho TOP assistant referee, Souru Phatšoane will tomorrow officiate during the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League clash between Petro de Luanda and Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperanca in Luanda, Angola. The game will be Phatšoane’s second international assignment since returning from the 2022 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon last month. His […]

  Leemisa Thuseho BANTU has signed a three-and-a-half-year sponsorship deal with Naledi Funeral Planners (NFP). The deal was signed during a colorful event in Maseru this week. The sponsorship worth M2, 46 million will see Bantu getting M50 000 monthly for the first six months and M60 000 monthly thereafter. NFP chief executive officer (CEO), Thabiso […]

  Leemisa Thuseho VODACOM Premier League (VPL) leaders, Matlama, on Sunday widened the gap at the top of the log table, thanks to a 1-3 victory over LMPS at Ratjomose Ground. The Sea-Point outfit is now a staggering 15 above second-placed Bantu, who were held to an 2-2 draw by Kick4Life at LCS Ground on […]

  Leemisa Thuseho LMPS will be out in full force to stop runaway leaders, Matlama, when the two sides clash in the Vodacom Premier League (VPL) on Sunday. The game will be played at Ratjomose Ground. Matlama are heading into game sitting comfortably atop the log table with 56 points while the defending champions, Bantu, […]

  Leemisa Thuseho THE newly appointed Likuena coach, Veselin Jelušić, is hopeful that his experience can help the team to succeed. Jelušić was unveiled as the head coach of Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) men’s teams at Bambatha Tšita Sports Arena on Tuesday. He replaced Thabo Senong, who resigned last June. The Serbian has signed a […]

  Leemisa Thuseho VETERAN runner, Lebenya Nkoka, was on Sunday crowned the champion of the 2022 Pirates Half Marathon in Johannesburg. Nkoka finished the 21km race in 1:08:31 while his compatriots, Jobo Khatoane and Teboho Noosi settled for second and third clocking 1:08:53 and 1:09:59 respectively. South African, Elvis Tau (1:10:48), finished fourth. Nkoka told […]