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By Moorosi Tsiane MASERU — Newly appointed Bantu Coach, Motlatsi Shale, remains optimistic that his team will soon find the rhythm after they failed to score on the weekend playing their second successive draw against Likhopo on Sunday. The Mafeteng based team, who have spend over M100 000 during the transfer window, are under pressure […]

By Mikia Kalati   MASERU — South African First Division side, Maluti FET College, are threatening to pull out of a deal to sign Likuena players Thapelo Mokhehle, Mohau Kuenane, and Tšepo Lekhoana over the transfer fees. The club feels Lesotho’s teams are trying to hold them to ransom by inflating the price of the […]

By Mikia Kalati Fourteen goals were recorded in the opening matches of the new season with the 6-0 win by Lioli over Mpharane Celtic the biggest score-line as the league champions made clear their intention of defending their title. We have always been complaining about the lack of goals in our league but I feel […]

By Mikia Kalati MASERU — Premier league defending champions, Lioli, are willing to release former captain and star defender Thabo Masualle after he went AWOL. Lioli’s communication and marketing manager, Moeketsi Pitso, told this paper that they do not know the whereabouts of the man who led the club to their first league title in […]

By Mikia Kalati MASERU — Premier league champions, Lioli, have vowed to continue with their fine start to the new league season as they prepare to take on Qoaling Highlanders at the Lesotho Correctional Service Ground on Saturday. Lioli walloped Mpharane Celtic 6-0 in their opening match last Sunday. Tse Nala mentor, Mosholu “Shoes” Mokhothu, […]

By Mikia Kalati MASERU — The Likuena duo of Mohau Kuenane and Lehlomela Ramabele are on trials with South Africa’s First Division side Maluti FET College. The two players alongside Bantu defender Thapelo Mokhehle have been training with the club who are preparing for their first season in the South African First Division. Katleho Moleko […]

By Mikia Kalati MASERU — The A Division Management Committee (ADMACO) is racing against time to secure sponsorship for the two A Division streams before the new season kick offs early next month. ADMACO public relations officer, Lehlohonolo Borotho, admitted that it has been really tough for them to run the lower division league without […]

By Mikia Kalati The new league season roars into life on Saturday and we hope that the opening matches will live up to expectation after a tumultuous off season that saw a lot of movement by both players and coaches. Just like last season, it seems this league campaign will once again start before the […]

By Mikia Kalati   MASERU — With two weeks to go before the start of the season, the Lesotho Times looks at the major signings and preparations ahead of the season. Lioli will start the new season as the team to beat after a successful spell that saw the team win the league title over […]

By Mikia Kalati   MASERU — The Likuena duo of Thapelo Tale and Katleho Moleko will join Cape Town Santos after impressing during a two-week trial. Moleko joins the team for a second spell having been with their youth team while Tale’s impressive performance during the recent Cosafa Cup caught the attention of a number […]

By Mikia Kalati   MASERU — Like most young boys growing up in Teya-teyaneng, Lebohang Thotanyana, nursed dreams of making it as a professional footballer. He pursued that dream whilst playing plastic balls on the dusty streets of Teya-teyaneng, a small town about 40 kilometres north of the capital Maseru. Thotanyana, 39, however, realised his […]

By Mikia Kalati   MASERU — Baitse Motsamai, 27, has been appointed the new Premier League Management Committee (PLMC) administrator. Speaking in an interview with the Lesotho Times yesterday, Motsamai said he is fully aware of the expectations and challenges he is facing in his new role as they seek to professionalise the game. The […]

MASERU — Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) coach, Malefetsane Pheko, has been slapped with a two-match suspension for “insulting” a referee, the Lesotho Times can reveal. LDF have also been fined M500 by the Premier League Management Committee for Pheko’s confrontation with referee Matheola Makhobalo during the team’s league match against Mpharane Celtics a fortnight ago. […]

MASERU — FC Likhopo moved clear from the relegation zone when they edged Mpharane Celtics 1-0 on Sunday a victory the club said could point to better times ahead. FC Likhopo had been struggling since the season began last August and had remained stuck in the relegation zone for the better part of the season. […]

MASERU — Lesotho Under-20 national team will square off against Zambia in a Caf Under-20 Youth Championships qualifier later this year. The finals will be staged in Algeria next year. The Under-20s – affectionately known as Makoanyane XI – will host Zambia in the first leg of the qualifiers at the end of July. The […]

MASERU — About 40 clubs from the southern Africa region are expected to take part in the Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS) Metropolitan Netball inter-club tournament which gets underway in Maseru tomorrow. The tournament runs until Sunday. LCS is hosting the event in partnership with Metropolitan Lesotho. The 40 competing clubs are drawn from South Africa, […]

MASERU — Leribe district coach Nkuebe Makhalemele has accused the Lesotho Amateur Athletics Association (LAAA) of neglecting talent at the grassroots level. Makhalemele, who has been coaching short distance runners for the past 12 years, said Lesotho’s top athletes were retiring early because they felt neglected by the association. “We are always working hard as […]

MASERU — Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) suffered a shock 2-1 loss to Mpharane Celtics at St Michaels in Leribe last weekend to throw the league race wide open. In a weekend characterised by shock results, Bantu were the only team in the top four to post a positive result after thrashing rivals Matlama 2-1 in […]

MASERU — The Premier League Management Committee (PLMC) this week said they are investigating crowd trouble that erupted during a match between Bantu and Matlama in Mafeteng on Sunday. PLMC communications and marketing manager, Lehlohonolo Matlosa, said they would write to Lesotho Referees Committee this week to ascertain what transpired. “We’ve heard rumours that there […]

LADYBRAND — Lesotho rugby’s inexperience was exposed in front of an appreciative “home” crowd in Ladybrand as they played against Marquard on Saturday. Looking to build on their close match in Qwaqwa, the Basotho in blue went down valiantly to the technically and tactically superior South African team. Lesotho were hoping that strength and fitness […]

MASERU — Lesotho’s top four athletes have agreed to shelve competing in local and regional competitions as they set their eyes on the London Olympic Games in July. The athletes — Pulane Majoro, ’Mamoroallo Tjoka, Tsotang Maine and Mokhejane Lesenyeho — struck a deal with the Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC) to sacrifice commercial competitions […]

MASERU — Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) coach Malefetsane Pheko is a worried man. Speaking to the Lesotho Times this week, Pheko said the club is worried that their poor form in front of goal might cost them the title come end of season in May. Although LDF are currently leading the Vodacom Premier League log […]

Matlama……………………(1) 1 Mpharane Celtics……….(0) 0   MASERU — Matlama on Saturday broke Mpharane Celtics’ five-match unbeaten record when they defeated them 1-0 at Pitso Ground. Although most of the first half was dull with both teams struggling to settle, it was Matlama who drew first blood. Tse Putsoa, Lesotho’s most decorated club side with 10 […]

MASERU — Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS) will need nothing short of a miracle if they are to overturn the three-nil mauling they suffered at the hands of Uganda Revenue Authority in an African Champions League tie two weeks ago. The make-or-break tie will be at Setsoto Stadium on Sunday. The local champions, popularly known as […]

MASERU — Likhopo FC owner Bishop Molatoli was in tears on Sunday afternoon after his team beat defending champions LCS. It had been a long wait. “I am so happy, so happy that I even cried,” Molatoli told the Lesotho Times in an interview after the match. “The boys played very well today and we […]

MASERU — Mafeteng-based Majantja have become well known for the team’s colourful supporters over the years. On a good day, their ferocious drum-beating supporters can easily win them a game. But that is not to say the team is entirely bad or weak. Majantja are also well-known for their on and off relationship with the […]