Leemisa Thuseho LEQELE Netball Club were on Sunday crowned the National League champions after beating rivals, LCS, 25-22 at Ha-Ratjomose in Maseru. The sides, which had last met in the league in 2018, renewed their rivalry after emerging victorious in the semifinals on Saturday. Leqele qualified for the finals after a 47-11 win over their […]
Moorosi Tsiane SOCIAL was abuzz last weekend after the football community learnt that the Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) did not register the girls’ under-17 side for the upcoming Africa Union Sport Council (AUSC) Games. The games will be held in Maseru from 3 to 12 December 2021. LeFA secretary general, Mokhosi Mohapi, last week explained […]
Moorosi Tsiane AFRICAN Union Sports Council (AUSC) regional organising committee chairperson, Stanley Mutoya, is confident that Lesotho will successfully host the upcoming Region 5 Games. The Region 5 Games are penned in for 3 to 12 December 2021 in Maseru. Mutoya said this in when addressing the media in Maseru on the side lines of […]
Moorosi Tsiane THE Sports Xpress Awards head of marketing, Tšeliso Kheleli, is still searching for sponsors for some of the categories despite the ceremony just being a fortnight away. The awards will be held at Thaba-Bosiu Cultural Village in Maseru on 30 October 2021. The awards are meant to celebrate local athletes’ excellence both […]
Leemisa Thuseho MARATHONER, Tebello Ramakongoana, says he is happy to have come third in the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon last weekend. Ramakongoana, who was making his debut in the race, clocked 2:10:24 behind Ethiopia’s Gebru Redagne (2:10:17). South Africa’s Stephen Mokoka (2:10.01) came first for the second time since 2018. And Ramakongoana says coming third is a […]
Leemisa Thuseho FORMER Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC) vice president administration, Tlali Rampooana, was on Sunday elected the committee’s new president after beating Lesotho Football Association first deputy president, Khiba Mohoanyane. Rampooana will lead the committee for the next four years after polling 37 of the available 50 votes. Mohoanyane, who is also the former […]
Moorosi Tsiane THE 2015 Athletics African Championships silver medallist, Mosito Lehata, has been banned from all sports for five years following two anti-doping rule violations. Although it only came to light this weekend, the ban was effected in June this year by the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS). SAIDS banned the 32-year-old after his […]
Leemisa Thuseho GENDER, Youth, Sport and Recreation Minister, Likeleli Tampane, has called on Basotho to support the upcoming African Union Council Region (AUSC) Region 5 Games. The games will be held in Maseru from 3 to 12 December. This after they were postponed last year on the back of the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking during […]
Leemisa Thuseho LESOTHO long distance runner, Jobo Khatoane, displayed an outstanding performance to win the first edition of the Mkhambathini Half-Marathon, in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday. Khatoane came first after clocking 1:05:00. South Africa’s Sibusiso Kubheka finished second recording a time of 1:05:09 while his compatriot, Ndumiso Sokhela, with a time of 1:06:19, came third. This […]
Moorosi Tsiane FORMER Lioli defender, Thato Sefoli, has lodged a complaint with FIFA to force the side to pay him his full salary, which the team failed to do from September 2020 to March 2021. The South African defender, who joined Tse Nala from GladAfrica championship side, Real Kings, in January last year […]
Leemisa Thuseho WITH only two months before the expected date for the 2021 High-Altitude Summer Marathon (HASM), it is still unclear whether or not the event will be held this year. The marathon is usually held during the first week of December annually in Mokhotlong. It attracts hundreds of participants from all over the continent. […]
Moorosi Tsiane IT’S almost three months since the Vodacom Premier League (VPL) was suspended by the Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) on account of the Covid-19 restrictions at the time. The restrictions were however, reduced a fortnight ago when contact sports were allowed to resume. The Premier League Management Committee (PLMC) has since tabled […]
Leemisa Thuseho THE Cycling Federation of Lesotho (CFL) has embarked on a one-year project to empower and increase the number of female cyclists. Ten female riders have been enrolled into the project and have already started training. The project is fully funded by the International Cycling Federation (UCI) while the female riders are being coached […]
Leemisa Thuseho THE rehabilitation of the tartan track at Setsoto Stadium has started in preparation for the upcoming African Union Sport Council (AUSC) Region 5 Games. The games will be held in Maseru from 3 to 12 December 2021. This after they were postponed last year on account of the Covid-19 pandemic. The stadium will […]
Moorosi Tsiane THE Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) last weekend inducted 10 District Women’s Football Coordinators in Maseru. The coordinators are expected to help improve the standard of women’s football. LeFA information officer, Mikia Kalati, said the 10 were expected to collaborate with the football mother body in developing women’s football across the country. “The coordinators […]
Leemisa Thuseho NATIONAL table tennis coach, Aupa Rasmeni, is disappointed with his team’s results in the recently held South Africa Table Tennis Open Tournament. The tournament was held in Bloemfontein last weekend. Local players lost all their games and therefore failed to make it out of the group stages. The team consisted of twins Likhetho […]
Leemisa Thuseho LESOTHO is not participating in the upcoming 2021 World Youth Championships; the Lesotho Times can reveal. The championships will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from 1 to 12 October 2021. The Lesotho Weightlifting Federation (LWF) was supposed to have submitted the list of its preliminary team by 5 July this year. The […]
Moorosi Tsiane THE sporting community had waited with batted breath to hear Prime Minster Moeketsi Majoro’s speech last Friday when he updated the country on Covid-19 updates. This is after the premier halted all contact sporting activities two months ago. Given the recent decrease in Covid-19 infections, many had expected that sports would be allowed […]
Leemisa Thuseho THE government has pledged to reward Lesotho’s only athlete in the just ended Paralympics, Litšitso Khotlele, with M20 000 for her efforts during the games. Although it is still unclear when the money will be handed over to her, the government made the pledge this week. The games were held in Tokyo, Japan, […]
Moorosi Tsiane COSMOS Tennis Academy co-founder, Rantsane Monare, is out to revive the sport which has been on a downward spiral in the last few years. A former tennis player himself, Monare and his partner, Thabiso Rabasotho, in February this year decided to invest in the development of the sport by opening the academy. Currently […]
Moorosi Tsiane THE Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) held its presidential elections last weekend and president Salemane Phafane retained his post for the fifth time in a row. Phafane polled 42 votes compared to his opponent Lijane Nthunya’s seven. It was always going to be difficult for Nthunya to dethrone Phafane but I applaud him for […]
Moorosi Tsiane MACHOKHA Football Club president, Lijane Nthunya, has thrown his hat into the ring in the race for a new Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) president. The A-Division side’s president wants to unseat long serving LeFA president, Salemane Phafane, in the presidential election slated for Saturday. Phafane was first elected to lead the association in […]
Moorosi Tsiane THE Lesotho Off-Road Association (LORA) will tomorrow launch the inaugural Senqu Hard Enduro in Qacha’s Nek. The three-day event will feature at least 100 motor bikers. The riders will start their competitions at Letloepe Lodge and finish off at the same spot for all three days until Sunday. LORA secretary general, Koo Lemeke, […]
Leemisa Thuseho RISING Star Cricket Club were on Sunday crowned the champions of the 2021 Lesotho Cricket Association (LCA) T20 tournament at the Lesotho High School grounds. Rising Star beat Lankasia Cricket Club by 25 runs after recording 142 runs for eight wickets against Lankasia’s 117 runs for six wickets. Lankasia were the first to […]
Leemisa Thuseho A CHRONIC hamstring injury has forced sprinter, Nelson Khereng, to give up on his dream of becoming one of Lesotho’s and Africa’s top athletes. Khereng sustained the injury in 2018 during the Confederation of University and Colleges Sports Associations (CUCSA) Games in Botswana. Since then, the injury has deterred him from competing. Khereng told the Lesotho Times this […]
Leemisa Thuseho CANADA’S Ontario Federation of Teachers will for the next two years pay school fees for chess starlet, Bokang Motsamai. This after the Lesotho Association of Teachers (LAT) requested a scholarship for the 16-year-old from the Canadian organisation. Currently in Form D at Leqele High School, Motsamai was struggling to pay school fees. Chess […]
Leemisa Thuseho LESOTHO’S second-best chess player, Sechaba Khalema, was last weekend crowned the overall winner of the Chess Federation of Lesotho (CFL) Basotho Year Opener Chess tournament. The event was held at Scenery Guest House on Saturday and Sunday. Initially, it had been scheduled for 21 and 22 August but it was postponed to make way […]
Moorosi Tsiane LIOLI and Likuena attacking midfielder, Tumelo Makha, will finally see his dream of playing outside Lesotho coming to fruition after penning a two-year deal with South Africa’s GladAfrica Championship side, Tshakuma Tsha Madzivhandila, this week. The gifted midfielder left the country in June to try his luck with newly promoted DStv Premiership side, […]
Moorosi Tsiane LINARE defender, Rethabile Rasethuntša’s much-anticipated move to DStv Premiership side, Swallows, has collapsed. The left footed centre-back has been trialling with Swallows for the past three weeks but he failed to impress the technical team. Linare general manager, Moeketsi Rampai, confirmed to the Lesotho Times this week that Rasethuntša was heading back home […]
Leemisa Thuseho A LOT needs to be improved to make a positive impact with Lesotho’s female soccer, LDF Ladies’ coach, Lengana Nkhethoa, has said. Nkhethoa said this in the aftermath of his charges’ dismal performance which saw them being booted out of the inaugural COSAFA Women’s Champions’ League in Durban. The tournament will also serve […]
