MASERU — Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS) assistant coach Mafa Ramakau missed his flight to Uganda at OR Tambo International Airport last Thursday after he had gone to buy some cigarettes, the Lesotho Times can reveal. Ramakau was part of the LCS delegation that was travelling to Kampala for a Champions League tie against Uganda Revenue […]
MASERU — Former Likuena team doctor, Tšenoli Putsoane, has died. Putsoane died on February 11 after an illness. “It is with great regret that the Lesotho Football Association announces the death of Dr Tšenoli Putsoane, who was the national team’s doctor, after an illness,” Mikea Kalati, Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) communications officer, said in a […]
MASERU — Three local athletes booked their tickets for the London Olympic Games after posting impressive results during a track competition at Setsoto Stadium last Saturday. The trio, out of about a hundred athletes, were the only ones who were well within the qualifying times set by the Lesotho Athletics Amateur Association (LAAA). The London […]
MASERU — League champions Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS) will today lock horns with pacesetters Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) in a Vodacom Premier League tie at Central Prisons. The game had been earlier scheduled to take place last Saturday but had to be postponed due to LCS’s Champions League assignment away in Kampala, Uganda. LCS fell […]
MASERU — Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS) have vowed to progress to the next round when they take on Uganda Revenue Authority in a Caf Champions League tie on Saturday. LCS last took part in the Champions League in 2008 and performed dismally when they were knocked out 4-0 on aggregate by South Africa’s Platinum Stars. […]
MASERU — Former Lioli winger Sonopo Montoeli is back home under a cloud of controversy. The talented ‘Montoeli who left Lesotho to join Spanish league giants Atletico Madrid in December returned home amid claims that he failed to make the grade in Madrid. Lioli communications and marketing manager Moeketsi Pitso told a press briefing on […]
MASERU — An A Division match between Butha-Buthe Fast XI and Qalo FC was abandoned last weekend after Butha-Buthe Fast XI failed to provide match balls, the Lesotho Times can reveal. In a bizarre weekend for local football, the tie between Butha-Buthe Warriors and Nyenye Rovers had to be cancelled as well because the home […]
MASERU— Matlama FC will on April 1 mark the club’s 80th anniversary. The club this week said they had already started visiting churches which helped establish the team to help plan activities for the day. Former Matlama administrator Tsiu Monne has been appointed to help organise the anniversary celebrations. “Yes it is true that we’ve […]
MASERU — Three local referees have accused the Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) of holding on to their payments from Fifa for officiating during an international match five months ago. The officials were in Comoros for five days in September to handle a Fifa World Cup qualifier between the hosts and Mozambique. Mozambique won the tie […]
MASERU — Lioli Football Club last week slashed players’ salaries by 10 percent after management said they were not happy with the players’ performances in recent games. Lioli communications and marketing manager, Moeketsi Pitso, told the Lesotho Times they decided to hit the players where it hurts most — in the pocket — after a […]
QwaQwa……(14) 24 Lesotho……..(0) 15 QWAQWA — Lesotho’s rugby team fell just short of downing Goliath on Saturday, going down 24-15 to QwaQwa in their first game. Despite the result, it was the fight Lesotho put up against their much more experienced opposition that grabbed the headlines. Lesotho’s team was only formed six months ago […]
MASERU — LDF ended the first half in pole position on the Vodacom Premier League log with a healthy four-point lead ahead of LCS. The army side is without a title since winning the top prize in 2004 and has been forced to play bridesmaid for the past few years. However this year the soldiers […]
MASERU — Matlama Football Club could face sanctions from Fifa after the club dragged the Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) to court last month. The action could also compromise Lesotho’s relationship with the world football governing body. Fifa does not allow football disputes from members associations to be taken to the courts of law. Any such […]
MASERU — The Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) wants Kenyan Airways to pay half of the US$8 000 (about M63 000) they incurred in additional expenses when they missed their flight from Gabon to Sao Tomé last month. Likuena were stuck in Gabon after they failed to connect to Sao Tomé for an African Cup of […]
MASERU — The Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) is broke. The football governing body last week failed to pay its employees their January salaries, the Lesotho Times can reveal. A source within Lefa said the association was only rescued by its president, Salemane Phafane, who loaned it M100 000 to pay staff salaries. However, only junior […]
MASERU — Bantu coach Ntebele Taole says they are well aware they will be facing a wounded Lioli when the two sides meet in Mafeteng on Saturday in one of the glamorous ties of the season. Lioli were beaten 2-0 by arch-rivals Matlama on Sunday, a result which threatened to sink their season. Tse Nala […]
MASERU — Likuena coach Leslie Notši has defended his team after Lesotho’s dismal exit from 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Likuena were painfully toothless in a 0-0 draw with Sao Tomé and Principe on Sunday at Setsoto Stadium, a result which meant Likuena were knocked out 1-0 on aggregate by a side that was […]
MASERU — The newly-formed Lesotho Rugby Club is set to compete in the Free State Rugby League beginning this year. The club will play their first game of the season on February 4 against Qwaqwa away. It is the first part of an adventure that will include Ladybrand, Clocolan, Marquard, Bethlehem and Ficksburg. This is […]
MASERU — After moving a step forward through a victory over Burundi, Lesotho national soccer team went two steps back on Sunday after a shock defeat to lowly Sao Tomè. The win over Burundi in a preliminary 2014 World Cup qualifier last November had brought a flood of hope that this was a new beginning […]
MASERU — Goals win games and defence wins championships. It’s a football adage Lesotho Defence Force look to be keeping true to this season. Having kept clean sheets in their last four league games, Sohle-Sohle find themselves four points clear at the top as the Vodacom Premier League reaches its half-way mark. That four-point cushion […]
MASERU — Lesotho national cricket coach, Lekoatsa Chaka, says he is still waiting to hear from the International Cricket Council (ICC) if the ICC Africa Regional Division 3 T20 Tournament will go ahead as planned. “We are expecting a call and confirmation from the ICC over the Africa Regional Division 3 T20 Tournament — whether […]
MASERU— Lesotho’s national football team, Likuena, will take on Sao Tomé at Setsoto Stadium in an African Nations Cup return leg as they seek to overturn a 1 — 0 deficit suffered last weekend. Likuena will have to be at their best if they are to entertain hopes of progressing to the next round. Lesotho’s […]
MASERU — The Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) will today finally unveil a new kit for all national soccer teams. Lefa last August signed a five-year sponsorship deal that will see a local company, Basutoland Ink, supplying all national teams with the new attire. The deal is believed to be worth between M300 000 and M400 […]
MASERU — Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Football Club boosted their status as serious contenders for the premier league title on Sunday after posting an impressive 2-0 victory over Likhopo. Sohle-Sohle are the only team still to taste defeat since the league season burst into life in August last year. The army side, that has won […]
BEREA — The premier league management committee says it might be forced to extend the league season to June because of a mounting backlog of matches. The league season is due to end in May. But the committee’s chairman, Lebohang Thotanyana, told the Lesotho Times this week that they could be forced to extend the […]
MASERU — Lioli winger Sonopo ‘Montoeli is finally set to leave for Spain tomorrow after he secured his travel visa. ‘Montoeli sealed a three-year contract with Spanish La Liga giants Atletico Madrid last August but had failed to leave because of visa problems. The Lioli winger told the Lesotho Times on Tuesday that he was […]
MASERU — Matlama Football Club say they will fight the M230 000 fine imposed on the club by the Vodacom Soccer Spectacular organising committee for bringing the game of football into disrepute. The club was on Monday fined M150 000 after their supporters threw missiles onto the pitch during the replay of the Spectacular final […]
MASERU — The sports ministry has withdrawn a house and vehicle allocated to the Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) in 2009 during former Likuena coach, Zavisa Milosavljevic’s reign. The ministry took over the house, situated at the Arrival Centre near the Lefa office at Bambatha Tšita Sports Arena, at the end of last month. A close […]
MASERU — The Vodacom premier league is set to roar into life this Saturday with the pick of the crop being the Bantu versus Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) match. Linare will host third-placed Joy FC in Leribe while Likhopo will take on Lesotho Defence Force at Ratjomose on Saturday. All the three matches were […]
MASERU — The Lesotho Netball Association (LNA) will hold a tournament next week to select two national teams. LNA development officer, Ramafahla Thamae, told the Lesotho Times on Tuesday that the tournament will be used to select about 40 national players. “We are holding a national netball tournament next weekend and are expecting all 14 […]
