MASERU — Lesotho national football team coach Leslie Notši on Tuesday named a provisional 23-man squad to prepare for the 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifier against Burundi in November. “It’s not a final list yet. We are going to have a camp from October 26 until November 11, when we include foreign-based players,” Notši said. […]
MASERU — Two Basotho teenagers will this month spend two weeks at Chelsea Football Club after impressing during this year’s Coca-Cola National Schools tournament. Nketsi Rankhasa, 17, and Joseph Tlali, 17, were voted the two best players at the regional competition held last month. The duo will have the rare chance of rubbing shoulders with […]
MASERU — The Lesotho Off-Road Association (Lora) has engaged a top South African events management company to help organise this year’s Roof of Africa competition. The Roof of Africa — which will be part of the 2011 World Extreme Enduro Championship — is scheduled to run from November 24 to 26 in Maseru. Lora said […]
MASERU — Lesotho got their new international era off with an impressive 2-1 victory over Botswana in Gaborone on Tuesday. Likuena’s winning goals came courtesy of Thulo Ranchobe and Botswana-based striker Lehlomela Ramabele who was making his first appearance for the national side. Both goals were struck in the first half with Botswana pulling one […]
MASERU — Two youngsters from Lioli Football Club will this month join the Savvian Norway Academy in yet another first for the Teyateyaneng giants. Lioli FC president, Lebohang Thotanyana, told a media briefing yesterday that the deal will see the two youngsters spending the next four years at the football nursery. Thotanyana however said he […]
MASERU – Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS) have taken a healthy lead in the race to take part in this year’s Vodacom Soccer Spectacular tournament. According to results released last week by the tournament’s sponsors, Vodacom Lesotho, LCS had taken a commanding lead with 11 123 votes. If the club wins the right to take part […]
MASERU — The term “more than a football club” can at times be loosely bandied about. However in the case of Vodacom A-Division outfit Kick-For-Life FC it is fittingly appropriate. The young team is now based full-time in Old Europa with a mission to develop football in Lesotho. Kick-For-Life will once again campaign in the […]
MASERU – Metropolitan Lesotho and Standard Lesotho Bank have joined hands to bankroll this year’s Independence Cup to the tune of M200 000. The decision was announced at the cup’s official launch on Tuesday. The tournament will take place on October 1-2 at Setsoto Stadium. Winners of the cup are set to walk away M25 […]
MASERU — The 2011/12 Vodacom premier league season roars into life on Saturday, with defending champions LCS battling it out against first runners-up LDF at Ratjomose. The match is one of the three being played on the season’s opening day. The last time the Lesotho Correction Service and Lesotho Defence Force met they played to […]
MASERU — The Lesotho Sports and Recreation Commission (LSRC) has finally secured M2.5 million for Lesotho’s participation at this year’s All Africa Games. The 84-man delegation is scheduled to leave the country on Sunday for the games in Maputo, Mozambique. The games are set to run from September 3 – 18 and Lesotho will be […]
MASERU — The Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) says the government’s decision to cut the national soccer team’s budget this year has left Likuena too broke to fund its projects. The ministry of sports reduced the team’s budget from M5 million to M500 000 this financial year. Likuena head of delegation and Lefa executive committee member, […]
MASERU — The 2011 Vodacom Soccer Spectacular was launched on Monday amid uncertainty whether it would be the last edition of the riveting knockout competition that has thrilled football fans since it started in 2008. Vodacom has a three-year deal with the Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) that is due to end this season. That is […]
MASERU — Mozambique, this year’s host for the All Africa Games, says preparations for the continental showpiece are at an advanced stage. Mozambique women football president Palmira Pedro Francisco told the Lesotho Times soon after a press conference on Tuesday that the country’s preparations for the games were on schedule. The All Africa Games are […]
MASERU — The Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) on Tuesday unveiled a new kit sponsor for all the national soccer teams. “I officially announce that Lefa is in partnership with Basutoland Ink for the five years and this company will help all national teams with attire,” said Mikea Kalati, Lefa’s communications officer. Basutoland Ink, a local […]
MASERU — The Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) is planning to rent out some facilities at the Bambatha Tsita to generate income. Lefa president Salemane Phafane told the association’s congress in June that there were plans to lease out the premises to hotels and hospitality organisations. “Plans are afoot to build a new office block so […]
MASERU — Bokang Mothoana has come a long way from being a student at the football school that is Likhopo. With 36 international appearances for Likuena he has now been thrust into the position of being an “elder statesman” in Lesotho football. Now 23, Mothoana’s football journey has taken him from Maseru to a land […]
MASERU — Lesotho national women’s team is set to lock horns with Mozambique in an international friendly match next week. Mehalalitoe team manager Maleshoane Mokhathi said Mozambique had asked for an international friendly ahead of the All Africa Games which will be held in Maputo next month. The match is likely to take mid next […]
MASERU — Four taekwondo instructors from South Korea are currently in the country to train local coaches and players. The team will engage 26 local coaches and players in a one-month intensive training at Lehakoe Recreation Centre. Lesotho Taekwondo Association president Moshoeshoe Mokake told the media yesterday that the move was aimed at improving the […]
MASERU — Lesotho’s preparations for the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign have suffered a setback with the news that a proposed friendly match against Botswana on August 10 has been postponed. Likuena team manager Khiba Mohoanyane confirmed the development yesterday saying the tie is now off as Botswana will be playing Kenya on the same […]
MASERU — At the end of the day it could have been worse. Lesotho dreaded facing off against the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the side everyone in Saturday’s preliminary draw was hoping to avoid. But it is Burundi that Lesotho will play for the right to make it to the group stage of the […]
MASERU — August always feels like a crossroads, a time when the year is at a lull and bills seem to pile up like dirty laundry. But in football August is a month that brings new beginnings and a breath of fresh air. For newly-promoted Mpharane Celtics this couldn’t be more true. When the Vodacom […]
MASERU — Defending champions LCS will square off against army side LDF when the Vodacom Premier League season roars into life next month, according to the fixtures list released this week. The mouth-watering tie which has been set for August 27 at Ratjomose is a clash between last season’s first and second finishers. The match […]
MASERU — LDF stalwart Malefetsane Pheko, 38, is mulling retirement after almost 20 years in the game. Pheko is the most decorated player in the local game having won a remarkable six league winner’s medals with the Ratjomose outfit. Last season Pheko was once again a vital cog in the soldier’s machine as Sohle-Sohle finished […]
MASERU — Premier League chairman Tlholo Letete is not seeking re-election in polls to select new office holders for the league. This is because Letete’s club, Mphatlalatsane, were relegated from the top tier last season. The Premier League is also set to select a new chairman, vice-chairman, secretary, vice-secretary and treasurer at elections that were […]
MASERU — Linare chairman Sekhohola Nkhethoa and Lioli president Lebohang Thotanyana are leading the race for the job of premier league chairman, the Lesotho Times heard this week. Elections to select the new league chairman which were set to be held this Sunday have however been postponed because not all clubs had registered for the […]
MASERU — Lioli Football Club have issued a hands-off warning to Likhopo after they stepped up their interest in key striker Sello ‘Muso last week, the Lesotho Times has learnt. Bishop Molatoli’s side last week indicated that they were still keen to recruit the Likuena international to boost their team. Joy have also expressed interest […]
HLOTSE — Vodacom Premier League giants Linare are struggling to recruit quality players on the transfer market to beef up their team this season. Tse Tala coach Pitso Mosothoane on Tuesday admitted to the Lesotho Times that the situation was frustrating. Although Mosothoane insisted they were not desperate, he admitted the side’s transfer targets were […]
MASERU — Leading professional golfer Motlalentoa Moloi is set to return from a knee injury layoff when he takes part at the Simola Championship in the Eastern Cape in South Africa next week. Moloi has not played since incurring an injury on his knee at a tour event in Swaziland at the beginning of last […]
MASERU — Lesotho national team coach Leslie Notši this week selected a provisional 42-man team as the search for the next squad began in earnest. The preliminary national team began training at the Bambatha Tšita Sports Arena on Monday. Notsi is being assisted by Lehlohonolo Thotanyana. In an interview with the Lesotho Times on Tuesday, […]
MASERU – Bantu’s mandate for the coming season is clear – to win the Vodacom Premier League title. The ambitious target was set at the club’s Annual General Meeting on Sunday. The Mafeteng side who are trophy-less in 16 years finished third on the Vodacom Premier League log last season and a championship win next […]
