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MASERU — Newly-elected Lesotho Netball Association (LNA) president Moipone Mashale says she wants to push for sponsorship for the game during her term. Mashale, 33, beat Lesemole Moletsane to win the LNA presidency during elections held at Victoria Hotel on Sunday. Mashale was also recently elected Confederation of Southern African Netball Associations (Cosana) president in […]

MASERU — LCS coach Mafa Ramakau says he is bracing for a tough battle against rivals LDF in the final countdown in the race to be crowned Lesotho’s soccer champions. Masheshena on Sunday climbed to the summit of the Vodacom Premier League log ahead of the army side on goal difference with an impressive 2-0 […]

MASERU — The Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) says it will next season bar coaches without basic coaching licences from being in charge of premier league clubs. Lefa technical director Seephephe ‘Mochine’ Matete told the Lesotho Times that the move is aimed at ensuring that all premier league teams have qualified coaches by 2012/13. Out of […]

MASERU — Before the start of the Vodacom Premier League season Lerotholi coach Naleli Tšilo warned that the environment at the team was not conducive for serious football. “Fokothi is a team of students but the kids don’t stay inside the campus any more. At the time Lihale was Lihale, they lived here and they […]

MASERU — Premier league matches will go ahead as scheduled this weekend in spite of the burial of a top referees’ instructor. Vincent Ratšiu, a Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) referees’ instructor and assessor, died last Monday at his home in Teyateyaneng after a long illness. He was 69. He will be buried in Teyateyaneng on […]

MASERU — Swallows coach Teele Ntsonyana has left the Mazenod side. The former Likuena international was absent during Maswai-swai’s 2-0 defeat to LCS last Saturday. Speaking to the Lesotho Times yesterday, the former Likuena striker revealed he had parted ways with the Mazenod side. “I am no longer coaching Swallows. I have written a letter […]

MASERU — Bantu coach Tšehla Lerotholi has revealed the secret to his side’s title challenge – no pressure. A Matšo Matebele face a stern test of their championship credentials against deposed champions Matlama on Saturday. A win in the crunch match in Mafeteng would see Bantu touch the summit of the league as the season […]

MASERU — For all season LDF coach Motheo Mohapi has remained unruffled refusing to declare his side favourites for Lesotho’s top football prize. But now as the season’s last month heats up it is clear Sohle-Sohle are in pole position to win the Vodacom Premier League. With the top three sides separated by just three […]

MASERU — Redskins volleyball club arrived in the country on Monday with their tails tucked between their legs after being thrashed at the African Volleyball Championships in Cairo, Egypt. Redskins lost all their group stage matches to Egypt, Rwanda and Sudan during the tournament which ran from April 28 to May 7. The locals were […]

MASERU — Matlama Under-20 starlet Litšepe Marabe says he is hoping to build on his improving form. The 19-year-old forward has had a season punctuated by injuries which have prevented him from reaching last season’s heights. His latest setback was a shoulder injury suffered on international duty in Saudi Arabia in March with the Makoanyane […]

MASERU — Lesotho’s national team Likuena will return to the international stage when they enter the draw for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers next year. The team has been in self-imposed exile since the beginning of last year when it was disbanded by the Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) following a string of poor results. The […]

MASERU — Linare’s title chances were blown away by the Central Prison wind on Saturday and their chances of winning a fourth championship will have to wait a little longer. It will now be 32 years without the league title for Tse Tala after their weekend 2-1 loss to outgoing champions Matlama left them needing […]

MASERU — Lesotho is looking to build on the success of qualifying for last month’s Caf African Youth Championship in South Africa last month. In an exclusive interview with the Lesotho Times, Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) chief executive officer Mofihli Makoele said they were going to introduce radical changes to improve football in the country. […]

MASERU — Makoanyane XI put up a drab show at the Caf African Youth Championship in South Africa to bomb out of the tournament with a miserable point. The poor performance was perhaps to be expected. It was a performance by a team of amateurs playing against countries that have professional leagues or at least […]

MASERU — For four years Lesotho’s athletes have dominated South African marathon events. They have conquered the Soweto, Two Oceans and Maponya Mall marathons. Dubbed “the serious bunch of Lesotho athletes” by the South African media, Lesotho’s athletes have used the same strategy again and again: “Run behind all the competitors in a group and […]

MASERU — Lesotho will tomorrow host the largest sponsored Open Darts Championships at Lesotho Sun. The event which will see seven countries competing is sponsored by Maseru Sun to the tune of M50 000. The competing countries are Lesotho, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland. Lesotho Darts Association president Tlali Letsie told the […]

MASERU — Redskins Volleyball Club left for Egypt on Tuesday with the intention of winning its first African Volleyball Championship title. The 16-team tournament is scheduled to start tomorrow in Cairo and run from until May 1. Addressing the media before departure, Redskins coach Tsepo Raletoane said his team’s intention was to qualify for the […]

DOBSONVILLE — South Africa edged Lesotho by two goals to one in a Caf African Youth Championship tie at Dobsonville Stadium yesterday to all but extinguish Makoanyane XI’s hopes of qualifying for the next round. Lesotho paid the ultimate price for adopting an overly defensive approach in a game that they had to win against […]

MASERU — Lesotho’s Under-17 national team has vowed to bring gold from the Metropolitan Under-19 Premier Cup in South Africa. Dubbed Bahlabani, which literally means heroes, the team left the country yesterday for the 32-team Premier Cup tournament in Cape Town. The games started yesterday and will end on April 25. Bahlabani will face South […]

Lesotho . . . . . .(0) 0 Egypt . . . . . . . .(0) 2 DOBSONVILLE — The first half was almost perfect, 0-0 at halftime against Egypt was in anyone’s books an acceptable score-line. The shape of Leslie Notši’s team during the first half was first-rate, keeping Egypt at bay and […]

MASERU – It never rains but pours for Matlama Football Club. A woeful season has left the defending champions lying seventh on the Vodacom Premier League log, 12 points behind leaders Linare who have 39 points from 20 matches.   The crisis that has dogged Tse Putsoa intensified this week amid revelations that the club will […]

MASERU — Makoanyane XI’s 25-man delegation left the country yesterday for the Caf Under-20 Youth Championship in South Africa with an injury-free team. All the 20 players were declared fit to compete at the championship following tests at the High Performance Centre in Pretoria last week.  The tournament will be held in Johannesburg from April […]

MASERU — Makoanyane XI mentor Leslie Notši will be the new Likuena coach when the senior team returns, according to Lesotho Football Association (Lefa) president Salemane Phafane. Phafane was speaking at a farewell dinner for the national Under-20 side at Lehakoe Club on Monday night. Phafane said he was making the declaration in his capacity […]

MASERU — The ongoing dispute between the Lesotho Athletics Amateur Association (LAAA) and local athletes over permits has sucked in a South African club.  Seven Lesotho athletes are registered with Mr Price Athletics South Africa which also sponsors their sportswear. Mr Price Athletics is linked to Mr Price, a clothing retail company with a shop […]

MASERU – Lioli starlet Montoeli Sonopo could soon be rubbing shoulders with world-class players such as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. It has emerged Lioli are in discussions with La Liga giants Atletico Madrid over a possible move for the Lesotho Under-20 international. Speaking to the Lesotho Times yesterday Tse Nala’s president, Lebohang Thotanyana, said […]

MASERU – Matlama striker Mohau Khali hopes to play again after sustaining a career-threatening leg injury against LDF last Saturday. Khali broke his leg in a collision with LDF goalkeeper Sello Ramakau in a Vodacom Premier League match. The collision left him with fractured lower tibia and fibula. The two players collided in the 10th […]

MASERU — A group of Matlama supporters have threatened to drag the team’s executive committee to court if it does not call an annual meeting within 14 days. The 74 supporters have petitioned the committee to call a meeting to discuss the team’s financial and secretariat reports. The supporters have given the executive committee two […]

MASERU —This weekend could go a long way in deciding the destiny of this year’s Vodacom Premier League crown. The top four title chasing pack all face massive tests with none bigger than the monumental clash in Mafeteng on Sunday between log leaders LCS and fourth-placed Bantu. Before that though Linare and LDF both face […]

MASERU – There are big chances that Matlama’s reign as kings of Lesotho soccer will last only for a year. Tse Putsoa could only play to a damp squib goalless draw against foes Lioli at Setsoto Stadium on Sunday.  It was in truth an insipid performance from the champions, lacking end product and in the […]