MASERU – Mpharane Celtics will be joining Majantja in the Promised Land next season. Mpharane Celtics thumped Butha-Buthe Fast XI 3-0 away last Saturday to secure their place amongst Lesotho’s big boys when the next Vodacom Premier League season kicks off in September. It was a case of second time lucky for the Leribe side […]
MASERU – Makoanyane XI’s players are set to undergo rigorous medical tests at the High Performance Centre in Pretoria next month. The tests are part of the team’s preparations for Caf Under-20 Youth Championships in South Africa next month. The tournament is scheduled to run from April 17 to May 2. Caf has demanded that […]
MASERU – Once in a while there are matches that define a club’s entire season. For Matlama and Lioli this test will come on Sunday. The two giant winners of the last two championships have, by their considerably high standards, underperformed this season. As things stand Tse Putsoa are clinging on by their fingernails in […]
MASERU – The sports ministry will this year spend over M27 million to support 32 associations as well as prepare for international games. This was disclosed by Sports Minister ’Mathabiso Lepono during her ministerial budget speech on Monday. The sports ministry was this year allocated M67 166 881, about M10 million more than last year. […]
MASERU – The 2011 volleyball league season kicks off at the weekend with the league hoping to secure more funding for the game. Volleyball has been on a consistently upward curve over the past two years and has become one of the shining lights on Lesotho’s sports scene. With players finalising their preparations for another […]
MASERU – Lesotho’s national cricket coach Lekoatsa Chaka says his side has to play more matches against top-class opposition to build on their promising performance at the recent International Cricket Council (ICC) Africa Regional Division 3 T20 Tournament. Lesotho finished a commendable third at the tournament which was held in Ghana. In the end Lesotho […]
MASERU – South Africa were yesterday named the new hosts for the Caf Under-20 Youth Championships. The eight-team tournament will now begin on April 17 with the final set for May 2. The championship was initially penciled in for Libya starting tomorrow but was postponed following a bloody uprising against Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi which […]
MASERU — Three years ago LCS were the most feared team in Lesotho. Mention the name Masheshena and people trembled. The Central Prisons side won the league title in the 2006/07 and 2007/08 seasons making the national championship their baby. In the 2008 season, to go with their league triumph, Masheshena also won the MGC […]
Botswana ……… (0) 2 Lesotho ………. (0) 2 MASERU — Makoanyane XI and Botswana’s Under-23 national team shared the spoils in an international friendly match played in Gaborone, Botswana, last night. According to reports from Botswana, the two teams failed to register any goal in the first half. Botswana however came into the second half […]
MASERU – Lioli Football Club has fired head coach Halemakale Mahlaha and his assistant Tseliso Thite for poor results. The two were fired during a national executive committee meeting held at Maseru Club on Monday. Thabile Seeka has been put in temporary charge of the team until the end of the season in June. Lioli […]
MASERU — Matlama FC’s demand for a share of the gate receipts from their match against SuperSport United is a non-starter according to the Lesotho Football Association’s (Lefa) public relations officer Baba Malephane. It was reported in local media last week that Matlama were seeking a sizable portion of the gate receipts made from the […]
Lesotho . . . . . . . . . (0) 2 Mozambique . . . . . (0) 1 MASERU — “They (Makoanyane XI) have good strikers but they need to work extra hard with their defence.” That was the friendly advice from Helder Muiawga, the man in charge of Mozambique’s Under-23 team which […]
MASERU — Linare will hope it’s a case of home sweet home when they welcome Lerotholi to Hlotse on Saturday in the Vodacom Premier League. Linare have toured the districts over recent weeks and will be happy to be in familiar surroundings after a winless run away from home. Linare lost 2-0 to LCS in […]
MASERU – Lioli head coach Halemakale Mahlaha could be axed following a string of poor results, the Lesotho Times has learnt. Sources within the Teyateyaneng giants said all was not well within the Lioli camp. The club held a crisis meeting at Maseru Club on Sunday following a dismal 3-1 loss to Joy the previous […]
MASERU — Lesotho captain Lehlohonolo Seema says he is positive about his road to recovery and a return to the field soon. Seema, arguably Lesotho’s finest ever football export, was released from a loan deal last month by South African Premier League side Mpumalanga Black Aces due to a knee injury that some classified as […]
