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Being relegated from the premier league is something that many teams experience for a variety of reasons, and is also something that can be disastrous for the finances of those teams.
Botswana is one of the four African countries that have been chosen to host the 'Football For Hope' festival which started this month and will end in June next year.
Botswana Football Association (BFA) Players' Status Committee announced yesterday that former Township Rollers' goalkeeper, Barolong 'Toldo' Lemmenyane has been cleared to pursue his career at bitter rivals Mochudi Centre Chiefs.
BMC is chasing the signature of South African coach Mike Mtengwana to replace the sacked Oris Radipotsane.
The last six teams to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, filling the last of the 32 positions for the tournament, are Greece, Slovenia, Portugal, France, Uruguay and Algeria.
Dar es Salaam's golfers yesterday put in fabulous displays to lead in the 18-hole event in both men and women's categories.
Veteran Rashid Matumla will have a date against Joseph Marwa on December 25 at Uhuru Stadium in a non-title bout, according to the promoter, Ramadhani Uhadi.
THE Nestor Sunshine Tobias Boxing and Fitness Academy clinched the Khomas Boxing Sub-Division crown after most of its boxers posted victories in the finals of the event staged in Windhoek on Saturday.
NAMIBIA'S top male gymnast Robert Honiball excelled at the SA Cup international gymnastics competition in Centurion, South Africa, by winning five medals and finishing second overall.
MARIENTAL High School table tennis players were crowned the champions of the First National Bank inter-schools competition held at Swakopmund recently.
The upcoming knockout final has sparked debates in all corners of Brikama.
A brace from Karamo Fatty, Saikou Jatta and of course Gamtel's Kaba Jobe in the 12th, 24th and the dying minute respectively helped Chimo United on Sunday to reign over Black Pool by 3-0 in the league final played at the Box Bar mini stadium in Brikama.
Frontline F.C on Sunday whipped Santayala by four goals to one to collect their first maximum points in the on going Busumbala Timtimbato Football tournament.
Two second-half goals from Amadou Baldeh and Assan Njie help Leeds United to outclassed their opponents and lift first trophy as they stunningly routed Ball Conge 3-0 in the Serrekunda East knockout final.
If history repeats itself, then Kilimanjaro Stars, the mainland soccer team, have a sense of superiority heading into the Cecafa Challenge Cup that will kickoff on November 29 in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Federal Government's stated intention to probe the accounts of the Local Organising Committee of the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup gained impetus yesterday when the LOC's board headed by Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President Sani Lulu Abdullahi distanced itself from the handling of funds by the LOC Secretariat.
DYNAMOS coach Elvis "Chuchu" Chiweshe is rallying his troops to use their vast experience and bounce back from the nightmare of losing to little Kiglon, to beat leaders Gunners in the Super Sunday Showdown at Rufaro and take control of the CBZ Premiership campaign.
ZIMBABWE will early next year have the privilege of hosting one of the most decorated karate instructors in the world -- S. Srinivasan of India.
THE Zimbabwe Soccer Coaches Association is set to hold a Level two coaching course at Highfield High from November 23 to 30 in Harare.
ENGLAND-based Zimbabwe coach Liam Middleton is expected to rejoin the Cheetahs when they tour the United Arab Emirates and South Africa early next month.
The chairmen of the 15 sub-committees set up by the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup have thrown their weights behind calls by the Federal Government to probe allegations of corruption in the hosting of the cadet football fiesta which ended last Sunday.
Barely a week after undergoing an intensive basic technical course in athletics, games masters and mistresses in Akwa Ibom state, will this weekend put their acquired knowledge to the test when they line out their wards for the zonal finals of the Mobil sponsored Akwa Ibom state schools athletics championship holding Thursday and Friday November 19 and 20 2009
Arrangements have been concluded to ensure an hitch free 4th Yolas Invitational Pro- Am Open Golf Championship billed for Ilorin, the capital of the state of Harmony.
Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has commended Super Eagles' Chief Coach, Amodu Shaibu, for leading the senior national team to clinch the 2010 World Cup ticket. In a congratulatory message to Coach Amodu and the team, Comrade Oshiomhole noted that the qualification has brought great relief to Nigerians and has demonstrated that Nigeria's football has come of age despite some obvious ...
Almost 16 years after the turmoil that engulfed the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) over succession process, an affiliate of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) may be heading for another long battle following the disqualification of the Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC) Engr. Sani Mohammed Ndanusa from contesting the presidency against the incumbent, Engr. Habu Gumel.
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