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PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS UPDATES

Botswana's Adrian Robinson settled for third position after a time of 1:02:79sec in the men's 100m breaststroke heat 2 at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics.

The event commenced yesterday on the 26th July and will conclude on the 11th August 2024 in Paris, France

Robinson is ranked no 27 after all hits, he won't be featured in the Semis that are to be held later today at 2030hrs

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KARABO RABASADI IS NOW A FREE AGENT

After he had played in the tenure of Magosi FC last season, Karabo Rabasadi is now a free agent after he played one season in the tenure of Magosi FC.

Once a stronghold in the backline of Gaborone United FC, Notwane FC and left wing back of Magosi FC now poised to build a new home. With experience from the best, Rabasadi brings a legacy of strength and strategy to his next chapter.

A proven guardian of the game, now seeking a new stage to showcase his mastery.

Who's eager to secure the signature of Maestro Rabasadi?

ADRIAN AND MAXINE READY TO SHINE AT THE PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS

Botswana's speedy Aquatics are ready to light up Paris! Let the game begin

The Botswana's swimming speedsters are ready to blaze through Paris 🏊🏼🇧🇼🔥

Adrian Robinson will take part in the males 100m breaststroke while Maxine Egner will freestyle in thw female 100m.

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RUNNING WITH PRIDE, SPRINTING FOR GLORY🥇🚀

The thrill of track awaits. Speed, determination and heart, team Botswana is poised to make their mark in Paris.

Paris 24 Olympics are set to start on Friday 26th July till August 11th 2024 at Paris, France.





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Letsile Tebogo drops a time of 9.88, which equals his PB which also record as his season's best time of 9.88, finishing third place.

The race was won by Noah Lyles with a time of 9.81

DAVIS CUP DAY 4 UPDATES🎾🔥

In a thrilling display of tennis prowess, Team Botswana clinched a dominant position in Africa Group V Davis Cup where they finished top of group C.

Led by standout performances from Denzel and Mark in the men's singles, and a pair of Batsumi and Denzel/ Tsholofelo and Esi in the doubles, team Botswana showcased a blend of skill, strategy and resilience on the court.

Looking ahead, Team Botswana plays Gabon in the promotional playoffs, this crucial match-up promises to test of their mettle as they strive to ascend to the next level of the Davis Cup competition.

As anticipation builds for the Clash, tennis enthusiasts and supporters alike eagerly await the outcome, eager to see if Botswana can maintain their winning streak and secure a coveted spot in the higher echelons of Davis Cup.

👉Don't miss it out, Team Botswana is set to play a qualifier match against Gabon today (Saturday, 20 July 2024) at Botswana tennis center.





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ONE LAST DANCE BEFORE PARIS 24 OLYMPICS| LONDON DIAMOND LEAGUE

Letsile Tebogo is set to compete in the men's 100m at the London Diamond League later tomorrow at 1652hrs.

Among the Men's 100m athletes lookout for Noah Lyles🇺🇸, Akani Simbine🇿🇦 & Zharnel Hughes🇬🇧.

In other news, Bayapo Ndori will rub shoulders in the men's 400m with other heavyweights, been Hudson Smith🇬🇧, Kirani James 🇬🇩 and Vernon Norwood🇺🇸 at 1632hrs.

It's one last dance for School-boy and Zim Dollar before the Paris 24 Olympics.

📺| Supersport Variety 3

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DAVIS CUP DAY 2 UPDATES 🎾

Botswana's Denzel Seetso record yet another win against Mpho Leshoeng of Lesotho in the men's singles at the ongoing Africa Group V Davis Cup.

Results are as follows;

👉First set 6-4
👉Second 6-4

UP NEXT ⏳

Botswana's Batsumi Marobela and Tsholofelo Tsiang hosts Mpho Leshoeng and Bishop Mosebi of Lesotho in the Africa Group V Davis Cup men's Doubles.

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DAVIS CUP DAY 2 RESULTS 🎾🔥

Botswana's Mark Nawa defeat Lesotho's Bishop Mosebi by two sets to one at the ongoing Africa Group V Davis Cup held at National tennis center, Gaborone. Results are as follows;

👉First set: 6-1
👉Second set: 3-6
👉Deciding set: 6-4

In other news, Denzel Seetso is up next to welcome Mpho Leshoeng of Lesotho.

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DENZEL SEETSO 🥶🎾🙌

Denzel Seetso eazies through Libya's Mohamed Eljamal to claim victory in the men's singles at the ongoing Africa Group V Davis Cup🎾.

He won by two sets to nil, settling at 6-0 6-0 each.

Botswana is placed in Group C, we're it is to play Madagascar, Lesotho and Libya.

Up next Botswana today (18 July 2024) faces Lesotho, the matches starts at 1000hrs.





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INCASE YOU MISSED IT 🎾🔥

Mark Nawa kick started The Africa Group V Davis Cup with a victory for team Botswana as he welcomed Ahmed Mouhan of Libya.

He played a three set match were he emerged victorious by two sets to one. The ever fearless Mark's performance was outstanding, but he had a Taugh opponent won secured the first set with a score of 6-7.

Mark picked minor injuries (muscle pulls), the latter he redeemed himself and won two sets in a row by 6-4 & 7-6 and upstaged his opponent,

It was the deciding set were Mark ran riot over his opponent, after four hours of play he injected much pressure to secure the set.

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AFRICA GROUP V DAVIS CUP DAY 1 IN PICTURES📸🎾🔥

Meanwhile,the games continue tomorrow as Botswana takes on Lesotho.

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IT'S DAVIS CUP WEEK🎾🔥

Botswana Tennis Association in partnership with Okavango Diamond Company will on the 17th till the 20th July host Africa Group VI Davis Cup 🎾 at the National Tennis Center.

Lookout to Team Botswana athletes that are to take part in the Davis Cup.

👉Denzel Seetso
👉Mark Nawa
👉Batsumi Marobela
👉Tsholofelo Tsiaba
👉Esi Molefe
👉Seabo Saleshando
👉Petrus Molefe (Team captain & Coach)

The 2024 Davis cup will feature 15 counties, namely Ethiopia, Mauritius, Madagascar, Mozambique, Congo, Gabon, Seychelles, Mauritania, Lesotho, Djibouti, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, Lybia and Botswana as the hosts.

Africa Group VI Davis CUP is a team event in which each country aims for promotion to group 4. The last time Botswana hosted the Davis Cup was in 2006.

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"The signs during my celebration were mainly for my mom. Everything I do now is for her, not for me. The race and crowd were really amazing. Now we just need to get to the Olympics with a healthy body. The race was perfect, we just shut it down and went to the line. I believe I am in the right shape for top performances, it´s good that the Olympics come about."

✅ Botswana's Letsile Tebogo clocked 19.87 (0.6m/s) to beat Dominican Republic's Alexander Ogando (20.02) and Uganda's Tarsis Orogot (20.32) in the men's 200m.

Source:Athletics Africa

SCHOOL-BOY 🥶🇧🇼🙌🔥

Botswana Golden boy, Letsile Tebogo emerges victorious in the 200m at the ongoing Monaco Diamond League as he clocked the fastest time of 19.87sec ahead of Alexander Ogando who came second fastest with a time of 20.02sec.




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KEBINATSHIPI SETTLES FOR POSITION 4,NDORI 5

Collen Kebinatshipi and Bayapo Ndori settled for position four and five, clocking 44.67sec and 44.71sec respectively.

USA's Hall Quincy won Monaco Diamond League men's 400m with the fastest time of 43.80sec followed by Norwood Venom also from USA clocking second fastest time of 44.34sec and South Africa's Pillay Lythe came third after clocking 44.58sec.

Whats your take on Kebinatshipi's first appearanceĵ

LETSMAN ON THE TRACK:MONACO DIAMOND LEAGUE 💥🇧🇼

Botswana superstar Letsile Tebogo is few minutes away from the track.

Have a look onto the starting list:

👉Joshua Hartmann🇩🇪
👉Andrew Hudson🇯🇲
👉Alex Ogando🇩🇴
👉Letsile Tebogo🇧🇼
👉Gracious Orogot🇺🇬
👉William Reais🇨🇭
👉Filippo Tortu🇮🇹

The race is live on Supersport Variety 3 at 2127hrs .Meanwhile,fellow compatriots,Collen Kebinatshipi and Bayapo Ndori will lead the 400m race at 2033hrs.

Will Letsile Tebogo emerge victorious in 200m ahead of other heavyweights in the race?

TEAM BOTSWANA DEPARTS FOR PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS 🇧🇼🔥

Botswana National Olympic Commission(BNOC) is sending a team of fourteen athletes and eight administrators to Paris 2024 Olympics. The Olympic Game are scheduled for July 26- August 11th 2024 in Paris France.

Amongst the twelve athletes, ten are from Botswana Athletics Association, track and field, nine been male and one female and two are from Botswana swimming sport, one male and one female. Team Botswana is Captain by Boitumelo Masilo.

Check out team Botswana that is to compete in Paris 2024 Olympics:

ATHLETICS TEAM

👉Letsile Tebogo (Male) - 100 & 200m
👉Bayapo Ndori - (Male) 400m & 4×400m Relay
👉Leungo Scotch (Male)-400m & 4×400m Relay
👉Collen Kebinatshipi (Male)-400m & 4×400m Relay
👉Tshepiso Masalela (Male)- 800m
👉Kethobogile Haingura (Male)- 800m
👉Tumo Nkape (Male)- 800m
👉Victor Ntweng (Male) - 400m Huddles
👉Oratile Nowe (Female) 800m
👉Lee Eppie (Male) 4x400m Relay
👉Anthony Pesela (Male) 4x400m Relay
👉Boitumelo Masilo, Team Bw Paris 24 Captain 🇧🇼(Male) 4x400m Relay

SWIMMING TEAM

👉Adrian Robinson (Male) - 100m breaststroke
👉Maxine Egner (Female) 100m freestyle

The team will depart today for France at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport.

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SCHOOL BOY SETTLES FOR A NEW 100M SEASON BEST🔥

Letsile School-boy Tebogo settles for a new season best of 9.99sec on the men's 100m at the ongoing Gyulail Istvan Memorial, Hungary.

He came second fastest behind Jamaica's Thompson who clocked the fastest time of 9.91s. South Africa's Akani Simbine came third with a time of 10.01sec





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SCHOOL BOY IS BACK ON TRACK 🇧🇼🔥

Botswana Golden boy, Letsile "School-boy" Tebogo is back on track today 9th July 2024 at 1800hrs for the Gyulail Istvan Memorial, Hungary.

Among the Men's 100m athletes to lookout for are Akani Simbine🇿🇦 Kishane Thompson🇯🇲 who will bring fire to the much anticipated race.

📺| Live on Supersport Variety 4




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OSADI DOMINATES UB BOXING TOURNAMENT FEMALE CATEGORY🥊🔥

Osadi Matong of Glen Valley Boxing Club dominated the females category at the UB boxing tournament. She secured the best female boxer award 🏆, and best female bout as she was exchanging fists🥊 with Kutlwano Sekhutlo of SSKB Boxing club in the final at the weekend thriller boxing touney.

She also walked away with a driver training scholarship with I-Six Logistics🔥.




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COLLEN CAN'T STOP DOMINATING THE 400M 🙌🔥

Botswana 400m track star Collen Kebinatshipi clocked the fastest time of 45.29sec to win the FBK Games 🇳🇱.

He retained the championship as he won the first edition with the fastest time of 45.01 sec. Jean Bredau of Germany came second with a time of 45.30sec and Nigeria's Samuel Ogazi settled for the third position after clocking 45.35sec

The event was hosted in Hengelo, Netherlands.




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MOLWANTWA IS UB BOXING TOURNAMENT BEST MALE BOXER 🥊🔥

George Molwantwa from Police Boxing club dominated the males boxing category,with an amazing and thrilling performance to become the best from the rest,the hardworking 57Kg national champion won gold at the final against 1 2 5 boxing's Raokgwathegile Kago at the weekend's tourney.

He won himself individual trophies,headset, certificate and a driver's training scholarship with I-Six Logistics




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ONTLAMETSE GAONYADIWE IS THE 2024 DTC BOTSWANA GOLDEN BOOT AND THE PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT WINNER

History in the making ⚽🔥 Gaborone United Ladies top Striker's Ontlametse "Neymar" Gaonyadiwe netted five goals in the DTC Botswana Women's championship final against Tawana Top Girls FC.

She scored eleven goals against Makgabz City fc in the semis and five goals in the finals which makes Sixteen goals in two games.

She walks away with P25.000 and two awards




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THE RED ROSES ARE THE 2024 DTC BOTSWANA CHAMPIONS 🏆⚽🔥

👉Gaborone United Ladies 8-1 Tawana Top Girls FC

THE DTC BOTSWANA WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINALS ARE HERE⚽🔥

As the stakes get higher, the passion grows stronger⚽🔥. The best of Botswana collide in the Semi-finals of the DTC Botswana Women's Championship.

Who will advance to the grand finale? Catch all the thrilling moments from the Semi-finals of the DTC Botswana Women's championships today at Lekidi Football Center.

Have a look onto the Semi-finals fixtures:

👉Gaborone United FC Ladies Vs Makgabz City fc
🏟️| Lekidi East Grounds
⏰| 1500hrs

👉Tawana Top Girls vs Granada Wanderers FC
🏟️| Lekidi West Grounds
⏰| 1500hrs




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UB BOXING TOURNEY STARTS TODAY

UB Boxing Club is set to host inaugural Open Boxing Tournament from 05- 07 July 2024 at the UB Student Centre ( Block 139) from 1230 hrs.

The three days tournament will be official opened by Director of Culture, Sports and Recreation Dr. C.J. Mokgothu. Three Olympians will be awarded Oly pins during the event.

Tournaments starts at 1330 hrs with around 22 preliminaries bouts expected. 82 Boxers from 17 clubs have registered to compete.

Event schedule in the comments.Follow us for more.

JUDO IN SOUTH AFRICA🇧🇼📌

Team Botswana Judo is in Bloemfontein, South Africa for the South African Open Judo championships.

The team is made up of five categories, been pre-caderts aged 13-14, cadets aged 15-17 years, juniors aged 18-20 years, seniors aged 21+ and veterans.

Have a look onto the 30 males and females athletes who are representing team Botswana:

PRE-CADERTS

👉44kg, Malebogo Kapeko (female)
👉46Kg, Dikgang Kwadibana (male)

CADETS

Males
👉50kg, Tom David
👉55kg, Jeff David

Females
👉48kg, Pine Moreosele
👉52kg, Ludo Mokgadi

JUNIORS

Females
👉44kg, Lone Molebatsi
👉48kg, Helena Mutenda
👉52kg, Neelo Modise
👉52kg, Kemo Modise
👉52kg, Princess Mwanza

Males
👉55kg, Mandla Mapotsane
👉55kg, Segolame Tom
👉60kg, Wangu Tjiyapo
👉60kg, Talent Peloyame
👉66kg, Daniel Sello
👉73kg, Thatayaone Gaosekelwe
👉73kg, Hugo Sigwele

SENIORS

Females
👉52kg Kgomotso Modisamongwe
👉57kg Jenny Howard

MALES
👉56kg, Leslie Nelson
👉60kg, Marang Nogampe
👉60kg, Loago Montsho
👉60kg, Austin Moloi
👉66kg, Kago Dintwe
👉73kg, Maatla Serokana
👉73kg, Ngonidzashe Mafa
👉81kg, Ericnson Motseonageng

Veterans
👉81kg, Boitshwarelo Basele

The tournament ends on the 5th July 2024

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HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA CUP 2024 RESULTS 🏆⚽

👉Mozambique 3-1 Botswana

👉South Africa 1-0 Eswatini

-The Zebra's🇧🇼 and Eswatini🇸🇿 dreams for COSAFA Cup end here.

-Bafana Bafana 🇿🇦fails to defend the COSAFA title🏆.

-After finishing top of group A, Mozambique🇲🇿 are through to the next stage.





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