(AFP (eng) 11/10/16)
All CAF competitions will offer increased prize money from 2017, the Cairo-based African football body said Wednesday. The announcement came months after French oil-gas company Total signed an eight-year sponsorship deal with CAF reportedly worth more than one billion dollars (915 million euros). Winners of the biennial Africa Cup of Nations will receive $4 million, up from the $1.5 million pocketed by 2015 champions the Ivory Coast. CAF Champions League title-holders are going to collect $2.5 million -- $1 million more than South African club Mamelodi Sundowns received last month. There is an even bigger percentage increase for winners of the second-tier CAF Confederation Cup with first prize increasing from $660,000 to $1.25 million. Both...
(AFP (eng) 11/03/16)
African champions Mamelodi Sundowns won for the first time in the South African Premiership this season Wednesday and climbed off the bottom of the table. The Pretoria club triumphed 2-0 at Polokwane City thanks to goals from Percy Tau and Zimbabwean Khama Billiat, two stars of the 2016 CAF Champions League triumph. Sundowns became African champions for the first time 11 days ago by defeating Zamalek of Egypt 3-1 on aggregate in the final. But a domestic fixture backlog meant they had little time to celebrate only the second South African success in the premier African club competition. They defeated Polokwane in a League Cup tie last Thursday only to lose at home against Cape Town City in their second...
(AfricaNews 09/19/16)
The agreement on African games signed in Cairo over the weekend between the African Union and the Association of National Olympic committees of Africa will be implemented after validation by the Africa Union commission. The two parties are expected to mobilise renowned African athletes and the best teams to help raise their level of performance. Sources say the African Union will continue to manage the African games while the Union of African Sports Confederations will take care of its technical...
(Kawowo Sports 07/22/16)
Botswana Football Association (BFA) Executive Committee has suspended Botswana Premier League Board with immediate effect. According to the BFA president Tebogo Sebego, the board shall remain suspended until the football running body General Assembly will be organized to come up with the final ruling. In the meantime, the federation will run the BPL office. The root cause for the suspension included among others condoning a Premier League fixture between Galaxy and Center Chiefs. Tebogo also fronted the board’s decision to...
(AFP (eng) 07/22/16)
French petroleum giant Total signed an eight-year deal to become the new sponsor of African football and its showpiece event, the Africa Cup of Nations, on Thursday. The sponsorship of the tournament will start at its next edition in Gabon from Jan 14 to Feb 5, 2017. "This partnership is a major milestone in our ongoing search for additional resources to accelerate African football’s development, bring its governance up to date, upgrade its sports infrastructure and advance its performance globally,"...
(MmegiOnline 06/17/16)
Botswana football has trundled into a rough patch in recent times, with devastating consequences. The latest scandal, which has seen the game’s image reduced to tatters, takes the trophy as Staff Writer, BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO looks at some of football’s biggest scandals to rock the beautiful game in the last decade. 1. Ofentse Nato saga The issue, which started off just as a normal protest over the registration of the Zebras captain, has now spiralled into a national crisis. Nato joined...
(AFP (eng) 06/16/16)
Demarte Pena was too young to fight in Angola's civil war, where his family played a major role, but he has fought his way to a mixed martial arts championship. Instead of an AK47, "The Wolf" as he is known in the ring, uses fists, feet and pure muscle to subdue his opponents in what is seen as one of the fastest growing sports in Africa. Pena is bantamweight champion among the new crop of mixed martial arts fighters in...
(The Namibian 06/08/16)
Botswana will beat Namibia when the two nations meet at the 2016 Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (Cosafa) Cup, former Botswana football star Diphetogo 'Dipsy' Selolwane said. Namibia are the defending champions and will play Botswana in the quarterfinals of the competition on 18 June. In a recent interview with Nampa, the legendary retired footballer, who captained the Zebras of Botswana, said football has evolved between the two nations and the time has now come for Botswana to show...
(BBC News Africa 06/01/16)
Comoros captain Nadjim 'Jimmy' Abdou says the historic victory over Botswana in March has given his side belief that they can beat Burkina Faso on Sunday. The island nation beat Botswana 1-0 at home earlier this year to register their maiden victory in either Africa Cup of Nations or World Cup qualifying. It came at the 20th time of asking and leaves Comoros with an outside chance of reaching next year's Nations Cup. "Now we are confident we can win...
(The Namibian 05/31/16)
Botswana athletes stole the limelight at the Bank Windhoek National Athletics Championships which took place at the Independence Stadium on Saturday. More than 200 athletes representing eight of Namibia’s regions as well as associate members Nampol and the Namibia School Sport Association (NSSU) participated in the championships, but it was the Botswana athletes, who were competing on invitation, who gave the best performances. According to meet organiser Erwin Naimwaka they had an electronic system failure with the result that only...
(APA 05/11/16)
Botswana’s star 800-metre runner Nijel Amos will miss the Shanghai Diamond League tournament on May 14, state-run Daily News reported here Wednesday. Amos’ coach, Jean Verster, is quoted as saying the athlete would start his Diamond League participation in Rabat on May 22 after thorough preparations. He is quoted as saying that they had made a discussion with the Botswana National Olympic Committee and the Botswana Athletics Association that Amos would not participate in all races this year. “Remember our...
(Malawi News Agency 04/28/16)
Blantyre — Workhorse midfielder, Alfred Manyozo Jnr has rejoined his former club, Mighty Be Forward Wanderers from Botswana where he went to complete his contract with Santos FC. Manyozo said he was delighted to have renewed his marriage with the Nomads, emphasizing that he loves the team. "I am very happy to be back at home, more specifically at Wanderers where l enjoy my game. I love the team and I am ready to play with my whole heart," he...
(MmegiOnline 03/17/16)
Botswana won 141 medals in international competitions in the last 12 months, the Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, Thapelo Olopeng told Parliament on Monday. “Botswana’s performance in sport is improving each year with Batswana athletes in various sport codes excelling at international competitions. Since April 2015, Botswana athletes have won 141 medals, consisting of 49 gold, 44 silver and 48 bronze in various competitions,” Olopeng said. Among notable achievements, in 2015, Isaac Makwala set a new African 400m record...
(Xinhuanet 03/16/16)
(Xinhua) -- The Namibian Hockey Union (NHU) will host the Africa Under-21 Junior Hockey Word Cup Qualifiers from March 18-27 here. The continental showpiece will see the Namibian junior men and ladies square off with South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Nigeria and Tanzania, while Egypt has confirmed that they will only be sending a men's team to the tournament. Marc Nel, President of the NHU, said on Tuesday that all games will be played on the astro turfs of both...
(Voice of America 03/15/16)
George Wyndham of Sierra Leone is a force to be reckoned with. He’s been playing table tennis for 14 years, despite being paralyzed by polio as a child. Now, at age 26, he is among the best physically challenged players in Africa. "Whenever I play table tennis, it always makes me happy and forget about my disability," Wyndham said. Having polio has pushed him even harder to make something of his life, he says, especially in a country where there...
(APA 02/29/16)
Botswana President Ian Khama on Monday welcomed the election of the new FIFA head Gianni Infantino last Friday. Posting a supposedly congratulatory message to the new FIFA President on his Facebook page, Khama said “This hopefully now will put to rest the sorry saga of FIFA's recent past history of scandal.†He added that “I also welcome the package of reforms that the FIFA congress adopted to address the poor governance that came to bedevil the organization in recent years.â€...
(The Patriot on Sunday 02/25/16)
BancABC and the India Botswana Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI) announced a partnership for the review of the Botswana’s national budget. The event was held at the Maharaja Conference Centre. “We are excited to forge this partnership with IBCCI, and view their invitation as a vote of confidence in our capability and presence as a bank. We as BancABC are equipped and committed to serving the banking needs of the India-Botswana community at large, and are confident that this...
(APA 01/20/16)
Botswana soccer champions Mochudi Centre Chiefs will not participate in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League scheduled to start on 13 February, state-run Botswana Daily News reported here Wednesday. Mochudi Centre Chief spokesperson Clifford Mogomotsi said they pulled out of the championship because the competition is too expensive. He said his team was in a financial crisis, hence this would not allow them to participate in the championship. In addition, he said they were given a short notice...
(The Patriot on Sunday 01/19/16)
The beMOBILE premier league defending champions Mochudi Centre Chiefs have pulled out of the 2016 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League edition. Chiefs cite financial constraints as the reason for pulling out. Centre Chief spokesperson, Clifford Mogomotsi, confirmed this. “Yes, we have decided to pull out of CAF,” he said, explaining that they came to the decision after Premier league sponsors beMOBILE scrubbed off the P200 000 that they have been giving to clubs for participation in CAF championships...
(Reuters (Eng) 01/16/16)
FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan has asked soccer's world governing body to investigate Friday's agreement signed between the African and Asian confederations in case it breaches the electoral code. Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa and Confederation of African Football (CAF) counterpart Issa Hayatou signed the 'co-operation agreement' in Rwanda, just over a month before the FIFA presidential election in Zurich on Feb. 26. Sheikh Salman, South African politician and...