Premier League giants Township Rollers are expected to endorse its financier Jagdish Shah as the president of the club after Dickson Gabanakgosi informed his colleagues in the committee that he was vacating the position.
Gabanakgosi’s resignation is considered a tactical move to appoint Jagdish Shah as president.
Gaborone United’s warring factions will have to wait until January next year to learn whether their controversial 2015 Annual General Meeting was constitutional. The ruling is expected to bring to a closure a bitter saga that ran for nearly two years.
Lack of support has been cited as the reason for local Paralympic sprinter Keatlaretse ‘’Carter’’Mabote’s failure to progress at the ongoing 2016 Rio Paralympics, Sunday Standard has learnt.
Three Botswana Netball Association (BONA) coaches last week attended a coaching seminar in Singapore conducted by the International Netball Federation’s (INF) Coaching Advisory Panel (CAP) at the just-ended Mission Foods six nation’s tournament.
International coaches seeking to transform and elevate netball to a higher level were drilled on tactical aspects of the modern game.
Long-serving Botswana Volleyball Federation (BVF) technical expert Manuel Torres has returned to his native country Cuba after his contract was not renewed by his employers, the Botswana National Sports Commission (BNSC).
Torres was the fourth Cuban coach to have led local national teams since 2004.
Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) Vice President (Administration) Rodger Tiroyamodimo says the ladies chess team is setting its sights on finishing in a category medal spot following their poor start at the ongoing 2016 Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Botswana is represented by two teams in the men and ladies category comprising of five players apiece.
Football battles are continuing to take centre stage at local courts. On Friday, Gaborone United (GU) Chairman Rapula Okaile and his executive committee will be in the dock to fight for their survival as the legitimate leadership of the team. The Okaile led executive committee is facing defiance from some disgruntled supporters who allege that the current GU leadership is illegitimate.
Botswana Women International Master (WIM) Boikhutso Mudongo was temporarily forced to pull out of the the 2016 Olympiad chess championships in Baku, Azerbaijan following the death of her sister.
Canon Jaguars finished the league on a high note at the weekend following their 28-23 triumph against Gaborone Hogs in their last game of the season in a Super Rugby contest that was played on Saturday at Wharic Park in Gaborone.
A decision by the Botswana premier league to engage a South African accounting firm and draw terms of its engagement without consulting the Botswana Institute of Accountants (BICA) has angered the Botswana regulatory body.
