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The Botswana Gazette
… GAZETTE REPORTER Team Botswana has settled in Glasgow, Scotland, and is ready to begin its bid for at least seven medals at the Commonwealth Games, scheduled from July 23 to August 2, 2026. …
Botswana Hunts Seven MedalsMmegi
… The Commonwealth Games team reported for camp on Wednesday in Gaborone. Athletics Commonwealth Games team coach, Collar Mosimakoko, told MmegiSport the concerned individual athletes' coaches requested they be excluded from the squad.He explained that this might be that the coache …
Top stars excused from Commonwealth GamesMmegi
… The Commonwealth Games team reported for camp on Wednesday in Gaborone. Athletics Commonwealth Games team coach, Collar Mosimakoko, told MmegiSport the concerned individual athletes' coaches requested they be excluded from the squad.He explained that this might be that the coache …
Top stars excused from Commonwealth GamesDaily News Botswana
… This was the message from the Minister of Sport and Arts, Jacob Kelebeng, to the 25 athletes who will represent Botswana at the Commonwealth Games hosted in Glasgow, Scotland. …
Kelebeng psych up athletesDaily News Botswana
Commonwealth Games bound athletes will leave for a training camp in Scotland on July 13. …
Botswana athletics leave for training camp in ScotlandDaily News Botswana
… The meet also attracted members of the national women’s 400m squad which is preparing for Commonwealth Games competition. …
Matakule qualifies for World Athletics U20 ChampionshipsMmegi
Two boxers, Lethabo Modukanele of Titans Boxing Club and Treasure Moremi from Francistown Boxing Club, alongside their sparring partners, Keatlaretse Modise (Francistown) and Odean Lessau (125 Boxing Club), are in camp preparing for the Commonwealth Games.Choga Ntoti is the men's …
Boxing calls for more Commonwealth Games slotsMmegi
… It has been almost a century since Canada hosted the first Commonwealth Games, but Africa has remained a participant, and not the organiser of the competition. …
Botswana debunks Africa's hosting mythDaily News Botswana
Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) is targeting seven medal at the coming Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. …
BNOC targets seven medalsA 25-athlete Team Botswana has settled in Glasgow ahead of the Commonwealth Games, scheduled July 23 to August 2, 2026, with a target of at least seven medals across five sporting codes.
23 July 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
A 25-athlete Team Botswana has settled in Glasgow ahead of the Commonwealth Games, scheduled July 23 to August 2, 2026, with a target of at least seven medals across five sporting codes.
23 July 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Athletes have been excused from the Commonwealth Games as they compete in Diamond League circuits and prepare for the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, September 11–13. The team coach said individual athletes' coaches requested their exclusion to manage load for the season.
13 July 2026 · Mmegi →
Botswana's top track and field athletes have been excused from the Commonwealth Games to compete in Diamond League circuits and prepare for the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest (September 11–13). Their coaches requested the exclusion to manage training load for the season, as the Ultimate Championship ranks at the same level as the World Athletics Championships.
13 July 2026 · Mmegi →
Sport and Arts Minister Jacob Kelebeng told 25 Botswanan athletes representing the country at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow to win with humility and integrity, emphasizing clean sport, fair play, and conduct as ambassadors reflecting Botho values.
13 July 2026 · Daily News Botswana →
Botswana's 25 athletes competing in five sports—athletics, boxing, swimming, lawn bowls, and judo—will leave for a training camp in Scotland on July 13, ahead of the Commonwealth Games (July 23–August 2). Minister of Sport and Arts Jacob Kelebeng urged the team to compete with integrity, discipline, and humility.
10 July 2026 · Daily News Botswana →
Wazha Matakule of Lions Dean Athletics Club qualified for the World Athletics U20 Championships by clocking 21.24 in the 200-metre race at a Sua Pan Athletics Club meet, beating the qualifying standard of 21.25. He had previously secured a qualifying time of 10.49 in the 100-metre at the SACA Championships in Mauritius.
16 June 2026 · Daily News Botswana →
Two boxers, Lethabo Modukanele and Treasure Moremi, alongside sparring partners Keatlaretse Modise and Odean Lessau, are training for the Commonwealth Games under new coaches Choga Ntoti (men's) and Grace Mmolai (women's), after long-serving Tanaka Gibson Rauwe was dropped from the national team.
1 June 2026 · Mmegi →
Despite representing 54 of FIFA's 210 members, Africa waited 80 years to host its first World Cup (South Africa, 2010) and has never hosted Olympic Games or Commonwealth Games, with organisational capabilities frequently questioned. FIFA abolished its continental rotation policy in October 2007, effective from the 2018 bidding process.
8 May 2026 · Mmegi →
Botswana National Olympic Committee is targeting two gold, two silver, and three bronze medals at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games (July 23–August 2), where Team Botswana will compete in Athletics, Boxing, Judo, Lawn Bowling, Weightlifting, and Swimming. BNOC has also assembled a youth team for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games (October 31–November 13) competing in Athletics, Boxing, Judo, and Swimming, with Tebogo Ntesang leading the Commonwealth team and Master Luza leading the Youth Olympics delegation.
1 April 2026 · Daily News Botswana →