The global sprinting spotlight shifts to the Stade Louis II, as the elite duo of Collen Kebinatshipi and Letsile Tebogo continue their Diamond League campaign at the prestigious Meeting Herculis EBS on July 10. …
… The positive showing did not end with the quarter-mile boundary as Olympic Champion, Letsile Tebogo secured second place in 200m, with a time of 19.93 seconds.ENDS
Tebogo is expected to deliver something special following his triumph at the Oslo Diamond League, where he clocked 19.84 seconds.The 200m race will also include Zimbabwean sprinter Makanakaishe Charamba, Zharnel Hughes (Britain), Bryan Levell (Jamaica), Adrian Kerr (Jamaica), Lin …
… Botswana’s presence extends across the sprint schedule, as 200-metre sensation, Letsile Tebogo lines up against Zimbabwe’s Tapiwanashe Makarawu and Makanakaishe Charamba, Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes, Jamaica’s Adrian Kerr and Bryan Levell, America’s Courtney Lindsey and Tate T …
In the shimmering spotlight of Oslo’s Diamond League, Olympic 200-meter champion Letsile Tebogo emerged victorious, blazing through the finish line in a season-best 19.84 seconds. …
… While the country has produced world-class talents like Nijel Amos and Letsile Tebogo, who have brought international acclaim, these doping controversies threaten to erode the hard-earned reputation of Botswana athletics. …
The debate over whether reigning Olympic 200-meter champion Letsile Tebogo should ditch the 100 meter dash to focus exclusively on the half-lap event continues to divide athletics pundits. …
Rabat takes centre stage on May 30 as the sprint sensation, Letsile Tebogo, steps onto the track to officially open his 200-metre Diamond League account at the Meeting International Mohammed VI. …
The Royal Bafokeng Nation has donated specialised gym and athletics equipment to DOSE, a Maun-based sports development initiative led by national coach Kebonyemodisa Mosimanyane. The equipment will improve access to suitable training facilities for emerging and elite athletes in Maun.
The Royal Bafokeng Nation has donated specialised gym and athletics equipment to DOSE, a Maun-based sports development initiative led by national coach Kebonyemodisa Mosimanyane. The equipment will improve access to suitable training facilities for emerging and elite athletes in Maun.
Africa 400m champion Bhekempilo Eppie has completed a two-year "building phase" under coach Chippa Ntshwarang, achieving success including a World Championship final appearance and anchoring Botswana to historic 4x400m relay gold in 2025, with consistency in 2026 positioning him for greater individual progression.
Botswana sent seven track athletes to the 1980 Moscow Olympics, their first time competing on the Olympic stage. The article chronicles this milestone and the nation's journey from post-independence nation-building under President Seretse Khama to sporting achievement.
Botswana's athletes returned from the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest to a revised national performance incentive package. Busang Collen Kebinatshipi, the newly crowned 400-meter champion, received P150,000 from the state, while Letsile Tebogo earned P100,000 and P20,000 for silver in the 200 meters and seventh place in the 100 meters respectively.
Botswana's podium finishes at the Ultimate Championships reflect the country's growing sprinting strength as the BAA widens talent identification and develops a younger generation to join established athletes like Letsile Tebogo and Collen Kebinatshipi.
Botswana's national athletics team won a silver medal and set a national record at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest. Collen Kebinatshipi broke the 400m national record with a time of 43.39 seconds, becoming the fifth-fastest 400m runner in history, while Letsile Tebogo secured silver in the 200m final with 19.76 seconds.
Four elite Botswana athletes compete tonight at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championships in Budapest: Collen Kebinatshipi and Lee Eppie in the 400m final, Letsile Tebogo in the men's 100m semifinal and (if he advances) final, and Kemorena Tisang in the men's 400m hurdles semifinal.
Botswana will send six track stars to the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest (September 11-13), led by Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo and World 400m champion Collen Kebinatshipi. Four additional athletes—Oratile Nowe, Lee Eppie, Bayapo Ndori, and Kemorena Tisang—qualified through season ranking points, expanding the delegation beyond the two automatic qualifiers.
Botswana's Collen Kebinatshipi won the 400m Diamond League title at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme final in Brussels with a time of 43.40 seconds, breaking the Meeting Record, National Record, and Diamond League Record. He became the second African man to win the Diamond League 400m title, following Isaac Makwala.
Botswana's Letsile Tebogo (200m) and Busang Collen Kebinatshipi (400m) compete in the Diamond League final in Brussels, with Tebogo's record 19.46-second 200m time relying on anaerobic energy systems that differ fundamentally from the longer-distance physiology demanded by the 400m.
Both athletes will compete in Diamond League finals before moving to the World Athletics Ultimate Challenge next week. Tebogo faces American sprinter Kenneth Bednareck in a 200m final.
Botswana's Letsile Tebogo and Collen Kebinatshipi will compete in the Diamond League final in Belgium this weekend, with Kebinatshipi facing a competitive field in the men's 400m on Friday and Tebogo competing in his event on Saturday.
Botswana's Letsile Tebogo and Bayapo Ndori will compete in the men's 400m at the Banca Valsabbina Grand Prix Brescia in Italy this Sunday. Tebogo is building speed endurance ahead of next month's World Athletics Ultimate Championship, while Ndori is returning from injury.
Elite sprinters Collen Kebinatshipi and Letsile Tebogo are in strong form ahead of the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest (September 11–13), with Kebinatshipi clocking 43.59 seconds at the Silesia Diamond League and Tebogo winning the 200m at Lausanne with 19.87 seconds. Athletics experts believe Kebinatshipi could challenge the 400m World Record at the Budapest event.
Reigning Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo and middle-distance runner Oratile Nowe will compete at the Athletissima meeting in Lausanne, with Tebogo facing a strong international field in the men's 200m and Nowe competing in the women's 800m. Quarter-milers Bayapo Ndori and Collen Kebinatshipi will contest the men's 400m at the Silesia Diamond League meeting in Poland on Sunday.
Team Botswana failed to win a medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow despite public expectations of seven medals, marking a first in years and exposing gaps in the country's sports infrastructure and athlete development across athletics, boxing, judo, swimming, and lawn bowls.
The Botswana Athletics Association is working to develop a broader squad of athletes beyond its elite runners to create a sustainable legacy in track and field, moving away from reliance on select performers. The association fielded developing athletes at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games to provide international exposure and reduce the workload on top-tier competitors.
Olympic track star Letsile Tebogo, accompanied by his sister, officially launched the Letsile Tebogo Charitable Foundation in Gaborone, a tribute to his mother who died from cancer two years ago. The foundation was launched following years of the family's battle with the disease, and the event was attended by Botswana's First Lady and other government officials.
An 11-member Botswana U20 team travels to Oregon for the World Athletics U20 Championships (August 5–9), aiming to win two medals. Led by sprinters Same Mhutsiwa, Wazha Matakule, and Jack Newman, the team hopes to build on Botswana's sprinting tradition, though Junior Phatshima's participation remains uncertain due to injury.
Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo launched the Letsile Tebogo Charitable Foundation to assist cancer patients, survivors and their families. At the July 28 launch in Gaborone, speakers emphasised that supporting cancer survivors requires collective effort across government, healthcare professionals, the corporate sector, civil society and individual citizens.
Collen Kebinatshipi, 22, ran 43.44 seconds at the Monaco Diamond League to become the sixth-fastest man in 400m history, prompting global speculation about breaking Wayde van Niekerk's world record of 43.03 seconds. However, his coach Chilume Ntshwarang said the team's priority is for Kebinatshipi to enjoy competing internationally and test different racing strategies, not chase the world record.
Collen Kebinatshipi and Letsile Tebogo will compete at the Meeting Herculis EBS on July 10 in Monaco. Kebinatshipi, ranked second in the Diamond League standings with 24 points and World Athletics June Athlete of the Month, broke the Diamond League 400m record with a time of 43.54 seconds at the Meeting de Paris and aims to secure a Diamond League Finals appearance.
Collen Kebinatshipi claimed victory in the 400m at the Prefontaine Classic in Oregon, USA on Saturday, finishing in 44.00 seconds and defeating American Olympic icon Rai Benjamin, who took second place in 44.11 seconds.
Tebogo is expected to deliver following his Oslo Diamond League 200m win (19.84 seconds), while Kebinatshipi aims to build on his Paris performance where he set a Diamond League record and personal best of 43.54 seconds. Both sprinters will race in Eugene against international competition.
Botswana's quarter-milers Collen Kebinatshipi and Bayapo Ndori face off against American competitors at the University of Oregon's Prefontaine Classic. The rivalry is fueled by Botswana's relay gold at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, which the American contingent is seeking to answer on home soil.
Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo won the Oslo Diamond League in 19.84 seconds, while Australian teenager Gout Gout finished sixth in 20.20 seconds on his senior debut. Tebogo cautioned Gout against rushing into senior competition, advising him to race with age-mates where he is more comfortable, warning that increased racing risks injury.
Kanye United secured promotion to the Debswana First Division South after winning the 2026 BFA Southern Block Promotional Playoffs with 12 points and +7 goal difference. The team will compete in the top division next season against established clubs.
After months of resistance from BNOC and NADO, Justice Segopolo ordered the release of ADAMS system login details to four athletes—Karabo Mothibi, Lydia Jele, Refilwe Murangi, and Zibane Ngozi—who had been provisionally suspended following positive doping tests that they deny.
Athletics analysts are divided on whether Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo should abandon the 100m to focus exclusively on the 200m, with some arguing his slower block start makes the longer sprint more suited to his top-end speed. Tebogo and his coach remain committed to their current strategic approach.
Letsile Tebogo, the 21-year-old Olympic gold medallist, will compete in his 200-metre Diamond League account at the Meeting International Mohammed VI in Rabat on May 30, facing a competitive field including Kenneth Bednarek, Andre De Grasse, and Wayde van Niekerk while building toward the Wanda Diamond League Final.