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Several Premier League clubs are scrambling to renovate their home grounds ahead of the 2024/25 season to meet the requirements set by the Premier League Management Committee (PLMC).

Lioli star striker Swithbert Kum was the big winner at the Maseru Community Cup awards ceremony on Tuesday at Global Cue Hall as he went home with M7 000 in prize money.

Premier League champions Lioli are estimating that work on their new stadium will cost the club M20 million.

The Lesotho national football team coach, Leslie Notši, last night announced a provisional 33-man squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers next month.

The trio of athletes who represented Lesotho at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games arrived in the country on Tuesday and were welcomed home by the Minister of Sports, Motlatsi Maqelepo, at Moshoeshoe I International Airport. The athletes – Michelle Tau, Mokulubete Makatisi, and Tebello Ramakongoana – will be honoured in an official ceremony in the …

Premier League outfit Liphakoe Football Club is working towards securing financial agreements with local businesspeople in Quthing to support the growth of the district’s lone top-flight club. The club has already established partnerships with three businesses: Metropolitan Lesotho, under the community policy known as the Liphakoe Funeral Scheme as well as Quthing-based businesses, Karabo Family …

Lesotho and South Africa’s Under-17 and Under-20 national teams will face each other in friendly games scheduled for tomorrow and Sunday in Maseru and Johannesburg respectively. The matches form part of Bahlabani and Makoanyane XI’s preparations for the CAF Under-17 and Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations/COSAFA qualifiers slated for September and December respectively.

Econet Telecom Lesotho has renewed its commitment to supporting school sports in the country by extending its sponsorship of the Lesotho Inter-School Association (LISA) for three more years. Econet’s sponsorship of the programme was due to end this year and the extension was announced by Econet’s Chief Executive Officer, Dennis Plaatjies, last Friday during the …

Four Premier League giants—Matlama, Lioli, Linare and Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS)—are gearing up for the Alliance Winter Challenge later this month at Bambatha Tšita Sports Arena. This year, Alliance Insurance has increased the sponsorship to M400 000, which means increased prize money for the winners.

Premier League champions Lioli are currently embroiled in a financial dispute with their player Khotso Mohloki over unpaid bonuses. Mohloki claims the club owes him M5 500 and is also withholding his clearance. Additionally, two other players are reportedly in similar situations, though they did not speak with thepost.