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Likuena head coach Veselin Jelusic says he is expecting a tough game against Comoros on Saturday in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. The match will be played at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, because of Setsoto Stadium’s continuing ban by Africa’s governing body, CAF.

Likuena defender Motlomelo Mkhwanazi is set to undergo a surgery after suffering a facial injury from an aerial collision with Eswatini captain Sabelo Ndzinisa during the second of the friendly matches against Eswatini last Saturday.

Likuena defender, Ngaka Lenka, says getting a call-up to the Lesotho senior national team has helped him heal after he was expelled from LMPS over what he says were false links with criminal gangs. The 25-year-old utility player left Makhomosha FC for LMPS FC in January 2019 in what looked as a big breakthrough for …

Nedbank Lesotho and the Federation of Cycling Lesotho (FCL) have launched a series of races to be held over the next two months. The three races are going to be used as Lesotho’s preparations for the World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, in August and Nedbank is pumping a total of M80 000 which includes prize …

After a year on the side-lines nursing a knee injury, Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) midfielder Khubetsoana Kamela produced a remarkable debut for the police team in the 2023/23 campaign which saw him score eight goals. That is the most Kamela has scored since debuting in the Vodacom Premier League six years ago, and on …

I wake up feeling inspired to find solutions to problems which many people choose to ignore as they continue to lambast sports administrators, myself included. Allow me to make a reference to this song by the late Ray ‘Chikapa’ Phiri and his band, “Stimela”. The song is “Where did we go wrong”. I further wish …

The normally serene Bambatha Tšita Sports Arena turned into a party scene on Sunday as the invincible Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Ladies celebrated their Women’s Super League (WSL) title victory in style. The crown was already secured going into the final day and the army side finished off their perfect season by brushing aside Thaba-Tseka …

Lesotho Football Association (LEFA) Secretary General Mokhosi Mohapi is aiming for a seat in the CAF Executive Committee. Mohapi is running for a vacant member position and he is up against two candidates – Walter Nyamilandu from Malawi and Mohamad Sobha from Mauritius.

MOSELI Phera got to play chess at the highest level in the country, rising from an unknown quantity to a star. Growing up in the hills of Ha-Maope, Lekokoaneng, in Berea, chess was the last thing on Phera’s mind.

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