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Maluti Mountain Cement (MMC) is set to increase its backing of the MMC Charity Cup. Last year MMC poured M250 000 into the tournament and sources said the total could surpass the M300 000 mark this year. The off-season showdown is set to be hosted in Mafeteng later this month after a successful launch in …

Lesotho marathon record holder, Tebello Ramakongoana, is ready to make his Olympic debut next week Saturday, according to his coach, James McKirdy. Ramakongoana is enjoying a wonderful run of form, which started last March when he won the Durban Marathon before he set a new national half marathon record a few months later with a …

The Lesotho Football Association (LEFA) gathered presidents of all Premier League clubs for a one-day Club Management Workshop yesterday ahead of the 2024/25 campaign. The new season is slated to start next month and the workshop was held at the association’s headquarters, Bambatha Tšita Sports Arena. The main objective of the workshop was to discuss …

Masianokeng High School became the third school to win the coveted Alliance High School Tournament on Saturday at the Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS) Ground. Masianokeng defeated Bereng High School to lift the trophy becoming the second school from Maseru to claim the national crown. Alliance Insurance began sponsoring the tournament in 2022 with the aim …

Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS) have bid farewell to Likuena international Thabang Malane who has agreed to join Namibian outfit African Stars. Malane will join his new club next Thursday on a two-year deal and the move is a big step in his career. Based in Windhoek, African Stars are champions of the country’s highest division, …

Four Premier League heavyweights will battle it out for a M100 000 jackpot in the newly launched Maseru Community Cup next month. Lesotho knockout competition was birthed this week and the four contestants are league champions Lioli and their fierce rivals Linare, Matlama and Bantu.

Taekwondo star Michelle Tau is determined to become the first Mosotho to bring home Olympics silverware. Tau is Lesotho’s big hope at the 2024 Paris Games starting tomorrow after a successful four-year run in her flyweight (-49kg) division. Ranked 22nd in the world in 2022, the 27-year-old has shot up to third globally and, if …

Kick4Life’s Stadium of Life is nearing completion at the club’s headquarters in Old Europa, Maseru. The stadium is a one of a kind that will be made wholly from sustainably sourced timber by the time it is done. The project represents the realisation of a dream for Kick4Life, a club that was founded in 2005 …

Bantu head coach James Madidilane is plotting ‘A Matšo Matebele’s comeback next season and has set his sights on Lioli’s title. Madidilane signed a new contract to remain in Mafeteng three weeks ago, ending speculation over the future of the popular coach. Bantu finished third in the Premier League last season, 11 points behind champions …

Linkoe women’s football club were crowned the champions of the Butha-Buthe Winter Challenge hosted by Hololo Development Foundation in Khukhune, Butha-Buthe last weekend. The tournament attracted eight women’s teams who were competing for a winner’s jackpot of M4 000. The foundation poured M10 000 into the tournament, a figure it says will increase next year.

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