Tanzania have confirmed their participation in the 2013 COSAFA Castle Cup tournament set to be hosted in Zambia from July 6- to 21. According to the Tanzanian Football Federation (TFF) by Information Officer Boniface Wambura, the federation will be sending a team over for their second ever participation in the tournament. According to Tanzania daily publication Daily News, all is set for the tournament that ...

Tunisia registered an impressive 3-1 win over minnows Botswana in a CAF Under 17 Championship tournament held over the weekend in Casablanca, Morocco. The North Africans announced their intentions early on, scoring their first goal inside the opening 60 seconds before adding a second in the fifth minute of the match. Botswana pulled one back for before the breather but could not contain the Tunisia side who ...

The Nigeria U-17 national football team yesterday whitewashed their Botswana counterparts 9-0 in a friendly encounter. The match that took place in Calabar is a warm-up ahead of the African Junior Championship coming April in Morocco. The Eaglets sealed a 3-0 win in the first half with Bernard Bulbwa netting the opener. In the second half, Botswana coach brought in new bloods to fortify his side but this was ...

The Ivory Coast youth team over the weekend thrashed their counterparts from Botswana 4-1 in a friendly as they prepare for the African Youth Championship billed for April. The young Elephants who look to build up on their impressive performances during the qualifiers opened scoring on 13 minutes through   Kouassi Gbégbin Parfait. The Ivorian striker later bagged a brace on 32mins with an empty net left for ...

The Zebras host Mali this weekend and only a four-goal margin in their favour can see them through. Despite the fact that Botswana have lost to Mali twice this year, 2-1 at the 2012 Afcon and 3-0 in the first leg qualifier for the 2013 Afcon, Tshosane still believes they have a chance of pulling out a result. "It will be unfair for us to lose to the same team three times in a row " said Tshosane. ...

The eagerly awaited friendly match pitting Rwanda’s Amavubi Stars and Botswana slated for October 10 has been cancelled.   However, the friendly match against Namibia will still go on as earlier arranged on October 13 in Windhoek.    The Botswana  Football Federation cited financial constraints and the game being close to their African Nation’s Cup qualifier against Mali, which is ...

Consequently, The first leg will be played on October 12 in Moloporore, (50km from the capital Gaborone), while the second leg will be played eight days later in Kigali. The first leg was scheduled for October 13 and the return leg on October 27. The match was brought forward since majority of Bostwana team players are students and will be engaged with end of year exams late October. The Rwanda Wasp team ...

Both sides clash in Bamako on Saturday in the first leg of the crucial Orange 2013 Afcon qualifier tie and Tshosane thinks his boys have the potentials of sneaking with a result out of Bamako. “I am satisfied with the squad’s preparations for this game,” he told Botswana’s Gazette Sport. “We had a few injury problems within the selected pool of players but they have all recovered in time. “Obviously Mali is ...

Tanzania held down Botswana 3-3 in an international friendly yesterday at the Molepolole Stadium, Botswana. The encounter served as part of Botswana’s preparations for the third and final round of the 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifiers to play September during which it shall confront Mali. Tanzania on its part was eliminated during the second round of the qualifiers by ...

Kenya Under 23 National soccer team put up a gallant show to demolish visiting Botswana Soccer team 3-1 in a thrilling Fifa International friendly match staged at the Nyayo National Stadium. It was KCB forward Raphael Mungai who hit a double as the Kenya national Under-23 team staged a stunning comeback to beat Botswana 3-1 in an international friendly at the Nyayo National Stadium on Thursday night. ...