29th April 2021
When Botswana national athletics team takes to the track at Silesia21 World Athletics Relays the on May Day, the focus will be on one thing – making it to the top 8.
They will be aware that finishing outside the top 8 will leave their qualification prospects in a precarious position, at least not with some athletics powerhouses skipping this year’s World Relays.
Should Botswana finish among the top 8 at the Silesia21 relays, it will guarantee the relay teams a place in Tokyo while also leaving local athletes with ample time to chase individual Olympic qualification.
With powerhouses like the United States of America (USA), Jamaica and Bahamas missing out due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Botswana will know they stand a better chance.
5th April 2021
On April 1
st Goabaone Taylor became the first female chief executive officer (CEO) at the Botswana Football Association – an appointment that has been welcomed with glee.
When the news of her appointment filtered in, no one would have faulted local football followers for taking it as just another April fool’s day prank by the BFA.
The appointment of a woman, an unknown woman at that, to a position always wrongly ‘reserved for political appointees’ would be an ‘out of the blue occurrence.’
Only that this time around, the BFA was serious, dead serious. The little-known Taylor was the new broom at the association’s Aegean like Lekidi stables.