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World Athletics Championships: Oblique Seville Claims 100m Gold With PB In Tokyo; Noah Lyles Wins Bronze
News18
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September 14, 2025
Last Updated:September 14, 2025, 19:45 IST The 24-year-old Jamaican registered a PB of 9.77 seconds to finish ahead of compatriot Kishane Thompson, who finished the race in 9.82s, and American Noah Lyles, who timed 9.89s. Oblique Seville. (X)...
Mozambique vs Botswana Prediction and Betting Tips | September 8th 2025
Sportskeeda
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September 6, 2025
Mozambique will host Botswana at the Estadio do Zimpeto on Monday in another round of their CAF 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification campaign. The home side have hit a rough patch in their qualifying campaign in recent games but remain hopeful of...
UN expert Probes Botswana’s Indigenous Peoples’ rights record
Botswana Gazette
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September 6, 2025
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples is in Botswana to assess the situation of the Basarwa, focusing on land rights, justice, equality, culture, and climate change for report to be presented to the UN Human...
Personal best: Seville wins Tokyo 100m for first Jamaican men's sprint title in 10 years
RTL Today
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September 14, 2025
Oblique Seville won Jamaica's first men's world 100m title in 10 years after outpacing Kishane Thompson and defending champion Noah Lyles for gold in Tokyo on Sunday. Seville timed a personal best of 9.77sec for the victory with Thompson taking...
Simbine falls short again, as Leotlela takes fifth in 100m final
The Citizen (South Africa)
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September 14, 2025
Adriaan Wildschutt finished 10th in a slow 10,000m final. There was disappointment for experienced sprinter Akani Simbine, as he missed out on a World Athletics Championships medal again, though compatriot Gift Leotlela managed to close out his...
Meet the Irish-language heavy metal band about to headline Botswana music festival – ‘The heat will be another level’
Irish Independent
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Galway musicians are gearing up for the adventure of a lifetime in southern African country Ten Ton Slug. Today at 12:40 It is certainly not often you hear of an Irish band travelling to Africa to play a gig. It is especially uncommon when the...
World Athletics C’ships: Jamaica’s Seville, American Jefferson-Wooden Emerge Fastest Man And Woman In Tokyo
Ommcom News
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September 14, 2025
Tokyo (Japan): Jamaica’s Oblique Seville and American Melissa Jafferso-Wooden emerged as the fastest man and woman in the world as they cruised to victory in the men’s and women’s 100 metres final respectively at the World Athletics Championships...
Flames scorch Namibia in Botswana
Nyasa Times
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September 6, 2025
The Malawi National Football Team, the Flames, reignited their World Cup hopes on Friday after stunning Namibia 2-1 at Obert Itani Chilume Stadium in Francistown, Botswana, in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Despite sitting second from the...
Tokyo World Championships: Team officials insisted I run despite injury, says Ogazi
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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September 14, 2025
Nigeria’s 19-year-old quarter-miler Samuel Ogazi has attributed his early elimination from the men’s 400m at the 2025 World Athletics Championships to an injury and instructions from national team officials to compete despite not being fully fit....
2025 WAC: Officials Forced Me To Compete With Injury At 2025 World Championships — Ogazi
Leadership
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September 14, 2025
The controversy surrounding Team Nigeria’s participation at the World Athletics Championships (WAC) in Tokyo has intensified following accusations from 400m sprint star Samuel Ogazi. Ogazi alleged that national team officials compelled him to...
Remembering ATI: The liberator We Never Knew We Needed!
Botswana Gazette
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September 14, 2025
The passing of rapper Atlasaone Bryn Molemogi, better known as ATI, has left Botswana mourning a voice that transcended music to challenge politics, gender norms, and silence itself BRADLEY FORTUIN The past two weeks have been a sad and...
Ajayi finishes sixth, fails to win 100m medal at World Athletics Championships
The Cable
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September 14, 2025
Kanyinsola Ajayi missed out on a medal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo after finishing sixth in the 100m men’s final on Sunday. The 21-year-old clocked 10.00s, falling well short of a podium finish in a race won by Jamaica’s Oblique...
Tlokweng AFM hosts worship spectacle in Gaborone
The Voice
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September 5, 2025
The stage is set, vocals fine-tuned, and the heavens are ready to open as the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) Tlokweng presents the Blissful Night of Worship, a gospel music extravaganza penciled for Friday 5th September at AFM Block 7 Hall in...
Botswana Grapples with Economic Crisis as Diamond Demand Collapses
South Africa Today
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September 1, 2025
Botswana is confronting a severe economic crisis, driven by a profound and potentially permanent shift in the global diamond market that threatens the foundation of the nation’s wealth. The situation has forced the government to devalue its...
Botswana’s lifeline: From desperation to global vaccine leadership
MMEGI
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September 1, 2025
The genesis of BVI Botswana's economy once heavily relied on its cattle, with livestock contributing almost 40% of its GDP and serving as the livelihood for nearly every Motswana. The nation enjoyed robust beef exports to the European Union until...
Sefalana unites Botswana in Celebration with “Drive Your Dream Car”
Sunday Standard
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September 5, 2025
The streets of Gaborone lit up with colour, rhythm and joy on 23rd August 2025 as retail giant Sefalana marked its 50th birthday in grand style with its “Drive Your Dream Car” 2025 Birthday Campaign activations held simultaneously in Gaborone and...
UN exposes gaps in Botswana’s Disability Inclusion
Sunday Standard
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September 5, 2025
A new United Nations (UN) report has delivered a pointed critique of Botswana’s disability rights efforts, warning that despite legislative milestones, systemic failures in oversight, outdated laws, and entrenched stigma continue to marginalise...
UN to probe Botswana on Basarwa rights
Sunday Standard
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September 5, 2025
The United Nations has announced it will launch a probe into Botswana’s treatment of the Basarwa, also known as the San, following persistent allegations of human rights violations against the indigenous community. The investigation comes amid...
Seville wins Tokyo 100m for first Jamaican men's sprint title in 10 years
Tracy Press - California
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Oblique Seville won Jamaica's first men's world 100m title in 10 years after outpacing Kishane Thompson and defending champion Noah Lyles for gold in Tokyo on Sunday. Seville timed a personal best of 9.77sec for the victory with Thompson taking...
Gaborone United ladies crowned COSAFA Champions
The Maravi Post
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August 31, 2025
JOHANNESBURG-(MaraviPost)-Gaborone United Ladies have been crowned champions of the CAF Women’s Champions League (COSAFA qualifiers) after edging Zesco Ndola Girls of Zambia 4-3 on penalties in a final played on Sunday afternoon in Johannesburg,...