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Melele’s draw enough to secure league promotion

MASERU — Melele finally secured their return to top-flight football after they battled to a one-all draw against Rovers on Saturday. They are the champions of the A Division Southern stream log and join another premier league returnee, Mphatlalatsane, who sealed their premiership spot almost a month ago after clinching the league in the Northern [...]

1 May 2013 | 5 comments

Players that made their teams tick

The Vodacom premier league season is slowly drifting to a close. It is that time of the year when we look back and review the performance of the players who made their teams tick. For the first time after so many years both premier league and league sponsors, Vodacom Lesotho have introduced awards for outstanding [...]

1 May 2013 | 2 comments

LCS chase top four finish

MASERU — Defending Vodacom premier league champions, LCS, will fancy their chances of securing a top four finish when they take on Matlama in a league tie at Setsoto Stadium on Sunday. Matlama go into the match while searching for a rare successive victory this weekend after they registered a morale boosting 1-0 win against [...]

24 Apr 2013 | 1 comment

Four to battle for promotional spot

MASERU — Four former premier league sides Melele, Liphakoe, Rovers and Majatja will fight for the single promotional spot in the Vodacom premier league this weekend. Qacha’s Nek based side, Melele, are in the pole position for the single automatic promotion spot and need only a draw when they host Rovers on Saturday afternoon. They [...]

24 Apr 2013 | 6 comments

LAAA pins hopes on Lehata

MASERU — The Lesotho Amateur Athletics Association (LAAA) are pinning their hopes on Mosito Lehata to bring a medal home at the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Championship in Moscow, Russia, in August. Lehata became the first local athlete to qualify for the championships. LAAA public relations officer, Maphathe Sejanamane, told the Lesotho [...]

24 Apr 2013 | 10 comments

National volleyball teams to fight for honours in Maputo

MASERU – The Lesotho Volleyball Association (LVA) male and female teams will be hoping to fly the country’s flag high when the take part in next month’s Zone VI games in Maputo, Mozambique. LVA public relations officer, Letsatsi Ntsibolane, told the Lesotho Times on Tuesday that their male and female national team players trooped into [...]

24 Apr 2013 | 1 comment

Is it a three horse race?

Early league pacesetters Bantu and Lioli are struggling to maintain form at the top of the table and have continued to drop points at this crucial stage of the season. The loss of form by these two giants is a blessing in disguise for the army side, LDF, who at the weekend beat Bantu 1-0 [...]

24 Apr 2013 | 6 comments

‘No slip-ups’

MASERU — Vodacom premier league pacesetters, Bantu, are well aware that they cannot afford any more slip-ups if they want to end their league drought this season. Caswell Moru’s side were held to two successive draws in their last two games and have to beat LDF when the two sides meet at Ratjomose Barracks on [...]

17 Apr 2013 | 2 comments

Melele on the brink of top-flight promotion

MASERU — Former premier league side Melele are on the brink of regaining promotion to the premier league after a five-year absence. Melele midfielder, Paul Pule, told the Lesotho Times on Tuesday that his teammates understand the importance of this Saturday’s encounter against Rovers which is the decider for the single automatic promotion spot in [...]

17 Apr 2013 | 5 comments

LRA to host Wheelchair Marathon

By Thabang Khalema   MASERU — The Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) together with the Lesotho National Association of Physically Handicapped Persons (LNAPD) on Monday launched a campaign to help physically disabled communities. The campaign is called “Join a Cause and Change a Life.” LRA public relations officer, Pheelo Mphana, told a media briefing at Lehakoe [...]

17 Apr 2013 | 0 comments
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