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All Vodacom
Premier League games scheduled for this weekend have been postponed, the
premier league has announced. This coming Saturday and Sunday was due to see
the second round of matches of the 2016/17 league season which started this
past weekend.
However, all
games have been postponed because the national side Likuena will be playing
against Algeria in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Algiers on Saturday.
The league
will resume its next weekend with its September 10 and 11 fixtures. This
weekend’s postponed games will be rescheduled for a later date. Bantu are the
early leaders of the Vodacom Premier League after a 3-1 win over Rovers on
Sunday. A Matšo Matebele are followed
by Kick4Life who beat Likhopo 2-0 in their season opener.
The national
side Likuena left the country today for their tie against Algeria which is a
dead rubber. Algeria has already qualified for next year’s finals in Gabon
while Lesotho is bottom of Group J. Likuena coach Moses Maliehe has kept faith
with the same squad that reached the quarterfinals of the COSAFA Castle Cup in
June. Lesotho will once again be captained by defender Basia Makepe.
Elsewhere, the
Minster of Gender, Youth, Sport and Recreation, Mathibeli Mokhothu, has
rewarded the team that represented Lesotho at the 2016 Rio Olympics with M120
000.
Team Lesotho
arrived back in the country last Tuesday.
The money will
be shared by the eight athletes that went to Rio and each will receive M15 000.
Team Lesotho comprised of track athletes Mosito Lehata, Nomakoe Nkhasi and
Tšepang Sello, marathon runners Tšepo Mathibelle and Lebenya Nkoka, boxers
Inkululeko Suntele and Moroke Mokhotho, and cyclist Phetetso Monese.
Although none
of the athletes won a medal, minister Mokhothu said qualifying for a major
sporting event such as the Olympics was significant in its own right and
deserved recognition.
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