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List Of Football Stadiums In Botswana
The following is a list of Association football, football stadiums in Botswana, ordered by capacity. List See also *List of association football stadiums by capacity *List of African stadiums by capacity *Lists of stadiums ReferencesWorld Stadiums – Stadiums in Botswana Retrieved 21 June 2012worldstadia.com:: Stadiums in Botswana Retrieved 21 June 2012 {{List of football stadiums in Africa Football venues in Botswana, Lists of association football stadiums, Botswana Lists of buildings and structures in Botswana, Football stadiums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extension Gunners
Extension Gunners FC is a football club based in Lobatse, Botswana. The team plays in the Debswana First Division South . They play at the Lobatse Sports Complex. History The club was founded in 1962 in the town of Lobatse as the Lobatse CS Gunners. It is one of the biggest football clubs in Botswana. Achievements *Botswana Premier League: 3 ::1992, 1993, 1994 * Coca-Cola Cup Winners: 3 ::1988, 1992, 2011 * Botswana Independence Cup: 1 ::1989 Performance in CAF competitions *African Cup of Champions Clubs: 3 appearances ::1993: Preliminary Round ::1994: First Round ::1995: Preliminary Round *CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance ::2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...: References Association football clubs established in 1962 Football clubs in Lobatse 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molepolole Stadium
Molepolole Sports Complex is a stadium in Molepolole, Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou .... The multi sports complex consists of a track and field stadium known for its hosting of some football games from the national league. The pitch surface is artificial and it had to be relaid in 2008 at FIFA's request. In 2010, it was chosen as one of two host stadiums for the COSAFA Under-20 Challenge. References Football venues in Botswana Multi-purpose stadiums in Botswana {{Botswana-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Botswana Stadium
University of Botswana Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Gaborone, Botswana, owned by the University of Botswana. It is used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ... matches and serves as the home stadium of Uniao Flamengo Santos F.C. The stadium holds 8,500 people. It is located across the road from the Botswana Cricket Association Ovals. References External links 1''Sports and Recreation, University of Botswana'' Football venues in Botswana Athletics (track and field) venues in Botswana Sports venues in Gaborone {{Botswana-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central District (Botswana)
Central is the largest of Districts of Botswana, Botswana's districts in terms of area and population. It encompasses the traditional homeland of the Bamangwato people. Some of the most politically connected Tswana people, Batswana have come from the Central District, including former President Sir Seretse Khama, former President Festus Mogae, and former President Lt. General Seretse Ian Khama. The district borders the Botswanan districts of Chobe District, Chobe in the north, North-West District (Botswana), North-West in the northwest, Ghanzi District, Ghanzi in the west, Kweneng District, Kweneng in southwest, Kgatleng District, Kgatleng in the south and North-East District (Botswana), North-East in the northeast, as well as Zimbabwe also in the northeast (Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South Provinces) and South Africa in the southeast (Limpopo Province). As of 2022, the total population of the district was 706,135 compared to 638,604 in 2011. The growth rate of population d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selebi-Phikwe
Selebi-Phikwe (also spelt ''Selibe Phikwe'') is a mining town located in the Central District of Botswana. It had a population of 42,488 in 2022. The town is an administrative district, separate from the surrounding Central District. Mining Nickel mining commenced in 1973 and has been the main activity since. The complex includes a mine and a smelter. All operations are now deep mining. Originally there were two tiny places called Selebi and Phikwe, which straddled a large undiscovered deposit of copper and nickel in the area. When the mineral wealth of the area was discovered in the 1960s a mine and a township were built in the woodland between the places with the combined name of Selebi-Phikwe. The main source of employment was the BCL Limited mine which excavated and smelted mixed copper-nickel ore from several shafts in deep and opencast mines. The opencast pit is now unused. Ore is transported from the shaft by rail for smelting. The locomotives used were steam-powered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngamiland District (Botswana)
The North-West District or Ngamiland is one of the first-level administrative subdivisions of Botswana. For census and administrative purposes Ngamiland is subdivided into Ngamiland East, Ngamiland West and Ngamiland Delta ( Okavango). It is governed by a District Commissioner, appointed by the national government, and the elected North-West District Council. The administrative centre is Maun. As of 2011, the total population of the district was 175,631 compared to 142,970 in 2001. The growth rate of population during the decade was 2.08. The total number of workers constituted 32,471 with 16,852 males and 15,621 females, with a majority of them involved in agriculture. Maun, the Tsodilo Hills, the Moremi Game Reserve, the Gchwihaba (Drotsky's) Caves, the Aha Hills (on the border with Namibia), the Nhabe Museum in Maun, and Maun Educational Park are the major tourist attractions in the district. History In the late 18th century, the Tswana people, primarily herders, began e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maun, Botswana
Maun is the second-largest village in Botswana. As of 2022, it had a population of 85,293. Maun is the "tourism capital" of Botswana and the administrative centre of North-West District (Botswana), Ngamiland district. Francistown and Maun are linked by the A3 highway. Maun is also the headquarters of numerous safari and air-charter operations who run trips into the Okavango Delta. Although officially still a village, Maun has developed rapidly from a rural frontier town and has spread along the Thamalakane River. It now has shopping centres, hotels and lodges as well as car hire services, although it retains a rural atmosphere and local tribesmen continue to bring their cattle to Maun to sell. The community is distributed along the wide banks of the Thamalakane where red lechwe can still be seen grazing next to local donkeys, goats and cattle. History The settlement was founded in 1915 as the tribal capital of the Batawana people, and has had a reputation as a hard-living 'Wild ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maun Stadium
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Maun may refer to: Places * Maun, Botswana, a town in the North-West District * River Maun, a river in England * Maun (island), an island in the Adriatic Sea People * Caroline Maun (born 1968), American professor, author, poet, lyricist and musician * Danny Maun (born 1981), English rugby league player * Ernie Maun (1901–1987), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Marsal Maun (1913–2000), second ''Menteri Besar'' (Chief Minister of Brunei) See also * Ma'un, a chapter of the Quran * Maun Vrata, term for a vow of silence in India * Mauna (other) * Mouna Ragam (other) ''Mouna Ragam'' is a 1986 Indian film. ''Mouna Ragam'' (alternatively ''Mounaragam'', ''Mounaraagam'' or ''Mouna Raagam''; ) may also refer to these in Indian entertainment: * ''Mouna Ragam'' (soundtrack), of the 1986 film * ''Mouna Raagam'' (Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
