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NIGEL AMOS RAISING THE COUNTRIES FLAG

Who could have thought Botswana will one day be known for its wide talent. It started off at the Olympic Games when no one thought Botswana could go far. Batswana did not know anything about the athletes competing for their countries.

We only hoped to get a medal from Amantle Montsho who has already made her name well know worldwide. We had about the 10 atheles representing us but our eyes were only into one athlete being Amantle Montsho but surprisingly we got surprised from few of our athletes one of them being Nigel Amos who is now making the country proud.

Recently Nigel Amos took part in the Prefontaine classic race where he emerged victorious as he came out first. He surprised the world as they thought that the Olympic champion David Rudisha will win the race but he came up the 7th with Nigel being the winner. Nigel \Amos is continuing to suprise people as he broke the world record. Who could have thought that the young boy would go this far? The nation is proud of the young man who is doing wonders for himself and the country at large.

WHO WILL EMERGE THE WINNER

The world cup is just around the corner with only less than 10 days left for the opening ceremony and game. People are just as excited about it as I am. This is the time we have to watch our favourite players showcasing their talents and countries battling to scoop the cup. More soccer fanatics have began to travel to Brazil to witness the battle between the countries.

The question is who is going to be the champion? Will the host country be the champions or will the defending champs Spain emerge as winners again? Not forgetting the all times favourite German, Netherlands with more exciting and determined players like Robin, will they come out as victories, Portugal with the likes of Chrsitiano Ronaldo. This is one sport event one cannot miss.

In the opening game the host country Brazil will battle against Croatia, is it going to be a walk in the park for the host? You never know, football is a game one can predict but all eyes will be looking at Brazil. The Brazilian team is under immerse pressure as they will have a larger crowd hoping to see them win, will they not disappoint their supporters? Now we just sitting and waiting for the whistle to blow and let the games begin, the world are ready for the biggest sporting event we been awaiting to begin?

BOTSWANA EXCEEDS ITS TARGET

For the just ended Africa Youth games the Botswana team set a target to get at least 30 medals and they did well in making sure they reach their set target. The Botswana team had contestants in almost all the 20 sporting codes that were played. At first i thought with the reputation we have in our country of making promises but never fulfilling them, thought we would not meet the set target but to my suprise they did.

Botswana won a total of 6 gold medals, 6 silver and 20 bronze medal all in all adding up to 32 medals. From the reaction of the people the nation was happy of what the youth did and got for the country. When our young stars were competing the ululation from the crowd was supportive, there was no booing the athletes which will make them loose focus.

I must say i applaud the athletes for giving the nation what they hoped for, they fought really hard to have what they have now, the respect, the support, hope it continues to stay like that. Hope for the upcoming games we will set a much hire target and hope to exceed it again, team Botswana!

2nd AFRICA YOUTH GAMES WERE ON POINT

This was a very entertaining period for the nation as we hosted the 2nd Africa Youth games. The youth games brought not entertainment only but even the boost on our economy. The small businesses were also boosted as there was selling and buying everywhere near the stadium and in every ground or halls where the games were held. The opening ceremony was incredible, the organizing team outdid themselves in this one. Most people did not expect to see the beauty that was shown. The youth (athletes) brought home more than the targeted medals. Karabo Sibanda made the nation proud by getting a gold medal in 400m flat and the 200m gold medallist was our young man.

The excitement was very high as two boxers, boy and a girl got gold medals too. I was very impressed by the way our young lady fought, to us it was very tough but she made it easy for herself. Her opponent was by far not a match to our girls’ skills. The judo team brought  more medals too. The nation got Gold in karate too. That was marvellous. Our netball team got the bronze medal. That’s amazing as there were more than 30 countries competing. For the girls to get position 3, it means we are serious with our sports. The closing ceremony was not on point as the opening ceremony as it looked like less time was taken to prepare it, but all in all everything went well and the athletes and their officials were happy to have been in Botswana and the kind of hospitality they got.

Officially the touch for the next Africa Youth Games was handed over to Algeria. Now the questions remains will Algeria meet the set gap by Botswana? Lets wait and see what they got for us.

WORLD CUP 2014 GROUP TO WATCH

With only 3 days to go to the world cup, the group of death one has to watch is group G with the likes of the African giant Ghana, Germany, Portugal and United States of America. This will be one interesting group with interesting fixtures. No one can be able to predict which team will go to the next stage of the games.

All the teams in this group have the reputation of always succeeding to the next stage but now with them in the same group, who will be knocked out early in the group stages? German having won three world cups, three European championships, having been the runner ups for the world cup for four times will sure not be a team to relax when playing against as they will make sure they proceed to the next stage.

Ghana also known as The Black Stars will not be a walk in the park, although they have never won the world cup but have won the African nations cup four times. Portugal will also be a team to watch for with the likes of skilled players like Ronaldo who will do everything in their powers to win the world cup. USA will also be not an easy team to beat as they have been in the final for the confederation cup in 2010 and gave their opponent a hard time. Are we ready for the world cup, sit back and watch the game, don’t hate the game.