The US military disabled the Botswana-flagged oil tanker M/T Lexie with a Hellfire missile near Iran's Kharg Island for allegedly ignoring warnings. Separately, Iran's IRGC claimed responsibility for striking the Sariska V, an MSC vessel, calling it 'US-owned' in retaliation for an earlier strike.
Les États-Unis ont neutralisé un pétrolier tentant de violer leur blocus des ports iraniens. Parallèlement, des négociations sur le Liban se tiennent à Washington, tandis qu'Israël maintient sa détermination face à l'Iran. Des tensions ont éclaté à l'Assemblée nationale française concernant la guerre au Liban.
A lesbian couple in Botswana has launched a court case to legalize same-sex marriage, challenging the country's Marriage Act. Hearings are set for July, with opposition from the government and religious groups. Botswana decriminalized same-sex relations in 2019.
Arsenal wins Premier League after 22 years; fake Botswana holiday announcement for fans debunked by government.
Country with a population of just 2.5m credits investment in young athletes for its rise but this progress is under threatIt was a fairytale ending to the World Athletics Relays in Gaborone. In the final strait, Collen Kebinatshipi surged past South Africa’s Zakithi Nene to win the men’s 4x400m relay for Botswana. The home crowd, a sea of light blue, went wild.“It means so many things to us,” Letsile Tebogo, 22, the reigning 200m Olympic champion, who ran the second leg, told reporters afterwards. “Not just the team … but for the people that always cheer for us behind the TV. Now they had that experience to see first-hand how much effort, how much pressure, how much we give for them.” Continue reading...
Great Britain and Northern Ireland's mixed 4x400m team won bronze at the World Athletics Relays in Botswana, finishing in 3:08.24 behind USA and Jamaica. The quartet of Alex Haydock-Wilson, Lina Nielsen, Jake Minshull and Yemi Mary John qualified for the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championships in Budapest. Four other GB teams also secured automatic qualification for the 2027 World Championships in Beijing.
Great Britain and Northern Ireland's mixed 4x400m team won bronze at the World Athletics Relays in Botswana, finishing in 3:08.24 behind USA and Jamaica. The podium finish secures qualification for the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championships in Budapest in September. Four other GB teams - men's 4x100m, women's 4x400m, mixed 4x100m and women's 4x100m - also qualified automatically for the 2027 World Championships in Beijing.
Australian men's 4x100m relay team equalled the national record with 37.87 seconds to finish third in their heat and reach the final at the World Athletics Relays in Gaborone. The quartet of Lachlan Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius and Rohan Browning also secured Australia's spot at the 2027 World Championships in Beijing. Two other Australian records fell on day one, with the men's 4x400m team clocking 2:57.30 and the mixed 4x400m team running 3:12.20.
Muhammad Abdallah Kounta a été sélectionné par la Fédération Française d’Athlétisme pour participer aux Relais Mondiaux au Botswana. Il était absent depuis deux ans et une suspension pour «propos incitant à la haine».
Il direttore tecnico Antonio La Torre ha diramato le convocazioni per le World Relays in Botswana, valide per la qualificazione ai Mondiali di Pechino 2027. La squadra azzurra punta su un mix di atleti esperti e giovani promesse.
