World Athletics Championships 2025: Letsile Tebogo explains why the 100m disqualification did not break him
17 September 2025 Quick read: Letsile Tebogo was disqualified from the 100 metres final due to a false start. This…
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Botswana’s brightest: Letsile Tebogo & Gogontle Basiami make Forbes 30 Under 30 2025 list
15 June 2025 In a year where Batswana youth continue to rise and redefine excellence, Botswana proudly takes its place…
Letsile Tebogo opens up about his trailblazing athletics career: “I wanted to make a breakthrough for African athletes”
31 May 2025 The history-maker from Botswana, who competed in last week’s Diamond League in Rabat, reflects on the wider…
Q&A: Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo on his Olympic triumph; African sprinters
17 May 2025 Tebogo talks to Al Jazeera about breaking American and Jamaican dominance, and the future of sprinting in…
Bombshell as key relay trio withdraws from World
6 May 2025 Botswana’s athletics team due to participate at this weekend’s World Relays in Guangzhou, China has been hit…
Letsile Tebogo says athletics saved him from life of crime
5 April 2025 Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo said on Wednesday he could have become a delinquent if the sport…
World Athletics appoints Olympic champion Tebogo as Kids’ Athletics Ambassador
4 April 2025 World Athletics have appointed Botswana’s Olympic gold medallist and World Athlete of the Year 2024 Letsile Tebogo…
Tebogo “the people’s champion”Letsile saves the day amid heavy rain in Botswana
20 February 2025 When he is not playing hero for his country on the Olympic stage, sprinting sensation Tebogo Letsile…
Botswana’s first Olympic Gold medalist is De Beers ambassador
27 January 2025 Letsile Tebogo, Botswana’s first ever Olympic gold medal winner, has been appointed a global ambassador for De…
Tebogo confirmed to run 400m in Melbourne
14 January 2025 Olympic 200m champion and World Athlete of the Year Letsile Tebogo of Botswana will get his 2025…
Tebogo and Hassan named 2024 World Athletes of the Year
1 December 2024 Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo announced as the overall World Athlete, and Male track athlete of the…
Tebogo becomes Botswana’s first Olympic champion with 200m win in Paris
9 August 2024 Letsile Tebogo made history for Botswana at the Paris 2024 Games on Thursday (8), winning the first…
Tebogo breaks world 300m best with 30.69 in Pretoria
17 February 2024 Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo stormed to a world 300m best of 30.69 at the Simbine Curro Classic Shoot-Out…
Letsile Tebogo: Botswana’s great Olympic Games sprint hope wants change in African athletics
18 January 2024 As Botswana’s great track hope ahead of the 2024 Olympics, Letsile Tebogo has lofty ambitions for Africa.…
Letsile Tebogo Becomes First African to Win a Medal in Men’s 100m at World Athletics Champs
21 August 2023 Botswana 100-metre sprinter, Letsile Tebogo, has become the first African to win a men’s 100m medal at…
Who is Letsile Tebogo? Five things to know about the new world U20 100m record holder
The 18-year-old sprinter from Botswana broke an U20 world mark that had stood since 2014, and now has his eyes…
Tebogo makes 100m history for Botswana in Nairobi
The battle for superiority between East Africa’s athletics powerhouses, Kenya and Ethiopia, was reignited in full force as the men’s…