{"id":67643,"date":"2026-04-04T16:05:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T16:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/leribe-launches-u15-girls-inter-district-tournament"},"modified":"2026-04-04T16:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T16:55:11","slug":"leribe-launches-u15-girls-inter-district-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/leribe-launches-u15-girls-inter-district-tournament","title":{"rendered":"Leribe Launches U15 Girls Inter-District Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong> <\/span>Leribe hosted the 2026 Girls U15 Inter-District Tournament at Ts\u030celiso \u2018Saxophone\u2019 Thejane Technical Centre in Maputsoe on Good Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Five North region districts, Mokhotlong, Butha-Buthe, Leribe, Berea, and Thaba-Tseka competed in a round-robin format.<\/p>\n<p>Media and Communications Manager of the Lesotho Football Association (LeFA), Mr. Mikia Kalati said the tournament was used as a scouting platform for talented young girls coming from across the ten districts and was led by FIFA Talent Coach Sam Smith, who heads the LeFA National Academy.<\/p>\n<p>The former Villarreal youth coach, who recently commenced his work in the kingdom, played a key role in scouting for talent in the many of LeFA youth programmes nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament will then move to Sebatane Russell Technical Centre, pitting South region districts \u2013 Qacha\u2019s Nek, Quthing, Mohale\u2019s Hoek, Mafeteng, and Maseru \u2013 against each other.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Liponts\u030ca Lekuba, one of LeFA\u2019s emerging refereeing talents, has been selected among 19 young continental referees for the CAF African Schools Football Championship slated for Zimbabwe from April 6th-10th.<\/p>\n<p>The Botha-Bothe born has represented Lesotho in regional qualifiers, officiating female finals in Namibia (2024) and South Africa (2025). She\u2019s a product of the LeFA and CAF\u2019s Young Referees Programme, nurturing grassroots talent.<\/p>\n<p>The CAF African Schools Football Championship is a flagship initiative by CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe, promoting competitive school football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Lesotho<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. Leribe hosted the 2026 Girls U15 Inter-District Tournament at Ts\u030celiso \u2018Saxophone\u2019 Thejane Technical Centre in Maputsoe on Good Friday. Five North region districts, Mokhotlong, Butha-Buthe, Leribe, Berea, and Thaba-Tseka competed in a round-robin format. Media and Communications Manager of the Lesotho Football Association (LeFA), Mr. Mikia Kalati said the tournament was used [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":67642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-67643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Leribe Launches U15 Girls Inter-District Tournament - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Lesotho. 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