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Lesotho Cycling Association (also known as Lesotho Cycling and Lesotho Cycling Federation) is the national governing body of cycle racing in Lesotho.
Lesotho Cycling Association is a member of the Union Cycliste Internationale through the Confédération Africaine de Cyclisme. Lesotho Cyclists usually compete in Cycling South Africa races.
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Lesotho, officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is an enclaved country surrounded entirely by South Africa. It is by far the largest of the world's three independent states completely surrounded by the territory of another country, with Vatican City and San Marino being the other two. Additionally, it is the only such state outside the Italian peninsula, and the only one that is not a microstate. Lesotho is just over 30,000 km2 (11,583 sq mi) and has a population of about 2 million. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. The official languages are Sesotho and English.
The National University of Lesotho, the main and oldest university in Lesotho, is located in Roma, 34 km (21 mi) southeast of Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. The Roma valley is broad and is surrounded by a barrier of rugged mountains which provides magnificent scenery. The university enjoys a temperate climate with four distinct seasons. The governing body of the University is the council and academic policy is in the hands of Senate, both Council and Senate being established by the Act.
The Lesotho national football team represents Lesotho in men's international football and is governed by the Lesotho Football Association. The team's nickname is "Likuena" (Crocodiles). The team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals and the Africa Cup of Nations finals in history. The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Lesotho has 371 Boy Scouts served by the Lesotho Scout Association. Founded in 1936, it became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1971.
The Lesotho Football Association (LEFA) is the governing body of association football in Lesotho, a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It was formed in 1932 and it is based in the city of Maseru. The board helps run the Lesotho national football team as well as domestic competitions such as the Lesotho Premier League, the Lesotho Independence Cup and the Vodacom Soccer Spectacular.
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The Lesotho Girl Guides Association (LGGA) is the national Guiding organization of Lesotho. It serves 1,783 members. Founded in 1925, the girls-only organization became a full member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1978.
The Scout and Guide movement in Lesotho is served by
The Lesotho Davis Cup team represents Lesotho in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Lesotho Lawn Tennis Association. They have not competed since 2001.
Lesotho first participated at the Olympic Games in 1972 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they boycotted the 1976 Summer Olympics along with most other African nations. Lesotho has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games.
Lesotho Cricket Association is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in Lesotho and operates Lesotho national cricket team. Its current headquarters is in Teyateyaneng, Lesotho. Lesotho Cricket Association is Lesotho's representative at the International Cricket Council and is an associate member and has been a member of that body since 2001. It is also a member of the African Cricket Association.
An annular solar eclipse occurred on January 25, 1963. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. The path of annularity crossed Chile, Argentina, South Africa, southern Basutoland and Malagasy Republic. Occurring 3.7 days before perigee, the Moon's apparent diameter was larger. The moon was 374,860 km from the Earth.
Lioli Football Club is an association football club in the Lesotho Premier League. The team is based in Teyateyaneng. The club has won five league championships, in 1985, 2009, 2013, 2015, and 2016. The team's kit is manufactured by Basutoland Ink.
A foreign national wishing to enter Lesotho must obtain a visa unless they are a citizen of one of the eligible visa exempt countries.
Lesotho competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.
Phetetso Monese is a cross-country mountain biker who placed 21st at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. He currently races on the Ace - The Sufferfest - Lesotho MTB Team and is the highest ranked black African rider on the UCI rankings. Phetetso Monese is also part of the first Basotho team to feature as part of the podium of the UCI Lesotho Sky stage race coming 2nd overall and winning day 4 of the event. Monese has qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Olympic cyclist from Lesotho.
Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Currumbin Beachfront (road), Nerang National Park, both of which are located in the Gold Coast and Anna Meares Velodrome from 5 to 14 April.
The Lesotho women's national cricket team represents the country of Lesotho in women's cricket matches.
As of 2001, around 4.2% of the population of Lesotho has a degree of disability, in which one-third of them are children below 15 years of age.
Sports form a part of the culture of Lesotho. Football is the most popular sport in the country.