{"id":711,"date":"2025-07-31T14:59:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swazidailynews.com\/?p=711"},"modified":"2025-07-31T14:59:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:59:30","slug":"another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/711\/sports\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Another shocker for Hleta in Billiards League"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Chris Dlamini&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the second time in three weeks, veteran star Nathi Hleta was humbled by an unexpected rival over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hleta suffered a narrow 7-6 defeat at the hands of bottom-of-the-table Mphile Ntjalintjali. This saw the winner record his second win after nine matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The giant-killing feat follows another surprise win on the previous weekend where lowly-placed Mandla Lushaba defeated leading and decorated Sithembiso &#8216;Dodge&#8217; Matsebula while Hleta had already been stunned three weeks ago by Sandile &#8216;Smongo&#8217; Mamba with a 7-6 win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The results area testament to how the league is becoming competitive game by game,&#8221; said one of the players, Dodge. On another note, Welcome \u2018Thupy&#8217; Mthupha humbled Mamba with a 7-6 win.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It did end there for the Give Thanks Seniors\/Masters champion as it turned out a bad weekend for him. He went on to lose 7-5 to Dodge and Sandile &#8216;Theo&#8217; Motsa, who edged him 7-6. Meanwhile, after a positive start, Simanga &#8216;Tinyawo&#8217; Dlamini is finding the going tough after a 7-2 bonus point defeat to Mbongiseni &#8216;Squared&#8217; Ntjalintjali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other players who recorded much-needed wins based on the log standings were Bongani Mohammed, Mncedisi Mweli, Mike Gobeze, and Bandzile Mamba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Selected Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Qhawe 6-7 Mncedisi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sandile Motsa 7-2 John<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nathi Hleta 6-7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nkosingiphile&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bandzile 7-3 Ganja<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ngula 7-6 Theo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mohammed 7-6 Bandzile<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Squared 7-4 Mike<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Squared 7-2 Tinyawo&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Theo 6-7 Nathi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ngula 7-3 Nkosingiphile&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dodge 7-5 Sandile<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Theo 7-6 Sandile&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Qhawe 7-5 John&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mncedisi 7-6 Mike&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mike 7-6 Ganja<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mike 7-3 Mohammed&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Owen 7-4 Mohammed&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome 7-3 Owen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Squared 5-7 Theo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome 7-6 Sandile<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Chris Dlamini&nbsp; For the second time in three weeks, veteran star Nathi Hleta was humbled by an&hellip;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Another shocker for Hleta in Billiards League - Eswatini Daily News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/711\/sports\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Another shocker for Hleta in Billiards League - Eswatini Daily News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Chris Dlamini&nbsp; For the second time in three weeks, veteran star Nathi Hleta was humbled by an&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/711\/sports\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eswatini Daily News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-31T12:59:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-145838.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1780\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"811\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Eswatini Daily News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Eswatini Daily News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/711\\\/sports\\\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/711\\\/sports\\\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Eswatini Daily News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a2e7ad908f0e6606cc49214ec19776de\"},\"headline\":\"Another shocker for Hleta in Billiards League\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-31T12:59:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/711\\\/sports\\\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":279,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/711\\\/sports\\\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-145838.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/711\\\/sports\\\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/711\\\/sports\\\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/711\\\/sports\\\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\\\/\",\"name\":\"Another shocker for Hleta in Billiards League - Eswatini Daily News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/711\\\/sports\\\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/711\\\/sports\\\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-145838.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-31T12:59:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a2e7ad908f0e6606cc49214ec19776de\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/711\\\/sports\\\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/711\\\/sports\\\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/711\\\/sports\\\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-145838.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-145838.png\",\"width\":1780,\"height\":811},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/711\\\/sports\\\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Another shocker for Hleta in Billiards League\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/\",\"name\":\"Eswatini Daily News\",\"description\":\"EDN\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a2e7ad908f0e6606cc49214ec19776de\",\"name\":\"Eswatini Daily News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cd20c640fc2b77fae5560d5aa1f54a994fbb6bda894b89c7624c9793dc7790d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cd20c640fc2b77fae5560d5aa1f54a994fbb6bda894b89c7624c9793dc7790d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cd20c640fc2b77fae5560d5aa1f54a994fbb6bda894b89c7624c9793dc7790d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Eswatini Daily News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/author\\\/adekunleo\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Another shocker for Hleta in Billiards League - Eswatini Daily News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/711\/sports\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Another shocker for Hleta in Billiards League - Eswatini Daily News","og_description":"By Chris Dlamini&nbsp; For the second time in three weeks, veteran star Nathi Hleta was humbled by an&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/711\/sports\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\/","og_site_name":"Eswatini Daily News","article_published_time":"2025-07-31T12:59:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1780,"height":811,"url":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-145838.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Eswatini Daily News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Eswatini Daily News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/711\/sports\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/711\/sports\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\/"},"author":{"name":"Eswatini Daily News","@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/#\/schema\/person\/a2e7ad908f0e6606cc49214ec19776de"},"headline":"Another shocker for Hleta in Billiards League","datePublished":"2025-07-31T12:59:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/711\/sports\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\/"},"wordCount":279,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/711\/sports\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-145838.png","articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/711\/sports\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/711\/sports\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\/","url":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/711\/sports\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\/","name":"Another shocker for Hleta in Billiards League - Eswatini Daily News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/711\/sports\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/711\/sports\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-145838.png","datePublished":"2025-07-31T12:59:30+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/#\/schema\/person\/a2e7ad908f0e6606cc49214ec19776de"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/711\/sports\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/711\/sports\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/711\/sports\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-145838.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-145838.png","width":1780,"height":811},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/711\/sports\/another-shocker-for-hleta-in-billiards-league\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Another shocker for Hleta in Billiards League"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/","name":"Eswatini Daily News","description":"EDN","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/#\/schema\/person\/a2e7ad908f0e6606cc49214ec19776de","name":"Eswatini Daily News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd20c640fc2b77fae5560d5aa1f54a994fbb6bda894b89c7624c9793dc7790d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd20c640fc2b77fae5560d5aa1f54a994fbb6bda894b89c7624c9793dc7790d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd20c640fc2b77fae5560d5aa1f54a994fbb6bda894b89c7624c9793dc7790d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Eswatini Daily News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn"],"url":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/author\/adekunleo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}