Retired director of sport and renowned sports administrator Dr Vetumbuavi Veii on Monday called on local boxing promoters to honour the efforts and legacy of the late Ambrosius Kandjii by hosting annual boxing development tournaments that will be named after him.
Back in the day, before Namibia attained her much-anticipated independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990, there was an exciting, youthful football team going by the name of Cuca Tops which defined the destiny of domestic football.
Without a shadow of doubt, Abraham “Striker” Hengari was one of the most dangerous goalscorers ever to emerge from the Cattle Country (Gobabis).
A true gentle giant has taken a bow from the game of life to be reunited with his ancestors in heaven. The young McNab was a formidable, imposing loose-forward, who cut his teeth in the country’s top-tier rugby league, attired in the red, white and black strips of boyhood club FNB Rehoboth Rugby Club.
Namibia’s double world champion Ruben //Gowaseb started his long and winding athletics journey against able-bodied athletes in a marathon career, stretching over almost two decades.
Back in the day, during the time when there were no properly organised league structures for local football teams, notably those from the impoverished native [Bantu] settings, many teams were content to field the same starting 11 for very long periods, unless death struck or serious injury occurred.
There is a new sheriff in the village of Okondjatu, located approximately 190 kilometres northeast of Okahandja, in the vastly populated Otjozondjupa region.
Born and bred in the garden town of Okahandja to Festus and Maria Meroro-Tjihero, the energetic, sports-crazy light-skinned Tjihero siblings were all destined for greatness since their formative years.
Love him or loathe him, Albertus Katiti is a Namibian boxing icon and without a shadow of doubt, one of the most-fascinating leather traders of his generation. A much-reserved human being and one jolly good fellow of decent upbringing, his flawless brilliance in the boxing ring was something out of the ordinary.
Exciting Grootfontein outfit Chelsea Football Club has in the past produced a significant number of great footballers of substance.