2021-06-23Otniel Hembapu One of Namibia’s sprint greats, Tjipee Herunga expressed great admiration with the exploits of young sprinters Beatrice Masilingi and Christine Mboma, saying if they don’t succumb to the growing pressure from the nation, they will go on to achieve great things for the country. View more
2021-06-23Otniel Hembapu The Brave Warriors yesterday received their fixtures against Zimbabwe, Mozambique and tournament guest participants, Senegal, in Group C of next month’s Cosafa Cup. View more
2021-06-25Otniel Hembapu Former Springbok gaffer Allister Coetzee has been appointed as the new head coach of Namibia’s senior rugby side Welwitschias, Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) president CorrieMensah announced yesterday. View more
2021-06-28Otniel Hembapu The local hockey fraternity is in deep shock, mourning the death of Namibia Hockey Union (NHU) president Marc Nel, who died on Saturday. The union officially confirmed his passing on Saturday afternoon through its social media platforms. View more
2021-06-28Otniel Hembapu Newly-appointed Namibia rugby fifteen head coach Allister Coetzee will have his hands full these coming weeks, as the country’s senior men’s team the Welwitschias on Saturday left for Ivory Coast to kick-start their 2023 Rugby World Cup campaign. View more
2021-06-29Otniel Hembapu After clocking an incredible 49:88 seconds to clinch top honours in the women’s 400m at the recent World Athletics Orlen Janusza Kusocinskiego Memorial in Poland, one of Namibia’s leading sprinters Beatrice Masilingi will today be back in action when the Top Athletics Lucerne gets underway in Switzerland. View more
2021-06-29Otniel Hembapu Namibia’s legendary rally driver Lucas Hipondoka died yesterday at age 73. The late Hipondoka, who will be remembered as one of the country’s first black rally racers, died at a Walvis Bay hospital. View more
2021-06-30Otniel Hembapu Namibia’s sprinting sensation Christine Mboma will today rank among the top favourites to steal headlines when the much-anticipated World Athletics Irena Szewinska Memorial Continental Gold Tour gets underway in Bydgoszcz, Poland. View more
2021-06-30Otniel Hembapu The Namibia Paralympics Committee (NPC) will today officially learn the number of slots the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has allotted to Namibia for this year’s Paralympic Games. View more
2021-07-02Otniel Hembapu When Namibia’s sprint ace Christine Mboma clocked a jaw-dropping 48.54 seconds on her way to a sensational victory in the women’s 400m at the Irena Szewinska Memorial on Wednesday night in Bydgoszcz, Poland, she did not only win the race in astounding fashion but the 18-year-old budding talent essentially killed four birds with one stone. View more
2021-07-06Otniel Hembapu Namibia is among six associate nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC) that have submitted proposals to host one of the eight men’s ICC events – two ODI World Cups, four T20 World Cups and two Champions Trophies to be held between 2024 and 2031. View more
2021-07-08Otniel Hembapu Brave Warriors gaffer Bobby Samaria yesterday refused to bask too much in the splendour of their 2-1 win over 2021 Cosafa Cup guest participants Senegal, saying more work still lies ahead as they prepare to face regional rivals Zimbabwe on Sunday for their second Group B clash. View more
2021-07-09Otniel Hembapu Netball Namibia (NN) vice president Rebekka /Goagoses says her election as Africa Netball’s new vice president for development is not only to the greater benefit of the country, but it is an opportunity to consolidate and strengthen the continent’s development efforts as a whole. View more
2021-07-13Otniel Hembapu It was on a Saturday evening of August 1993 when the then 22-year-old student at the University of Namibia (Unam), just a year after fracturing his knee ligament, which eventually brought an abrupt end to his flourishing football career with Okahandja-based club Liverpool FC, that Erwin Handura’s life would change forever. View more
2021-07-14Otniel Hembapu Although they missed out on an opportunity to secure an early spot in the semi-finals of the ongoing Cosafa Cup after playing to a one-all draw against the Flames of Malawi in yesterday’s Group B clash, Brave Warriors gaffer Bobby Samaria remains adamant that Namibia can still reach the next round of the regional tournament. View more
2021-07-15Otniel Hembapu A dwindled performance and mounting fatigue over the course of two days saw Namibia’s Brave Warriors get dumped out of the ongoing 2021 Cosafa Cup, following yesterday’s 1-0 defeat against the Mambas of Mozambique in their final Group B match. View more
2021-07-19Otniel Hembapu Veteran Namibian cyclist Dan Craven’s dream of making his third appearance at the Olympic Games suffered a massive setback over the weekend after he was forced to withdraw from the upcoming Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for Covid-19. View more
2021-07-19Otniel Hembapu An exasperated president Hage Geingob on Friday said the disparaging saga around the withdrawal of sprinters Beatrice Masilingi and Christine Mboma from the 400m list of the Tokyo Olympic Games, should not go unchallenged. View more
2021-07-19Otniel Hembapu Namibian industrious flanker Wian Conradie has joined English rugby premiership giants Gloucester and forms part of the club’s long list of new signings for the upcoming 2021/22 season. View more
2021-07-19Otniel Hembapu The local cricket fraternity has suffered a massive blow following the passing of veteran gaffer and administrator, Dee Thakur. View more
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