2022-03-03Otniel Hembapu The Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) has officially appointed seasoned sport administrator John Heynes as its new chief executive officer with effect from 14 March on a five-year contract. View more
2022-03-04Otniel Hembapu World football governing body Fifa this week came to the aid of dismayed Namibia Football Association (NFA) employees, whose salaries for February were delayed. View more
2022-03-04Otniel Hembapu Action in the much-anticipated first round of the MTC Netball Premier League 2022 season will get underway this weekend, with matches lined up for tomorrow and Sunday at the Patrick Iyambo Police Training College in the capital. View more
2022-03-08Otniel Hembapu Namibia’s U/20 rugby side was yesterday named as one of eight participants set for this year’s Rugby Africa U/20 Barthes Cup, which will take place in Kenya from 9 to 17 April at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi. View more
2022-03-08Otniel Hembapu One of Namibia’s foremost boxing stars Jeremiah ‘Lowkey’ Nakathila yesterday drew profound inspiration from the old-age adage that lightning never strikes the same place twice, saying he will make history with his upcoming mega fight against Mexico’s Miguel ‘El Alacran’ Berchelt. View more
2022-03-09Otniel Hembapu Namibian veteran hooker Torsten van Jaarsveld, who plays professionally for French Pro D2 side Aviron Bayonnais, has hit the ground running after fully recovering from a fractured nose and orbital floor. View more
2022-03-10Otniel Hembapu One of Namibia’s Tokyo Olympics representatives, swimmer Phillip Seidler, has announced his retirement from international participation, saying he will rather focus on local competitions in order to make room for other career opportunities. View more
2022-03-11Otniel Hembapu Yesterday, news reached the world that English football club Chelsea has been directly and indirectly hit with sanctions by the UK government, and those somewhat unfair and unjustified sanctions were triggered by the purported involvement of club owner and Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich in Ukraine’s invasion by Russia. View more
2022-03-11Otniel Hembapu Namibia’s senior cricket team, the Eagles, will today be out to resuscitate their ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 campaign when they square off against an unpredictable Oman side at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Dubai. View more
2022-03-11Otniel Hembapu For the second year in a row, the popular Rössing Marathon will again be held virtually this year, and will see local and international participants going toe-to-toe from their respective localities. View more
2022-03-14Otniel Hembapu A 23rd minute solo effort by Namibian international Peter Shalulile proved enough to help carry his South African club Mamelodi Sundowns past Egyptian giants Al Ahly during Saturday’s Caf Champions League quarterfinals clash at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg. View more
2022-03-16Otniel Hembapu Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) president Corrie Mensah, who along with fellow board members tendered their resignations yesterday, said their decision to step down was in the best interest of the local game, as any other move contrary to such a decision would have been catastrophic to the union. View more
2022-03-17Otniel Hembapu The sports ministry and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) yesterday joined efforts to help fast track the conducting, implementation and eventual promulgating of the long-awaited Namibia Sport Development Index (NSDI). View more
2022-03-17Otniel Hembapu Boxers partaking in this weekend’s ‘Together as one Part 6’ Boxing Bonanza at Helao Nafidi in the Ohangwena region, have promised to deliver scintillating fights. View more
2022-03-18Otniel Hembapu I would like to applaud the sports ministry and her partners, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), for finally putting shoulder to the wheel in making sure the long-awaited Namibia Sports Development Index (NSDI) finally becomes a reality. View more
2022-03-18Otniel Hembapu With Namibia set to celebrate her 32 years of independence and democracy on Monday, it is imperative to reflect on the many achievements and challenges the local sports fraternity has faced over the past three decades. View more
2022-03-22Otniel Hembapu Speed, precision and devasting power were the core ingredients to Charles Shinima’s emphatic victory over South Africa’s Mziwoxolo Ndwayana, whom he sent plummeting in the second round to retain his WBO Africa welterweight title on Saturday. View more
2022-03-24Otniel Hembapu The High Court, in a writ of execution issued on 20 October 2020, has given the Namibia Football Association (NFA) the legal powers to auction off a vehicle belonging to the Namibia Premier League (NPL) as part of the FA’s efforts to recoup money from the NPL. View more
2022-03-24Otniel Hembapu Helao Nafidi mayor Darius Shaalukeni says if towns and villages across the country are to fully realise their developmental objectives, it is high time they become innovative and explore other uncharted economic opportunities. View more
2022-03-25Otniel Hembapu The crème de la crème of the country’s thoroughbred and Nambred race horses will converge at the garden town of Okahandja tomorrow, where they will battle it out for top prizes in this year’s Independence Cup. View more
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