Rome – Inter Milan put one foot in next season’s Champions League on Monday after coming from behind to beat relegation-threatened Torino 3-1 and move up to second place in Serie A. Antonio Conte’s Inter moved above Atalanta and Lazio to go eight points behind league leaders Juventus thanks to two goals early in the...
Pecka Semba I have learnt about the passing of one Namibia football’s greatest personalities Selle Augumeb. I was a learner at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Mission School (Dobra) and football (soccer) was the in-thing. It was played at this school as if it was going out of fashion. When I first heard about a deadly...
Manchester – Manchester United missed the chance to move up to third in the Premier League on Monday after Michael Obafemi’s 96th minute equaliser earned Southampton a 2-2 draw at Old Trafford in the latest twist in the race for a place in next season’s Champions League. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men were unable to take...
Hong Kong – A couple of comebacks and the continued emergence of a bright young star feature in AFP Sport’s golf talking points for this week. When Tiger Woods returns to competitive golf for the first time in five months at Jack Nicklaus’s Memorial Tournament tomorrow, he will do so in exalted company. Woods will...
MADRID – Real Madrid need one victory to secure La Liga after they held off a second-half comeback from Granada on Monday to win 2-1 and move four points clear of Barcelona. With two games left, Madrid will be crowned champions if they beat Villarreal at home tomorrow regardless of how Barca fare at the...
New Delhi – Indian police are having a field day handing out fines to people who do not wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic. Many people just cannot get used to the accessory, which has come to symbolise the new normal, having been made compulsory in most big cities. New Delhi shared-ride driver Munish...
Paris – Poorer nations could see hundreds of thousands of additional deaths from HIV, tuberculosis and malaria as Covid-19 disrupts vital health services and access to life-saving treatment, new research warned yesterday. Modelling the impact in countries that will bear the brunt of the three diseases over the next five years, the study found that...
Hilma Hashange Parents of lower primary learners are worried about sending their children back to school as Covid-19 cases surge. The pre-primary to grade 3 learners resumed face-to-face classes on 7 July and many parents fear that their children are not ready to go back to school. Diana Slinger, a parent of a grade 2...
A ruling in a legal battle between prominent local defence lawyer, Sisa Namandje and the Law Society of Namibia (LSN), is expected to be made public in the High Court on Friday. Initially, High Court Judge Herman Oosthuizen, who is presiding over the matter, was scheduled to give his ruling on 24 July 2020. However,...
David Adetona Khomas governor Laura Mcleod-Katjirua recently handed over equipment and material worth N$700 000 as part of the development programme dedicated to small-scale entrepreneurs or for the self-employed to participate in local economic activities and to also create employment in the region. The governor’s development programme partnership since 2014 with Namsov Fishing Enterprises through...