Telecommunications giant MTC yesterday rewarded Namibia’s national women’s football team, the Brave Gladiators, with N$300 000 following their historic triumph at the Cosafa Women’s Cup. Each player and member of the technical team will receive N$10 000 from the reward package in recognition of their remarkable achievement and for flying the Namibian flag high on...
Log leaders and defending champions African Stars are heading into rounds 23 and 24 of the Namibia Premier Football League determined to take the title race one match at a time as the season approaches its decisive stage. Stars head coach Agnus Chabala Elemu acknowledged the challenges that lie ahead this weekend, warning that every...
Namibia’s knockout specialist Paulinus Ndjolonimus will step into the ring on 25 April for the biggest fight of his career when he takes on Denmark’s unbeaten champion Jacob Banks in a high-stakes showdown for the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Global Super Middleweight title and a World Boxing Council world title eliminator. The hard-hitting Namibian, popularly...
Executive director in the Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service Gerhard Vries has clarified that the ministry’s development (capital) budget ceiling currently stands at N$243 million. Government continues to prioritise youth and sport development across the country. Vries was responding to questions from New Era regarding whether the N$750 million allocated to the Ministry...
In little over 100 days, the United States is set to co-host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a tournament for which Iran has already qualified. But escalating conflict in the Middle East is now threatening the nation’s involvement. On Saturday, the US launched attacks on Iran as part of a joint operation with Israel, prompting...
The President of Namibia, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, welcomed the Brave Gladiators back to Namibia on Monday afternoon following their historic triumph at the Cosafa Women’s Championship in South Africa. The players paid a courtesy visit to the Head of State shortly after arriving in Windhoek, where they were honoured for defeating South Africa in the final....
The Brave Gladiators’ win in the Cosafa Women’s Championship means they are eligible for a reward under the Namibia National Sport Reward Policy. Chief administrator of the Namibia Sport Commission, Freddy Mwiya, said they will be guided on this and that they will receive monetary rewards for their exploits. However, the reward policy guide does...
Brave Gladiators star Zenatha Coleman has announced that she will no longer participate in future Cosafa Women’s Championship tournaments following Namibia’s 2–1 victory over South Africa women’s national football team in Sunday’s final. The now 31-year-old Coleman, who played a crucial role in the team’s success, delivered an influential performance throughout the tournament and was...
Namibian marathon runner Lavinia Haitope produced an impressive performance to win gold in the elite women’s 21kilometre (km) race at the Kazungula Bridge Marathon in Botswana on Saturday. Haitope crossed the finish line in a time of 1:13:44, beating Botswana’s Mosadikwena Gotswakgosi, who finished second in 1:18:06, while Kenya’s Nancy Chepleting settled for third place...
The Namibia Premier Football League clash between Khomas NamPol FC and Tigers FC on Friday, which ended in a 1-0 defeat for the police side, has resulted in the suspension of head coach Fortune Eichab. When asked about the reasons behind his suspension, Eichab said the club alleged that he deliberately gave away points. However,...