Author: Maurice Kambukwe (Maurice Kambukwe )

 Former Welwitschias fullback Chrysander Botha yesterday said the upcoming Dr Hage Geingob Cup tie between Namibia and the Griquas is crucial for players to cement their places in the national team. 

With only three months left before the much-anticipated Indoor Hockey World Cup takes centre stage, Namibian hockey players are hard at work preparing for the world showpiece and will test themselves against South Africa this weekend.

In spite of losing the majority of their matches at the Masters World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa, the players learned valuable lessons to apply going forward, team manager Silke Pennefather has said.

Kilimanjaro boxer Michael Benhard extended his unbeaten run in the welterweight division when he defeated Andreas Nghinaunye in the main bout of the boxing bonanza, held at the Oshakati Independence stadium over the weekend.

Despite being the oldest horse and pitted against some of the country’s best horses, Kaapstad from Angermund Racing Club was on Saturday crowned the winner of the Standard Bank handicap.

Local racehorse enthusiasts will be in for a rollercoaster ride when the Angermund Racing Club hosts its Standard Bank-sponsored event at the revered Okahandja Turf tomorrow. 

Forging of signatures, providing false information and financial misapprociation count amongst the many irregularities that led to the suspension of Namibia Schools Sport Union (NSSU), national coordinator Solly Duiker  said yesterday. 

The MTC Salute Boxing Academy will next month host its much-anticipated boxing bonanza in the capital, where Fillemon Nghutenanye will defend his WBA Pan African flyweight title against Tanzania’s Ally Ngwando.