Michelle Crawford, the marketing manager at Namibia Bowling Association, says the recent National Bowling Championship held in Tsumeb, lived up to the organiser’s expectations. The event was held over the weekend, where over 100 bowlers convened to battle it out for top honours in various categories. The annual tournament was attended by various bowling champions...
Action in the Khomas Netball League resumes tomorrow with a highly anticipated Super 10 division clash between Afrocats Lions and Go Monate Fella at the Wanderers Netball Courts in Windhoek. The match gets underway at 18h00, followed by a second fixture pitting NDF against Wanderers Netball Club. Afrocats coach Dimitri Bittler expressed confidence in his...
Ondangwa will be the centre of attraction this weekend when the MTC Volleyball League stages its sixth round of fixtures at the Ondangwa Tennis Court on Saturday. Over six matches are lined up across both the men’s and women’s divisions, with top clubs from across the country vying for crucial league points. Namibia Volleyball Federation...
Top bowlers in the country will convene this weekend in Tsumeb, where they will compete in the national championship tournament. Tsumeb Bowling Club will play host to the much-anticipated tournament. The competition will see champions from each region take part in the hotly contested tournament. All champions in women’s and men’s will tussle it out...
The MTC Kilimanjaro Boxing Club plans to continue promoting boxing at the grassroots level with another series of school boxing clinics scheduled for September in the Ohangwena region. Joseph Bernhard, the club owner and founder, started the initiative last year to empower both teachers and learners by introducing them to boxing fundamentals. “We are looking...
Swimming coach Diego Kahlari has been chosen to participate in this year’s American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) World Clinic next month in the USA. Hosted in Reno, Nevada, United States of America, from September 2 to 5, the event brings together top swimming coaches, including the legendary Bob Bowman. Kahlari, owner of the Infinity Aquatic...
Namibian mixed martial artist Stephan Kuhn (17) recently returned home with a bronze medal from the prestigious World Championships in Dubai. He describes the feta as both personally rewarding and an inspiration for young fighters back home. Kuhn bagged a bronze medal at the competition after he defeated Nikolozi Dzamashvili in the 97-kilogramme (kg) heavyweight...
After almost 25 years in the game, veteran pugilist and Namibia’s former World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa middleweight champion, Lukas ‘The Demolisher’ Ndafoluma, has finally hung up his gloves. He confirmed this news in an interview this week. “I have officially retired, although I haven’t put out a statement on that, but I am taking...
Namibia’s former Olympian and boxing legend Ali “The Silent Assassin” Nuumbembe said Heroes’ Day is more than just a date on Namibia’s holiday calendar; it’s a day for deep reflection. Speaking to New Era recently, Nuumbembe, who represented Namibia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2002 Commonwealth Games, said the remembrance of these specific...
Lesotho’s Lolli FC and DR Congo’s AS Maniema Union touched down in Namibia yesterday ahead of the much-anticipated African Stars pre-season tournament, while Angola’s Petro de Luanda will jet in today. The two-day tourney, organised by Stars, will take place from 25 to 26 August at the Independence Stadium in Windhoek. It will feature Lesotho...