Following Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi’s impressive performances in the 100m race in Swakopmund last weekend, their coach Henk Botha said they are strongly contemplating competing in that distance on the international circuit this season.
Author: Maurice Kambukwe (Maurice Kambukwe )
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It was a tough match – Ludwig
Namibia’s senior women’s team yesterday crashed out of the ongoing 2022 Africa Cup of Nations field hockey competition in Accra, Ghana after drawing one-all with Zimbabwe.
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Women 7s starting rugby schedule … as NRU looks forward to thrilling year
The Namibia Rugby Union is looking forward to an exciting year of rugby, with the aim to excel at all international tournaments.
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Namibia in do or die match
Namibia’s senior women’s national field hockey team will have to beat neighbours Zimbabwe in their last group match of the Africa Cup of Nations Field Hockey 2022 in Ghana today to progress to the next round.
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Sport awards postponed to next year
The 17th edition of the Namibia Annual Sports Awards (NASA), which were initially scheduled for end of October 2020, have been postponed to October next year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) officially announced yesterday. NSC chief administrator Freddy Mwiya, at a well-attended press briefing in Windhoek yesterday, said...
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Gymnastics federation placed under ‘special regime’ … as NSC, NNOC read riot act
The Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) and the Namibia National Olympics Committee (NNOC) yesterday jointly resolved to forcefully cease the powers and privileges of the Namibia Gymnastics Federation (NGF) executive board, and placed the embattled federation under a special regime for the next four months. The wholesale ceasing of powers of the executive board members of...
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AUSC Region 5 darts tournament cancelled
The Africa Union Sports Council Region 5 (AUSC) darts tournament has been called off indefinitely as a result of the widespread Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking to New Era Sport yesterday, Namibia Darts Federation secretary general Ralph Ludwig confirmed the cancellation of the eSwatini scheduled competition. Ludwig added that although the team has over the past months...
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MTC Netball Premier League play-offs later this year
The play-offs for the much-anticipated MTC Netball Premier League are set for October and November this year, which will see 11 regions battling it out for the remaining six spots in the newly established topflight league. The new MTC Netball Premier League will boast 12 teams, and it has already been decided that six of...
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Golfers Verburg, Van Vuuren dominate at Omeya
Qualification for one of the most prominent golf tournaments, the Windhoek Lager Pairs, took place over the weekend at Omeya Golf Course on the outskirts of Windhoek, and saw Paul Verburg Jnr and Christie van Vuuren claiming top spots as they both progressed to the finals. The Windhoek Lager International Pairs is an annual internationally...
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Indoor hockey league delivers sparkling action
The Bank Windhoek indoor hockey action once again took centre stage over the weekend and exhilarating hockey action was the order of the day at the DTS courts. Action started on Friday with the ladies’ premier reserve league kicking off the day’s proceedings when Saints-2 took on their seniors Saints-1 in a heated battle that...