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Personality of the week – Loydt Kazapua age 31 
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Personality of the week – Loydt Kazapua age 31 

Career achievements: Three times Namibia Premier League (NPL) winner and four times NFA Cup winner.  Favourite local or international footballer: Uganda’s Dennis Onyango Favourite football club: Arsenal  Your most memorable match: Our match against Uganda at the 2018 African Nations Championship (Chan).  Your toughest match: I would say the match against Morocco at last year’s...

It was a long and draining process – Ngarizemo …as Young African FC is thrown lifeline
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It was a long and draining process – Ngarizemo …as Young African FC is thrown lifeline

Owner of Gobabis-based football club Young African Mali Ngarizemo has described as “long and draining” the process of finally getting his club’s relegation overturned by the Namibia Football Association (NFA)’s Appeals Committee. The NFA’s Appeals Committee on Tuesday ruled that the club pay a fine of N$100 000 to retain its status in the Namibia...

My candid view – Stop jutting your inadequacies on journalists
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My candid view – Stop jutting your inadequacies on journalists

What is your basic understanding of news? What is news and what determines news? What is good news and what is bad news? Well, those are some of the questions I get when going about daily work of informing, educating and entertaining the deserving public. Now without proper understanding and clarity of the above questions,...

Football politics robbing country of talent – Mbaeva
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Football politics robbing country of talent – Mbaeva

Brave Warriors veteran goalkeeper Maximillian Mbaeva is dismayed by the endless politics in Namibian football, saying the protracted infightings continue to rob local players of golden opportunities while countries are hard at work exporting hundreds of players to larger markets. Speaking to New Era Sport from this week, Mbaeva – who plays for South African...

Coleman joins Spanish giants Sevilla 
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Coleman joins Spanish giants Sevilla 

Brave Gladiators poster-girl Zenatha Coleman has found a new home in the Spanish Primera División after the 26-year old Namibian silky striker signed with Sevilla FC Femenino, a few months after parting ways with Valencia Féminas CF. Coleman’s move to Sevilla was confirmed by the club yesterday on its website, but details around the duration...