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Should the untold history of Namibian football be told in bold, the name of Theodore ‘Wherrick’ Zimmer-Goreseb, better known as ‘Uerivara’ or ‘Ou /Hurob’, is likely going to feature prominently.

The remaining two fixtures of the second leg of the Otjozondjupa Women's Football League (OWFL) will resume after school examinations in June.

Premier League clubs will be given the chance to scrap VAR from next season when they vote on the controversial review system at their annual general meeting next month.

The Namibian Correctional Services (NCS) Football Club needs four points from the final two games to secure the Southern Stream First Division league title and a spot in the Namibia Premier Football League (NPFL) next season.

Oleksandr Usyk may be the reigning WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight world champion – but to many, the Ukrainian is the underdog going into Saturday’s long-awaited unifying title fight with Tyson Fury in Riyadh.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico’s condition has stabilised but was still “very serious”, his deputy said yesterday, a day after Fico was shot multiple times in an attack the government in Bratislava decried as “political assault”.

Egypt, after months of measured condemnation of Israel over the Gaza war, has hardened its tone and formally supported an international case accusing its neighbour of genocide.

Shares in BT surged yesterday after the British telecoms group ramped up its dividend, extended a major cost-cutting drive and posted a well-received outlook, offsetting news of tumbling annual profits. 

German industrial giant Siemens said yesterday it will sell its electrical motors business Innomotics to private US equity firm KPS Capital Partners for 3.5 billion euros (US$3.8 billion).