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Twenty-three athletes, one guide and six coaches were recognised for their hard work throughout the 2023 season at the Disability Sports Namibia (DSN) awards in Windhoek over the weekend.

The Eagles continued with their fine form at the ongoing final International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier 2023, with two back-to-back victories over Uganda and Rwanda at the Wanderers Cricket Fields on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

In a thrilling weekend of Premier League football, defending champions African Stars secured a hard-fought victory, defeating Life Fighters 1-0 and claiming the top spot in the league.

The Karasburg Galz and Goals hosted the FIFA Grassroots Galz and Goals Festival for girls under the age of 13 on Saturday.

Alex Miller and Vera Looser won the 2023 Nedbank Namibia National Marathon Championships (XCM), which took place on Saturday at the IJG Trails in Windhoek.

The coach and owner of Kilimanjaro Boxing Club, Joseph Bernhard, says their boxing bonanza for this week will aim at nurturing talent that will compete in various international tournaments next year.

The National Netball Team of Namibia, known as the Debmarine Desert Jewels, left for Botswana yesterday morning to participate in the Africa Netball Cup, slated to take place in Gaborone from November 28 to 6 December 2023.

The team manager of Eastern Chiefs Netball Club, Kanyanso Mateu, emphasised that their promotion to the topflight league was well-deserved, attributing it to the team’s hard work. 

In October, the Bank of Namibia (BoN) left the repo rate unchanged at 7.75%, the highest in the past 14 years.

Otilie Sabatha has been appointed as Bank Windhoek’s Head of Brand Marketing, effective 1 October 2023.