Despite the withdrawal of three clubs citing financial challenges, the Namibia Football Association (NFA) Cup will go ahead as planned, with the governing body reaffirming its commitment to staging what it describes as the country’s biggest football competition. Bucks Buccaneers Football Club, Life Fighters, and Tigers have all confirmed their withdrawal from the tournament. The...
Namibian boxing star Fillipus ‘Energy’ Nghitumbwa says he is fully prepared for war when he takes on Mexico’s Leonardo Carrillo in the main bout of the “Tribute to His Excellency Dr Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma” boxing event set for tomorrow at the Windhoek Showgrounds. The highly anticipated showdown will see Nghitumbwa defend his pride against Carrillo...
Namibia Premier Football League champions African Stars FC have officially parted ways with head coach Agnus Elemu following a successful spell that saw the club secure its fourth consecutive league title and ninth overall championship. The club announced the development on its social media platforms on Wednesday evening, stating that further updates regarding the team’s...
Excitement is building ahead of this weekend’s Standard Bank Top 8 semi-finals in Outjo, where four teams will battle for a place in the final of one of Namibia’s most prestigious knockout football competitions. The first semi-final will see Unam FC take on FC Ongos at 14h00, while Eleven Arrows and Mighty Gunners will square...
Born and bred in Luderitz since 1977, Kwambi started playing football barefoot in the dusty streets of Beguela. He played junior football for the school’s football team. Interestingly, the super energetic young boy was a much sought after oval ball chaser (rugby). Kwambi played scrumhalf for the P.K de Villiers School Rugby Fifteen in Keetmanshoop. ...
Namibia and Botswana have reaffirmed their growing sport partnership. This follows a high-level bilateral engagement between the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) and the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) in Gaborone, Botswana, where the two countries reviewed the progress made under their 2021 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and mapped a stronger path for regional sport development....
Leo Scholz was born in Windhoek, but spent the first years of his life in Mariental, where he started playing soccer in the backyard with his dad. When it was time to start school, his family moved to a plot just outside Windhoek, before starting school at Deutscher Turn und Sportverein (DTS) in 2016 at...
The Namibia Podium Performance Programme (PPP), in collaboration with the Namibia Aquatic Sports Federation (NASFED) and the Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC), has sent a national swim team to the 17th African Swimming Championships, taking place in Oran, Algeria, from 5 to 10 May. The PPP is an initiative of the ministry of sport and...
The Under-19 netball team selected during the 2026 Newspaper Cup will remain unchanged following a meeting between the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture and Netball Namibia (NN) on 17 April. The meeting was convened after concerns were raised by various stakeholders regarding the selection process of the national U/19 team earmarked...
The African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 Secretariat has concluded a high-level strategic mission to Luanda, Angola, to accelerate final preparations for the RASA 2026 – Region 5 Annual Sports Awards, scheduled for 23 May. The two-day mission brought together regional leadership and national stakeholders to strengthen coordination, align priorities and finalise operational frameworks...