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Gunners, Chula set for pre-season tourney  
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Gunners, Chula set for pre-season tourney  

Zebaldt Ngaruka  Otjiwarongo-based Premier League outfit Mighty Gunners and Eeshoke Chula Chula from Oshakati will host a pre-season tournament tomorrow at the famous Tsumeb’s Oscar Norich Stadium. The competition co-organiser Kati Nambandi said the two teams are using this tournament as preparation for the new league season, which is scheduled for the first week of...

NamWater sponsors Ohangwena athletics club
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NamWater sponsors Ohangwena athletics club

The Ohangwena Athletics Club is grateful to NamWater for helping to make their trip to Potchefstroom, South Africa, possible. The sport club’s spokesperson Teofelus Moses in an interview with Nampa yesterday said NamWater has pulled its financial muscle by helping 22 athletes to enable them to participate in the NWU Top 30 Athletics Championships in...

N/a’an ku sê San United aim high
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N/a’an ku sê San United aim high

Zebaldt Ngaruka  GOBABIS – The N/a’an ku sê San United sport club in the Omaheke region’s Epukiro constituency aims to take San players’ talent to greater heights. N/a’an ku sê comprises football and netball teams, established with the aim of promoting San talents. The club manager, Theo Jazema Tjiseseta, said the aim is to keep...

Hockey AGM set to address rising grievances
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Hockey AGM set to address rising grievances

The Namibia Hockey Union (NHU) is grappling with significant internal strife, prompting calls for an urgent annual general meeting (AGM) to address a plethora of grievances from its member clubs.  Issues range from claims of leadership stagnation to a lack of competitive action, casting a shadow over the future of hockey in Namibia. A source...

Namibia and Zimbabwe gear up for showdown 
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Namibia and Zimbabwe gear up for showdown 

The spotlight is shining brightly on today’s Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier showdown in Group J at Orlando Stadium, featuring Namibia’s Brave Warriors taking on Zimbabwe.  Namibia’s roster is bursting with talent, showcasing stars like Deon Hotto, Prinz Tjiueza, Vitapi Ngaruka, Lloydt Kazapua, Kennedy Hamutenya, Betheul Muzeu and Riaan Hanamub.  Coach Collin Benjamin has...

Our objective this year is to win – Jacobs
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Our objective this year is to win – Jacobs

Brave Gladiators head coach Woody Jacobs has made it clear that the team’s goal at this year’s Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (Cosafa) Women’s Championship is to win the tournament.  He made these remarks following the draw for the tournament yesterday, where Namibia’s Gladiators were placed in Group A alongside Eswatini, South Africa and...

Ndjolonimus to headline ‘Your Vote Count’ boxing bonanza
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Ndjolonimus to headline ‘Your Vote Count’ boxing bonanza

World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa super middleweight champion Paulinus Ndjolonimus will face Ghana’s Abubakar Mubarak in a highly anticipated title match next month.  The two fighters will clash in the main event of the ‘Your Vote Count’ boxing bonanza, set to take place at the Windhoek Country Club and Casino. The event, scheduled for 16...

NDSF attains ICSD membership 
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NDSF attains ICSD membership 

The Namibian Deaf Sports Federation (NDSF) attained its full membership status with the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) over the weekend at a congress held in Paris, France. The ICSD 51st Congress, which celebrated 100 years of the Deaflympics, was held in Paris, France, from 3 to 6 October.  The congress featured...

Namibia to play behind closed doors against Zimbabwe…NFA unable to pay security cost
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Namibia to play behind closed doors against Zimbabwe…NFA unable to pay security cost

The marketing, sponsorship and communications manager of the Namibia Football Association (NFA), Isack Hamata, confirmed that the Brave Warriors’ Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) match, set for 15h00 tomorrow against Zimbabwe, will take place behind closed doors at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg.  He provided clarity following a report in the Chronicle newspaper, which stated...