Hilma Nalupe The Namibia Hockey Union (NHU) has received N$4.5 million in sponsorship from the directorate of sport under the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture. The NHU has been actively seeking and raising funds to send both the U/21 women’s and men’s national teams to the upcoming Junior World Cups, which...
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Phoenixes get FIBA basketball league boost
Hilma Nalupe Yesterday, the FNB Namibia FirstRand Foundation sponsored Unam Phoenix with N$350 000 for their FIBA Women’s Basketball League Africa qualifiers, which will take place in Windhoek from 6 to 10 November. The pool for the qualifiers went down from eight teams participating in southern Africa to three. Namibia, Angola, and Malawi are all...
Infantino’s visit postponed
Fifa president Giovanni Infantino and secretary general Mattias Grafström’s Sunday visit to Namibia has been postponed, as announced yesterday. The visit was part of a six-nation tour across Southern Africa but has been delayed due tounexpected adjustments in Infantino’s itinerary. The Fifa delegation was set to engage in high-level discussions with the NFA and the...
Coetzee, Hinz crowned Nedbank Gravel Burn champs
Namibian cyclists Drikus Coetzee and Melissa Hinz were crowned champions of their respective categories at the Nedbank Gravel Burn, which took place in South Africa on Saturday. The Gravel Burn is a seven-day, 800-kilometre full-service gravel stage race that challenges riders to navigate some of South Africa’s most diverse landscapes. The race starts in coastal...
Dream league expands vision with a rebrand
Hilma Nalupe The Dream Social Football League (DSFL), now rebranded as Dream Sport Network (DSN), hosted its end-of-year function on Saturday with a series of football matches, including their DSFL Cup, Founder’s Cup, and DSFL staff match, followed by the awards ceremony. According to Shalom Amutenya, the founder of the initiative, which was started in...
NAC launches ‘Beyond the Game’ forum
The Namibian Athletes Commission (NAC) has announced the “Beyond the Game: Youth Sport and Integrity Forum”, set to take place on 22 November at the FNB Namibia Cricket Ground in Windhoek. The two-day event aims to empower young athletes, coaches and sports leaders with essential knowledge on integrity, anti-doping, mental health, and athlete empowerment. Running...
Namibia suffers friendly defeat
The senior national rugby side suffered a 17–26 loss to South Africa’s Boland Kavaliers in an international friendly match played on Saturday. The encounter served as the final warm-up for the team before they head into the highly anticipated 2027 Men’s Rugby World Cup qualification tournament in Dubai. Despite the defeat, the friendly provided valuable...
Namibia ready to co-host 2026 U/19 Cricket World Cup …set to reach one billion global audience
Adolf Kaure Cricket Namibia’s Marketing Manager, Natalia Nauyoma, stated that Namibia is prepared to co-host the 2026 U/19 International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s Cricket World Cup with neighbouring Zimbabwe in January 2026. She made this announcement at the recently concluded 2025 Namibia Sports Expo Conference in Swakopmund, confirming the ICC’s approval. According to Nauyoma, the...
Harry Simon Jr returns to Sunshine stable
Local boxing promoter Nestor Tobias has welcomed back talented boxer Harry Simon Junior to the MTC Nestor Sunshine Tobias Boxing Academy. The 28-year-old son of Namibian boxing legend Harry Simon previously left Tobias’ camp twice for the AC Boxing Academy. He has, however, once again returned to familiar territory – this time with his sights...
Fifa president Gianni Infantino to visit to Namibia
In a landmark moment for Namibian football, Fifa president Gianni Infantino and secretary general Mattias Grafström are scheduled to visit Namibia on 11 November. This will mark the first-ever official visit by the world football governing body’s top leadership to the country. The visit, part of Infantino’s ongoing African engagement tour, will see him meeting...









