Hilma Nalupe Namibian chess player Heskiel Ndahangwapo recently took part in the FIDE Chess World Cup in Goa, India, and although his time there was brief, he learned some valuable lessons on the world stage. The World Cup, which began on 31 October and will run until 27 November, features over 200 players from around...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Namibia women’s junior hockey team is gearing up for a historic moment. They look forward to their debut at the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile. With excitement and determination running high, captain Azaylee Philander and coach Cedric Makati shared their thoughts ahead of the tournament. Philander said the team aims...