Sports

The Namibia Football Association (NFA) last year invested over N$1 million in the training and development of local referees, and the results of that investment are starting to bear the desired fruits.

Clubs campaigning in the MTC Netball Premier League (NPL) have welcomed the Fast Five Cup, a pre-season tournament slated for next week at the Trustco United Sport Grounds in the capital.

Once the crossing of the T’s and dotting of the I’s has been finalised in the coming days, Namibia’s super featherweight boxer Jeremiah ‘Lowkey’ Nakathila will get another opportunity to return to the global stage to face Mexico’s Miguel ‘El Alacran’ Berchelt in what is expected to be a mega showdown.

Namibia’s leading kickboxer and one of the country’s foremost young sports stars, Delano Muller, recently hosted a motivational seminar on self-defence techniques at Otjiwarongo.

When Cameroonian football legend and former Barcelona, Inter Milan and Chelsea marksman Samuel Eto’o was elected president of that country’s football federation late last year, it was not just a new day for the federation; it was a monumental turning point for that country as a whole.

Namibian speedster Beatrice Masilingi has returned to training and is in high spirits, preparing for upcoming major international competitions.

When former sprinter and renowned local sports enthusiast Operi Tjipuka and her husband Sydney founded the Operi and Sydney Children Foundation, the ultimate aim was to restore the dignity and dreams of young underprivileged athletes, and they are impressively remaining well on course.

Local athletics clubs have applauded Athletics Namibia (AN) for creating more opportunities and platforms through the Coca-Cola Grand Prix, which is a multi-legged athletics competition staged across the country.

All is set for today’s much-anticipated Nedbank National Time Trial Championships and Sunday’s Nedbank National Road Race Championships.

Namibia’s biggest cycling competition, the Nedbank Cycle Challenge, was officially launched in the capital yesterday. For this year’s 36th edition, organisers have promised to accommodate as many participants as possible.