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.
Sports
Clubs hail impact of Coca-Cola Grand Prix
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.
Nedbank Time Trial and Road Race this weekend
All is set for today’s much-anticipated Nedbank National Time Trial Championships and Sunday’s Nedbank National Road Race Championships.
Nedbank Cycle Challenge launched
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.
Plato joins Spanish side Ferrol Rugby Club
Namibia’s young fullback Chad Plato has joined forces with Spanish rugby side Ferrol Rugby Club, which campaigns in that country’s Division-B of Honor (DoH) championship.
Fifa irked by NFA financial statements
Solomon Mudege, Fifa’s head of development programmes for Africa, last Friday wrote to the secretary general of the Namibia Football Association (NFA), Franco Cosmos, to express his concern with the NFA’s financial statements.
Future looks bright for women’s rugby
Namibia’s senior women’s rugby coach, Christel-Janet Kotze, has hailed the team’s superb performance at the just-ended Rugby Africa Regional Women’s Sevens Tournament held in Maseru, Lesotho, which saw Namibia finishing second overall.
CN awards top cricketers
Johannes Jonathan ‘JJ’ Smit and Kayleen Green were the biggest winners at Cricket Namibia (CN) annual awards, which took place in the capital on Saturday.
Proposed 2027 Afcon bid a pipedream… analysts blast inadequate infrastructure, poor funding
Botswana’s proposal to co-host the 2027 edition of the Afcon with Namibia has been met with enormous scepticism by local sport analysts.
NSC, NSSU warn private schools
The Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) and the Namibia School Sports Union (NSSU) yesterday jointly warned local private schools not to undermine the mandate and functions of the NSSU by hosting unsanctioned events.









