Sports

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.

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.

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.

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.