Sports

The country’s top racehorses and horse racing enthusiasts will this weekend converge at Omaheke region’s Tsjaka settlement for tomorrow’s much-anticipated race hosted by the Aminuis Horse Racing Club under the auspices of the Namibia Horse Racing Association (NHRA).

Supporters of Tigers Sport Club and the entire Namibian football fraternity in general woke up to the devastating news of the sad passing of club stalwart Martin Weiko, elder brother of another football icon Johnny Weiko.

Netball Namibia (NN) recently confirmed that the playoffs initially scheduled for next month have been postponed to early next year.

Rampant corruption, maladministration and lack of accountability have negatively impacted on the development of football in Africa.

The Namibia Coaches Association, in collaboration with Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC), will this weekend host a skills development workshop for local coaches.

My ambition is to make it out of South Africa. I like it up North [northern Africa]. I’d love to play there one day.

The once-revered Gobabis’ Legare sports stadium is in tatters and is falling apart, with the stadium’s floodlights broken and hanging on loose electrical wire ends, while the grass that was once squeaky green, is now on the verge of resembling an elephant battling ground.

Action in the Bank Windhoek Indoor Hockey League will conclude this coming weekend with exciting fixtures lined up for Saturday and Sunday.

Today, I’m here to open your mind on the topic of risk-taking in sports.

Namibia’s leading boxing promoter Nestor “Sunshine” Tobias has admitted that staging fights behind closed doors will financially and psychologically not be sustainable in the long run – both for the boxers and their stables.