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.
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2020-10-202024-05-02Sports
Okapya annual tournament set for December
The third edition of the annual Okapya Sport Tournament is set to take place from 24-28 December at Eleven Morning Stars Sport Field near Andimba Ya Toivo Airport at Ondangwa.
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2020-10-192024-05-02Sports
Shilongo scores for Ismaily as Hotto makes Pirates debut
It was a weekend of high returns for Namibian footballers plying their trade beyond the country’s borders, with striker Benson Shilongo helping Egyptian Premiership club Ismaily to an emphatic victory, while winger-cum-midfielder Deon Hotto got his first competitive run for South African giants Orlando Pirates.
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2020-10-162024-05-02Sports
Tales of the legends – Denzyl ‘Denna’ Bruwer: The dogmatic tree that shaded many
At times, one wonders what Namibian football would have been had Danzyl Bruwer not been born.
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2020-10-162024-05-02Sports
Ryan’s corner – Brave Warriors: My heart, my pride
Hi everyone, welcome back to my weekly column Ryan’s Corner.
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2020-10-162024-05-02Sports
My candid view – Fifa must not underestimate the powers of Govt
Last Friday, on this very column, I emphasised and over-amplified the importance of resolving the protracted standoff between the Namibia Football Association (NFA) and the Namibia Premier League (NPL) through dialogue and mutual understanding.
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2020-10-162024-05-02Sports
HopSol Youth League battles on this week
The fourth round of matches in the MTC HopSol Youth Soccer League will get underway today at the Khomasdal sport fields, with Kaizen Football Academy (KFA) opening the day’s proceedings with a U15 tie against Sport Klub Windhoek (SKW).
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2020-10-162024-05-02Sports
Salute Academy to host boxing bonanza next month
The MTC Salute Boxing Academy yesterday announced that it will host a boxing bonanza next month, which will feature some of the country’s top upcoming pugilists.
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2020-10-152024-05-02Sports
Personality of the week – Frank Fredericks: Namibia’s living monument
Among the stars of athletics, he is considered to be a gentleman. A great champion in his own right, both on and off the track, where his kind features, evident class and elegant manner of managing situations (including defeat) make him unique and inimitable – almost a monument.
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2020-10-152024-05-02Sports
Opinion – What if both sides are right, but the impasse persists?
We are informed that the well documented standoff between the Namibia Football Association (NFA) and the Namibia Premier League (NPL) has its origin in the latter’s disregard of the Fifa Normalisation Committee’s directive not to relegate the three teams that ended at the foot of the country’s topflight football league for the 2018/19 season.