Omapumba and Tuck Lyn Bucks respectively won the netball and football categories of the 13th edition of the Okozonduzu open tournament at Okondjatu on Sunday. The one-weekend tournament saw 24 football and 20 netball teams vie for cash prizes of N$35 000 in total. In the first netball semi-final Tuck Lyn Bucks defeated Bogolos from...
After hosting a string of successful tournaments since the return of contact sports, Namibia Tennis Association (NTA) will again be back with another exciting junior tournament next month. The upcoming tournament is penciled for 18-19 September in Windhoek, and NTA’s chairperson of the junior tennis committee, Santie van der Walt, has indicated that the tournament...
The tension between the PSL and Safa was getting out of hand, but I’m elated that the right decision to restart the football season was taken in the end. The sense of anticipation about the resumption of football was palpable. When Irvin Khoza announced that the 2019/20 PSL season was set to resume this coming...
A total of 84 experienced and amateur golfers, including women, men, youngsters, and senior citizens, took part in the recent Bank Windhoek Water Fundraiser competition hosted by the Windhoek Golf and Country Club. The tourney’s aim was to raise funds to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 on the game, with over N$50 000 raised during the...
Timo Shihepo Brave Gladiators star girl Zenatha Coleman is excited about the next stage in her career following the recent announcement that she had penned a deal with Spanish giants Sevilla Femenino Football Club. Coleman, who was a free agent after leaving Spanish side Valencia in May, has been given a one-year contract for the...
Collin Morikawa put it all together on Sunday, winning a major in just his second appearance and becoming just the fourth player to win a PGA Championship before his 24th birthday. The 23-year-old American fired a bogey-free 64 to emerge from a crowded leaderboard and win by two shots over Dustin Johnson and Paul Casey...
President of the Namibia Football Association (NFA), Ranga Haikali, yesterday strongly shot down growing assertions that he and his entire executive committee members are captured by the self-styled Progress Forces group. New Era Sport understands that the self-proclaimed Progressive Forces group consists of former footballers, former clubs executives and chairmen, who all apparently share a...
Being selected by the Namibia Cycling Federation (NFC) to represent the country at the 2021 Olympic Games is a dream come true, national Mountain Bike (MTB) champion Alex Miller has said. Miller won the national MTB title a month ago and his selection means the four spots allocated to Namibia at the Olympic Games to...
The MTC HopSol Youth Soccer League continued its exciting restart with several high-scoring matches over the weekend at the Deutscher Turn und Sportverein (DTS), Sport Klub Windhoek (SKW) and Ramblers Sports Club in the capital. In the under-17 league, Ramblers A beat DTS by a 2-0 scoreline, while Ramblers B accounted for Windhoek Gymnasium by...
Former Italy and Juventus star Andrea Pirlo was appointed the Italian champions’ new coach, just hours after Maurizio Sarri’s sacking with the club promising a “new chapter in world football”. Sarri 61 leaves Juventus after just one season, a day after the Italian giants crashed out of the Champions League in the last 16 to...