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...
Treble-chasing Bayern Munich are relishing their Champions League quarterfinal against Barcelona in Lisbon after Robert Lewandowski netted twice to seal a 4-1 home win over Chelsea on Saturday in the last 16, return-leg tie. “The anticipation is enormous. Barcelona has a good team with very good players, but if you look at the last few...
The Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) announced it has cancelled all activities for this year due to the widespread coronavirus pandemic. In a statement released on Friday, the NRU said after lengthy consultations with clubs and all relevant stakeholders, the union’s board resolved to cancel all rugby activities for the remainder of the 2020 season. It...
Athletics Namibia (AN) president Erwin Naimhwaka said the federation is still optimistic it will host its remaining championships scheduled for the year. AN called off most of its planned activities when the state of emergency was declared in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. In an interview with Nampa, Naimhwaka said the AN board...
The Namibia Football Association (NFA), which expelled the Namibia Premier League (NPL) and its entire executive committee, this past Friday wrote to 16 NPL affiliated clubs inviting them to apply for membership with the association to be part of a new premier league that will resort under the NFA. The letter, which was signed by...
World champion Lewis Hamilton admitted he “wasn’t good enough” after Valtteri Bottas showed just why champions Mercedes re-signed him for 2021 earlier this week by grabbing pole position at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix on Saturday Drawing on his reserves of courage, determination and pace, Bottas beat his championship-leading teammate and six-time world champion with...
The Namibia Premier League (NPL), which was expelled as a member of the Namibia Football Association (NFA) a few weeks ago, yesterday announced that it had established and registered a new professional league with the Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA), and that it had also applied for membership with the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC)....
The 8th edition of the annual Katutura Sports Union (KASU) Winter Cup football competition, which was scheduled for this weekend, has now been postponed to 29 August at Khomasdal Stadium. Speaking to Nampa yesterday, KASU chairperson Kuveri Tjonga said the postponement was caused by unavailability of a stadium this weekend in the capital. “It remains...