Being part of all three world champions, Namibia has far produced (Paulus Moses, Paulus Ambunda, Julius Indongo), also making Ambunda the IBO super bantamweight world champion in 2018 under AC Promotions.
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Tales of the legends – Brave “Lion of Judah” gone to rest….RIP – Ephraim Tjitondore Kanjaa-Mbapupua
Namibians woke up to the devastating news about the sad death of well-known local locksmith Ephraim Kanjaa, famously known as “Rep” in social circles.
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My candid view – Appeals Committee a welcome move
This week, sports minister Agnes Tjongarero announced and unveiled the three members that will serve and form part of the national Appeals Committee, which will have a working relationship with both the line ministry and the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC).
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Shooting from the hip – SA rugby in Catch-22 situation on BLM saga
What exactly are the legitimate concerns of South African rugby and its portfolio ministry over the refusal of some white rugby players’ point-blank refusal to bend their knee in support of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement?
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NFA partake in FIFA academy analysis project
The Namibia Football Association (NFA) will participate in the FIFA High performance project academy analysis following the successful submission of its application to partake in the project.
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My weekly take away – Why are there no African coaches in Europe’s top leagues?
Although just as talented as their European counterparts, African coaches face a glass ceiling.
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An open challenge to football authorities
Let me recall the precise words of then Prime Minister Dr Hage Geingob, when he addressed a sizeable audience of sport administrators, officials and sport scribes, of which the author was amongst the attendees, at the old Nictus building in the center of Namibia’s commercial capital Windhoek many moons ago. Geingob, now Namibia’s seating President,...
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Blue Waters distances itself from pro-NFA rogue clubs …as BA shuns ‘desperate’ Moetie
Coastal giants and one of Namibia’s oldest football clubs, Blue Waters FC, yesterday distanced itself from a letter dated 6 August 2020, written by eight clubs to the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) and to sports minister Agnes Tjongarero, wherein the clubs blasted the minister and tried to influence the NSC. The said letter of 6...
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Tales of the Legends – Gosbert ‘The Conductor’ Shikerete: The Kavango River Crocodile
Born in the Karapamwe residential area, on the outskirts of Rundu on 7 November 1972, the much travelled versatile footballer started out at boyhood team Cuca Tops. He was the youngest squad member at the tender age of 15 in a star-studded team that had the likes of the club’s blue-eyed boy Pau Kandere, NBC...