Fifa president Gianni Infantino will continue in his post, world football’s governing body insisted Sunday, as they blasted the launch of Swiss criminal proceedings against him. “There was and is absolutely no reason to open any investigation because nothing remotely criminal has happened and there is nothing at all to suggest any form of criminal...
The MTC HopSol Soccer Youth League kicked off with exciting fixtures over the weekend at the Sport Klub Windhoek (SKW) and Ramblers Sports Club in the capital. Speaking to Nampa after the completion of matches at SKW on Saturday, Collin Benjamin, the founder of the youth league, said that with the new normal they found...
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic and world No.2 Rafael Nadal have entered the US Open tune-up tournament to be played in New York while Serena Williams is in the women’s field. Organisers of the ATP and WTA Western and Southern Open, typically played in Cincinnati but moved to New York this year due to the coronavirus pandemic,...
As part of the revised restrictions under stage 4 of government’s Covid-19 emergency response programme, President Hage Geingob on Friday announced that all contact sport activities will be held behind closed doors and no spectators will be allowed at venues. The revised restrictions for contact sports come into effect today and will remain in force...
The Bank Windhoek indoor hockey action once again took centre stage over the weekend and exhilarating hockey action was the order of the day at the DTS courts. Action started on Friday with the ladies’ premier reserve league kicking off the day’s proceedings when Saints-2 took on their seniors Saints-1 in a heated battle that...
The Namibia Football Association (NFA) Skorpion Zinc Women Super League is set to kick off in October this year, league chairperson Jackie Gertze said. Tura Magic Ladies are the reigning champions of the women super league, having leapfrogged second-placed Namibian Police Ladies to the trophy last season. Last season, the league consisted of 10 teams,...
EPUKIRO – The Okonjoka football team from Aminuis won the preparatory games for the annual Winter Cup held at the Motsomi Primary School sports grounds on Sunday. One of the competition’s organisers, Safe Kaiko, told Nampa in an interview on Monday that the purpose of the games was to prepare teams and players for the...
OSHAKATI – The second edition of the Top Score Oshiwana 7-a-side soccer championship was launched at Oshakati in the Oshana region on Tuesday. This year’s tournament has attracted 79 soccer teams, compared to 46 teams registered for the tournament last year and kicks off on Thursday until Sunday at the Uukwangula Sports Stadium, some 10km...
Both the MTC Nestor Sunshine Boxing & Fitness Academy and the MTC Salute Boxing Academy have upped their fight against Covid-19 after both academies dispatched teams of health officials to disinfect their gyms and maintain strong health standards. In their ongoing efforts to remain ahead in the battle against the deadly coronavirus, both gyms have...
Namibia Tennis Association (NTA) chairperson for the junior tennis committee Santie van der Walt has expressed great satisfaction with the high level of performance displayed by local youngsters at the recent Sanlam Junior Tennis Tournament Series, which ended last weekend. Last weekend’s event marked the second and last edition of the Sanlam-sponsored tennis series for...