The highly-anticipated MTC Netball Premier League, which was recently announced by Netball Namibia (NN), is expected to kick off as early as March next year. Speaking to New Era Sport yesterday, NN vice president Rebecca Goagoses said they are looking at commencing with league activities by March next year, as it will be impossible to...
Career achievements: Three times Namibia Premier League (NPL) winner and four times NFA Cup winner. Favourite local or international footballer: Uganda’s Dennis Onyango Favourite football club: Arsenal Your most memorable match: Our match against Uganda at the 2018 African Nations Championship (Chan). Your toughest match: I would say the match against Morocco at last year’s...
Sport is a major contributor to economic and social development, the contribution sports make to individuals and communities, the empowerment of women and young people, as well as to health, education and social inclusion is massive. This crisis has come on hard and fast. In many ways, when live professional sports were put on hold,...
Namibia Horse Racing Association (NHRA) president Martinez de Waal says it is the dream and long-term plan of the association to host horse racing events in all parts of the country, especially in the northern regions. De Waal is urging the public and interested individuals to join and participate in one of the fastest growing...
A local club for para-athletes has been left without training ground after their venue was given up by the authorities to house the homeless as part of government efforts to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The Namib Lions Adaptive Sport Academy (NLASA) is home to renowned para-athletes such as Ananias Shikongo, who won silver at the 2016...
Rome – Inter Milan put one foot in next season’s Champions League on Monday after coming from behind to beat relegation-threatened Torino 3-1 and move up to second place in Serie A. Antonio Conte’s Inter moved above Atalanta and Lazio to go eight points behind league leaders Juventus thanks to two goals early in the...
Pecka Semba I have learnt about the passing of one Namibia football’s greatest personalities Selle Augumeb. I was a learner at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Mission School (Dobra) and football (soccer) was the in-thing. It was played at this school as if it was going out of fashion. When I first heard about a deadly...
Manchester – Manchester United missed the chance to move up to third in the Premier League on Monday after Michael Obafemi’s 96th minute equaliser earned Southampton a 2-2 draw at Old Trafford in the latest twist in the race for a place in next season’s Champions League. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men were unable to take...
Hong Kong – A couple of comebacks and the continued emergence of a bright young star feature in AFP Sport’s golf talking points for this week. When Tiger Woods returns to competitive golf for the first time in five months at Jack Nicklaus’s Memorial Tournament tomorrow, he will do so in exalted company. Woods will...
MADRID – Real Madrid need one victory to secure La Liga after they held off a second-half comeback from Granada on Monday to win 2-1 and move four points clear of Barcelona. With two games left, Madrid will be crowned champions if they beat Villarreal at home tomorrow regardless of how Barca fare at the...