Johannesburg – Gauteng will host the remaining 57 matches of the South African season despite the province being the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, it was announced yesterday. There had been 276 000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 nationally by late Sunday, the most in an African country, and 4 079 fatalities. South...
Lausanne – Manchester City will be free to play Champions League football next season after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) lifted a two-season ban from European competitions imposed by UEFA yesterday. An initial fine of 30 million euros (US$34 million = £27 million) was also reduced to 10 million euros on appeal. City...
Spielberg – Lewis Hamilton secured his first win of the season and the 85th of his career with a perfectly-judged victory from pole position as Mercedes delivered a one-two finish in Sunday’s Styrian Grand Prix. The six-time world champion bounced back from a disappointing season-opening Austrian Grand Prix on the same Red Bull Ring circuit...
Los Angeles – Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James offered a tweet of support Sunday for ESPN reporter Adrian Wojnarowski, who has reportedly been suspended for a vulgar response to an email from a US senator. James joined other NBA players in tweeting “#FreeWoj” on Sunday, two days after Wojnarowski himself posted an apology on...
Netball Namibia (NN) is hard at work as it plans on forming a first-of-its-kind Namibia Netball Premier League. The Netball Premier League will consist of 12 teams from the 14 regions of Namibia. In an interview with Nampa, NN vice president Rebecca Goagoses said they have not yet come up with a specific date for...
Sheffield United dealt a major blow to Chelsea’s chances of a Premier League top-four finish by thrashing the Blues 3-0 at Bramall Lane, while Liverpool’s long winning run at Anfield came to an end in a 1-1 draw with Burnley on Saturday. Manchester City did guarantee their presence in the top four for a 10th...
The newly-established Confederation of African Football (Caf) Women’s Champions League will help professionalise women football across the continent, Brave Gladiators great Julien Garises strongly believes. Caf recently announced the establishment of the Women’s Champions League, which will see clubs across the continent compete in the prestigious continental tournament, equivalent to that of the males. Speaking...
Tiri Masawi Neither age nor the new coronavirus can stop top Namibian athlete Helalia Johannes (39) from crossing another finishing line. The multiple award-winning athlete this week told The Southern Times Sport that as surely as the restrictions on sporting activities occasioned by Covid-19 end, she will be back in the hunt for more victories....
JOHANNESBURG – The Namibian women’s cricket team resumed training in Windhoek over the weekend, after their season had been interrupted by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Players had their temperatures checked before being granted entry into the Wanders sports grounds and were then required to follow hygiene and physical distancing protocols during training. Bowler Eveleen Kejarukua...
Well, it is a documented fact that the deadly coronavirus is taking centre stage in many aspects of human lives, gravely affecting the daily diet of many confirmed citizens.