Sports

Chief administrator of the troubled Namibia Sports Commission (NSC), Freddy Mwiya yesterday poured cold water on damning allegations of forgery, fraud and theft by two senior managers at the state-run sport organisation. 

A group of 15 athletes along with their coaches yesterday left for Mauritius where they will represent the country at the 22nd edition of the African Senior Athletics Championships in Port-Louis from 8 to 12 June.

Namibian para-swimmer Mateus ‘Spiderman’ Angula on Sunday scooped a bronze medal in the 50m backstroke event at the South African Swimming Championships in Gqeberha, which saw the Namibian swimmer finishing the race under 50 seconds.

Local boxing promoter and trainer Nestor Tobias has said all is set for next month’s Together as One Part-6 Boxing Bonanza, which will be held at Helao Nafidi in the Ohangwena region.

The Namibia National Olympic Committee on Thursday held its elections at the Hilton Hotel in Windhoek, where Abner Xoagub was re-elected as president and veteran shooter Gaby Ahrens elected as vice president.

Dimitri Bittler was on Saturday elected the new chairperson of Khomas Netball, the regional netball governing body, which also administers the Super 10 League.

Sports minister Agnes Tjongarero yesterday expressed great delight with the 20.5% increment in the budget allocation to her ministry for the 2022/23 financial year, which she said will go a long way in reviving dilapidated sports facilities across the country.

Hockey fans in Windhoek and Swakopmund will be in for a treat this weekend when the Bank Windhoek Indoor Hockey League commences.

Located approximately 185 km north-east of Okahandja, the village of Okatupapa, in the heart of the vastly-populated Otjozondjupa region, is home to this author and is the place where few noted personalities have spent a significant chunk of their formative years.

When tabling the national budget in Parliament yesterday, finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi announced that the sports ministry will be getting an increased allocation of N$330.9 million for the 2022/23 financial year, which is almost a N$51.9 million increment from the N$279 million the ministry got in the preceding fiscal period.