Sports

Rampant corruption, maladministration and lack of accountability have negatively impacted on the development of football in Africa.

The Namibia Coaches Association, in collaboration with Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC), will this weekend host a skills development workshop for local coaches.

My ambition is to make it out of South Africa. I like it up North [northern Africa]. I’d love to play there one day.

The once-revered Gobabis’ Legare sports stadium is in tatters and is falling apart, with the stadium’s floodlights broken and hanging on loose electrical wire ends, while the grass that was once squeaky green, is now on the verge of resembling an elephant battling ground.

Action in the Bank Windhoek Indoor Hockey League will conclude this coming weekend with exciting fixtures lined up for Saturday and Sunday.

Today, I’m here to open your mind on the topic of risk-taking in sports.

Namibia’s leading boxing promoter Nestor “Sunshine” Tobias has admitted that staging fights behind closed doors will financially and psychologically not be sustainable in the long run – both for the boxers and their stables.

The third edition of the annual Okapya Sport Tournament is set to take place from 24-28 December at Eleven Morning Stars Sport Field near Andimba Ya Toivo Airport at Ondangwa. 

It was a weekend of high returns for Namibian footballers plying their trade beyond the country’s borders, with striker Benson Shilongo helping Egyptian Premiership club Ismaily to an emphatic victory, while winger-cum-midfielder Deon Hotto got his first competitive run for South African giants Orlando Pirates.

At times, one wonders what Namibian football would have been had Danzyl Bruwer not been born.