The 2026 Namibia National Closed Chess Championships concluded last Sunday in Windhoek, crowning ten national champions who will represent Namibia at the upcoming Chess Olympiad later this year. The competition featured the open, women’s and B sections, with more than 20 participants competing for national honours and a place on the national team. In the...
Hilma Nalupe Zebaldt Ngaruka African Stars Football Club continue to lead the Namibia Premier Football League (NPFL) standings after defeating Tigers FC in a fixture on Sunday at the Unam stadium. Accumulating 45 points in total at the end of round 22 of the NPFL fixtures. Stars’ Godwin Eiseb opened the scoring for his side...
Namibian marathon runner Lavinia Haitope produced an impressive performance to win gold in the elite women’s 21kilometre (km) race at the Kazungula Bridge Marathon in Botswana on Saturday. Haitope crossed the finish line in a time of 1:13:44, beating Botswana’s Mosadikwena Gotswakgosi, who finished second in 1:18:06, while Kenya’s Nancy Chepleting settled for third place...
The Namibian government has officially commenced the construction of 28 basic constituency sport infrastructure facilities across all 14 regions, marking a major step towards improving access to sporting facilities and promoting youth development nationwide. The announcement was made in a media statement issued by Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture, Dino...
The Namibia Wrestling Federation successfully concluded its Dr Sam Nujoma President Tournament on Saturday at the Affiespark Indoor Hockey Hall at Wanderers Sports Grounds in Windhoek, with close to 93 wrestlers from five clubs taking part in the competition. According to federation secretary general Anke Erasmus, the tournament served as the first competition of the...
Close to 180 archers from schools across Namibia took part in the National Ranking Archery Shoot held on Saturday at Windhoek High School. The competition attracted participants from about 13 schools nationwide, providing young and senior archers with an important opportunity to improve their national rankings and sharpen their skills ahead of major continental events...
The Namibia Premier Football League clash between Khomas NamPol FC and Tigers FC on Friday, which ended in a 1-0 defeat for the police side, has resulted in the suspension of head coach Fortune Eichab. When asked about the reasons behind his suspension, Eichab said the club alleged that he deliberately gave away points. However,...
Born in the booming coastal harbour town of Walvis Bay on 22 July 1966, young Patrick started kicking tennis balls or inflated plastic bags at an early age, playing street football with boyhood buddies. The speedy forward, a proud descendant of the minority Topnaar unique ethnic group #Aonin, sub-clan of the Nama ethnic group, primarily...
Namibia’s Sport, Youth, and National Service sector has received a welcome financial boost, with the 2026/27 allocation rising by N$70.6 million to a total of N$750 million annually for the next three years. This increase comes as part of the broader N$83.6 billion Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) announced yesterday for the Ministry of Education, Innovation,...
Head coach of the Brave Gladiators, Lucky Kakuva, is confident his side will deliver a strong performance as they take on old rivals, the Zambia women’s national football team, in the semi-final of the Cosafa Women’s Championship today at 12h00 at the New Peter Mokaba Stadium. Namibia secured their place in the knockout stages after...