Greetings to everyone and greetings to my fellow Namibians, hope you all had a blessed week. Let me start by reflecting and talking about the importance of taking care of your mental health and the power of positive thinking.
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2020-10-092024-05-02Sports
My candid view – The misplaced thinking of Fifa
With very keen interest, I have been following the dialogue between sports minister Agnes Tjongarero and Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura and what has particularly grabbed my attention is Fifa’s unfathomable old-fashioned and equally worrisome one-way style of dialogue.
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2020-10-092024-05-02Sports
Looming battles in Trustco NTA junior tournament
The Namibia Tennis Association (NTA) in collaboration with Trustco Group Holdings will this weekend host another exciting junior tournament at various venues across the capital, with matches starting today until tomorrow
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2020-10-092024-05-02Sports
HopSol Youth League continues this weekend
The MTC HopSol Youth Soccer League will continue this weekend with action from a raft of mouth-watering fixtures lined up for the various age categories.
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2020-10-082024-05-02Sports
Fifa’s Samoura responds to Tjongarero… as world football body refuses to bend
Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura on Tuesday wrote back to the country’s sport minister Agnes Tjongarero, again reiterating the world football governing body’s strong stance that it will not accept a breakaway league in Namibia and nor shall it entertain any undue influence or decisions taken by third parties not elected or appointed by the NFA.
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2020-10-082024-05-02Sports
Brave Warriors get new Chan dates
Namibia’s Brave Warriors have been pitted against neighbours Zambia, Tanzania and Guinea in Group D of the 6th edition of the African Nations Championship (Chan), slated for Cameroon early next year.
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2020-10-082024-05-02Sports
Personality of the week – Beatrice Masilingi
Most memorable race? Last Saturday’s race in Kenya at the Kip Keino Classic, where I won the 400m race.
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2020-10-072024-05-02Sports
Well-blended Warriors squad for Bafana…top guns in the mix
Brave Warriors old-time campaigners such as veteran goalkeeper Virgil Vries, Chris Katjiukua, Peter Shalulile, Ananias Gebhardt, Denzil Haoseb, Larry Horaeb and Wesley Katjiteo are some of the experienced players that made the final 30-man squad that will face South Africa’s Bafana Bafana in tomorrow international friendly at Rustenburg’s Royal Bafokeng Stadium.
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2020-10-072024-05-02Sports
Tjongarero remains unshaken by Fifa threats
Sports minister Agnes Tjongarero recently wrote to Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura, informing the world’s football governing body that the Namibian government will push ahead with its efforts to resolve the ongoing standoff between the Namibia Football Association (NFA) and the Namibia Premier League (NPL), despite Fifa’s recent threats to suspend Namibia.
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2020-10-072024-05-02Sports
My weekly take away – What’s hindering sport from taking its rightful place?
Despite the importance of sports, it remains an area which is underdeveloped and underfunded, especially in Namibia.