Zebaldt Ngaruka Epukiro-based football team Kalkpan lost two of its prominent figures, Chief Aron Turi Murise and Simon SK Katjivikua, in the Omaheke region last week. New Era Sport caught up with Kalkpan members, who shared disbelief and shock about the loss of the duo. Leading the pack was Akas Katjiteo, who said the two...
One of the country’s leading amateur boxing stables MTC Kilimanjaro Boxing Club will this weekend bring thrilling action to the north when it hosts a boxing bonanza at the Oshikuku Trade Fair. The event, themed ‘The Young Shall Grow Boxing Bonanza Part 6’, is scheduled for Saturday and will showcase boxers from across the O-Regions...
Hesron Kapanga Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture (MEIYSAC) Dinno Ballotti has called on corporates and the private sector to form a consortium to help fund football in Namibia. He made the appeal in Parliament on Thursday on behalf of education minister Sanet Steenkamp. This follows high-level consultations involving Prime Minister...
Debmarine Premiership champions African Stars’ journey in the CAF Champions League came to a heartbreaking end on Saturday night. The eight-time league winners were eliminated by Uganda’s Vipers FC after a 1-0 defeat in the second-leg encounter at St. Mary’s Stadium in Kampala, taking the aggregate score to 2-0. Stars had gone into the decisive...
Quality FC on Saturday put on an outstanding display in the NDTC Futsal Premier League, thrashing Demia 8-0 to cement their second-place spot on the log standings. Their weekend action began with a dominant 7-0 win over sixth-placed Boston Madrid, before running riot against Demia in the later fixture. The back-to-back victories saw Quality stay...
The Namibia Tennis Association (NTA) has hailed the just-ended senior tournament as a huge success. The competition took place at Central Tennis Court (CTC) in Olympia, Windhoek, and attracted more than 20 tennis players in what was the final senior tournament of the year. Players competed in singles as well as doubles categories. Tournament director...
Hesron Kapanga Paralympic sprinter Ananias Shikongo and his guide Sem Shimanda qualified for the semifinals of the men’s T11 400 metres (m) after finishing second in heat one at the New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships. Shikongo and seven other Namibian athletes are competing in the 2025 International Paralympic Committee’s World Para Athletics Championships...
Zebaldt Ngaruka The manager of the newly promoted Premier League outfit, Rundu Chiefs FC Agripa Haindongo, said his team showed a great display at the preseason friendlies held at Tsumeb on Saturday. The pre-season friendlies saw Rundu Chiefs, Chief Santos, Eeshoke Chula Chula and KK United playing against each other at the historic Oscar Norich...
Eveleen Kejarukua said she hopes to play in the Women’s T20 World Cup one day, a dream ignited after she reached some of her career milestones in the recent World Cup qualifiers. During an International Cricket Council Women’s T20 World Cup qualifying game in September this year, Namibia’s senior women’s cricket team played against Nigeria,...
Hilma Nalupe Brave Warriors coach Collin Benjamin has announced a 25-man provisional squad ahead of Namibia’s final two group stage matches in the 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers. Benjamin’s squad includes fresh additions, with Kennedy Eib, Willy Stephanus, Tjipee Karuuombe and Jonas Mateus drafted into the provisional list after missing out on the trip to...