Namibian mountain biker Alex Miller suffered a significant setback at the 2024 Olympic Games, crashing due to a soft front wheel and subsequently withdrawing from the Cross-Country Mountain Biking race yesterday. His coach, Hans du Toit, confirmed that the 23-year-old athlete was unable to continue after fracturing his hand during the third lap, making it...
Newly-elected president of the Namibia Volleyball Federation (NVF) Tobias Mwatelulo has outlined his vision for the sport discipline, while emphasising the importance of grassroots development. Mwatelulo, who represented Namibia at junior level, took over as president from Hillary Dux Imbuwa following the federation’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), which took place last week at Katima Mulilo...
The U/19 MTC HopSol Youth League was in full swing at the Jan Mohr Football Field this past weekend. The first match featured Sport Klub Windhoek (SKW) against Kasaona Football Academy. While the game promised excitement, it delivered a rather lacklustre performance from both sides, marred by red cards in the second half. SKW managed...
Zebaldt Ngaruka The ninth edition of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) Sports Games, themed ‘Forging Resilience Through Sports’, commenced yesterday at Grootfontein in the vast Otjozondjupa region. The week-long sporting event will be staged at Ndimo Hamambo Garrison and Omulunga Sports grounds. Athletics items will be hosted at the Rietfontein sports ground. About 22 NDF...
Zebaldt Ngaruka Namibia’s top racehorses Queen Brittania and Sunny Side from Angermund Racing and Professor Supporters Club, respectively, won the main races at the FNB July Handicap, staged at Okahatjipara in the Okondjatu area on Saturday. The Thoroughbred 2 400 metres (m) race attracted close to 90 racehorses, which battled it out in 17 sprints. ...
The Welwitschias of Namibia clinched the bronze medal in the Rugby Africa Cup after a hard-fought victory over Kenya. They won 38-27 in Kampala, Uganda yesterday. Namibia’s path to the bronze medal began with a commanding 38-5 win over Burkina Faso. Despite the final scoreline, the Namibians faced a tough challenge, and only managed to...
African Stars and Ongos Ladies emerged victorious in the PstBet Namibia Football Association (NFA) Cup matches held on Saturday at the Independence Stadium in Windhoek. In a thrilling encounter, Stars edged out Young Brazilians with a 2-1 victory, adding another trophy to their cabinet shortly after winning the DebMarine Premier League in April. Stars claimed...
As the MTC Namibia Netball Premier League round 23 and 24 concluded at the weekend, league coordinator Elina Seibes shared some of the highs and lows experienced. She said the players have been improving their netball standard through focused training, hence they continue to get satisfactory results during their matches. Seibes added that the clubs’...
Namibia’s female rider Jean-Marie Mostert and male rider Martin Freyer were crowned winners of the female and male categories of the 2024 Nedbank Rock and Rut Cross Country (XC) series on Saturday. Round four, the final round of the series, took place at new venue Towerbos Trails, located 10 kilometres outside Windhoek on the Daan...
Germany’s Lukas Maertens said he was “overwhelmed” Saturday after surging to the men’s Olympic 400metre (m) freestyle gold medal, but always believed he would rise to the top. The 22-year-old was under world record pace for 350m at La Defense Arena before fading in the final stretch to touch in 3:41.78 seconds ahead of Australia’s...