Namibia’s Under-17 women’s national football team, the Baby Gladiators, has been drawn against Kenya in the qualifiers for this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup. The draw was held on Saturday in Rabat, Morocco. Namibia is set to begin its qualifying campaign at home between 10 and 12 April, before traveling to Kenya for the return...
Chief administrator of the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC), Freddy Mwiya, says 2026 is expected to be a far better year for sport in the country, with early planning and structured preparation identified as the main pillars for success. Mwiya said that the Commission has learned valuable lessons from 2025, particularly the importance of advance preparation,...
Hilma Nalupe Prince Mckay was born and raised in the coastal town of Lüderitz, where he spent most of his childhood and teenage years. From an early age, Mckay was always active, running, climbing, jumping, and working at heights. When he reached high school, one of his teachers at Angra Pequena Senior Secondary School, Charlene...
The highly anticipated second round of the 2026 Nedbank Windhoek Pedal Power Race Series (WPP) will take place this weekend. The event will be split into the WPP Individual Time Trial on 17 January and the WPP Road Race on 18 January. More than 200 cyclists are expected to compete to earn points that will...
One of the Namibian darlings of track and field, Beatrice Masilingi, stopped taking testosterone-reducing drugs imposed by World Athletics (WA) around October last year. The testosterone-reducing drugs were imposed by WA on both Beatrice Masilingi and Christine Mboma in 2021, following the introduction of regulations governing athletes with differences of sexual development (DSD), which affected...
Hilma Nalupe The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) global social responsibility programme, Cricket4Good, has made its way to Namibia. The programme is an ICC initiative aimed at introducing young people to the game of cricket while using the sport as a tool for positive social change. Cricket4Good is currently being used to connect young players and...
Matheus David Thirty-year-old Petrus Stephanus Petrus, a dynamic striker born and raised in Omaputu in the Ohangwena region, is making waves in Namibia’s football scene as he plies his trade with Ongos FC. He most recently played for Mighty Gunners FC, where he was the team’s leading goal scorer for two seasons in a row....
The Zambezi Regional Football Association (ZRFA) held its first extra-ordinary meeting of 2026 on Saturday to finalise the regional budget and set a definitive timeline for the upcoming football season. Central to the discussions was the kick-off of the regional second division league and the region’s preparations for the annual Namibian Newspaper Cup. ZRFA chairperson...
Hilma Nalupe The 2026 Namibia National Open Chess Championships qualifiers concluded last Saturday at the Nictus Cultural Centre in Windhoek. The qualifiers served as Phase 1 of the national championships, with Phase 2 slated for 24 February to 1 March 2026. After four demanding days of play, the Top 5 players in both the Open...
Manchester United interim manager Darren Fletcher said that Sunday’s FA Cup defeat by Brighton and Hove Albion at Old Trafford exposed the fragile nature of the squad. Near silence greeted the final whistle as the 2-1 third-round loss ended United’s hopes of silverware, while some boos rang out as the players trudged off the pitch....