Hilma Nalupe The annual Quinton-Steele Botes Athletics Training and Coaching Clinic began on Tuesday and concludes today at the Independence Stadium in Windhoek. The clinic, open to athletes from the age of six, aims to sharpen participants’ skills through training in speed, endurance, agility and strength, under the guidance of top coaches from Namibia and...
Hilma Nalupe Growing up in Okahandja, Joanivia Bezuidenhout (16) was introduced to the tennis sport when she was only nine years old. She initially started off with netball and athletics, which she says taught her coordination, discipline and a love for competition. The first time she learned about tennis was when her father told her...
Coco Gauff pulled off double duty to drag defending champions, the United States into the United Cup semi-finals on Wednesday while world number two Iga Swiatek did her bit for Poland. Fourth-ranked Gauff, who suffered a surprise defeat last time out, put the United States on their way in their quarter-final against Greece with a...
Hilma Nalupe The Namibia Tennis Association (NTA), in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture, hosted a send-off ceremony on Monday afternoon for 12 of the country’s top U/14 and U/16 girls’ and boys’ tennis players. The players will represent Namibia at the International Tennis Federation/ Confederation of African Tennis...
Hilma Nalupe Namibia’s women’s cricket team, the Capricorn Eagles were sent off yesterday at the Namibia Cricket Ground, for the International Cricket Council (CC) Women’s T20 World Cup Global qualifier in Nepal. The qualifier will be held from 13 January to 2 February 2026, with the World Cup set for 12 June to 5 July...
Hilma Nalupe Phillip Seidler recently won his 12th title at the Pupkewitz Jetty Mile annual open-water swimming event in Swakopmund two weeks ago, showcasing the consistency, effort and hard work he has dedicated to the sport over the years. He first won the competition when he was just 13 years old, a moment that changed...
The 2025 Nedbank Desert Classic once again proved why it is regarded as one of Namibia’s leading amateur golf tournaments, as 140 golfers from around the country gathered at Rössmund Golf Club in Swakopmund for two days of high-level competition. Hosted by DZ Golf and sponsored by Nedbank Namibia, with King Price Insurance as co-sponsor,...
Adolf Kaure Open water sensation, Phillip Seidler claimed a record-breaking twelfth Pupkewitz Jetty Mile victory recently at Swakopmund. The two-time Namibian Olympian claimed the win in a time of 19 minutes and 40 seconds, powering to the finish line ahead of second-placed Nico Esslinger (21:10), followed by third-place finisher Nathan Chase (22:44). Seidler came short...
Back in the early 70s, uncompromising political activist Izaak Swarts, took it upon his tiny shoulders to singlehandedly confront the prevailing injustices and oppression by spreading the gospel of freedom to marginalised communities, encouraging them to resist and reject the puke-inducing apartheid system at all costs. Swarts used the beautiful game of football to advocate...
Zebaldt Ngaruka Otumborombonga netball team and Black Heroes FC are aiming to defend the Felix Tjozongoro Okamatapati tournament scheduled for Saturday at Okamatapati Combined School sport field in Otjozondjupa region. The two formidable sides won the prestigious tournament last year. Speaking to New Era Sports, Otumborombonga coach Ngajoo Kavetuna said his netball team is prepared...