Hilma Nalupe King Kauluma Palace Football Club (KK Palace FC) received two generous contributions this week from the Ondangwa Town Council and Star Comets Trading CC. The club, currently leading the Namibia Premier Football League log standings, received N$350 000 from the Ondangwa Town Council on Tuesday and signed an agreement of Understanding aimed at...
Windhoek Golf Club was alive with competitive spirit and relief this past weekend as the prestigious Corner Butcher Gold Cup unfolded on 22 and 23 November 2025. The annual tournament, one of Namibia’s premier amateur golf events, nearly faced disruption until The Corner Butcher stepped in at the eleventh hour to rescue and elevate it...
One of Namibia’s brightest young sprinters and the reigning national 200 metres (m) champion, Charley Matundu, continues to rise as a force in local athletics. New Era Sport caught up with the track star to talk about his journey, achievements, and future ambitions. What inspired you to start competing in track and field, and at...
Cristiano Ronaldo is set to be available for the start of Portugal’s World Cup campaign despite his red card against Ireland. A FIFA disciplinary committee has imposed a three-match ban, but the final two games are suspended for one year, provided there is no similar infringement during the probation period. He has already served the...
As 2025 draws to a close, renowned boxing promoter Nestor Tobias of the MTC Nestor Sunshine Boxing Academy announced that the Dr Sam Shafishuna Nujoma Boxing Bonanza, a tribute to the late Founding Father, will now be hosted annually. The next edition is tentatively scheduled for May 2026, with the Windhoek Showgrounds and the Olufuko...
Hilma Nalupe For the third time in a row, Namibia will compete at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) African Schools Football Championship and COSAFA qualifiers taking place from 5-7 December in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Namibia made its debut in 2023 during the zonal qualifiers held in Harare, Zimbabwe, where the boys’ team claimed victories...
Namibia’s long-distance runner Lavinia Haitope took a silver medal in the 21 km with a time of 1 hour, 14 minutes, and 12 seconds at the weekend’s inaugural Diamonds and Dorings Bighole Marathon in Kimberly, South Africa. South Africa’s Karabo Mailula took the gold medal in 1 hour, 14 minutes and eight seconds. At the...
Namibia’s most decorated league administrator and female coach Cynthea Balzar is what one might call the godmother of youth football since the inception of the HopSol youth league in 2017. The league, which just ended, has been running for the past nine years, making next year’s kickoff a significant milestone. Balzar, an interior decorator by...
Hilma Nalupe Round 8 and 9 of the Namibia Premier Football League (NPFL) concluded last weekend across four different towns, with King Kauluma Palace emerging at the top of the league, followed by African Stars with 14 points, and Mighty Gunners dropping from first to third. Tigers, Life Fighters, and Julinho Athletic are currently at...
Namibian cyclist, Roger Suren, continued his impressive form this season, securing a bronze medal at the 2025 African Cycling Confederation (CAC) Road Cycling African Championships held in Kwale, Kenya, on Sunday. The championships, staged from 19 to 23 November 2025, brought together riders across multiple categories, junior, under-23, and elite, both women and men, who...