Mighty Gunners Sports Club has officially reached an acquisition agreement with Beauties Ladies Football Club, fulfilling both Confederation of African Football (CAF) and Namibia Football Association’s regulations that require top-tier men’s football clubs to have an affiliated women’s team. Club president Brigadier General Abraham Ngondela confirmed the development, announcing that Beauties FC will now compete...
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Olympic committee hands over kit to athletes
Hilma Nalupe The Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) has officially handed over the national kit to athletes who will represent the country at the fourth African Youth Games, scheduled to take place from 10 to 20 December in Angola. The kit was specially designed by former athletes, who drew from their own experiences withprevious uniforms...
Southern club dreams big for racing in Namibia
Zebaldt Ngaruka A rejuvenated horse racing club called Southern Horse Racing (SHR) came with the mission in the Namibia Horse Racing Association (NHRA). The club is composed of all local horse clubs, towns and settlements in the southern part of the country. Club chairperson Alberto Poll Mentjies shared with New Era Sports that the Keetmanshoop-based...
Suko-White tourney rescheduled
Zebaldt Ngaruka The much-anticipated Suko-White Open tournament, which was set for completion this weekend in Windhoek, has been moved to 29 November 2025 at the John ya Otto Nankudhu Soccer field in Wanaheda. The inaugural tournament, worth N$40 000, composed of football and netball, started on 7 November and attracted 26 football teams while 20...
Inter-Mine Sports Games return to Swakopmund
The Chamber of Mines in Namibia is gearing up for an action-packed edition of the Inter-Mine Sports Games, which officially takes place on 21 and 22 November at the Vineta Central Sports Complex, Vineta North Fields and the Rossmund Golf Course in Swakopmund. To accommodate the large number of participating teams, some soccer and volleyball...
Kanalelo sets the tone at FC Ongos … as double header weekend looms
FC Ongos head coach Ronnie Kanalelo has hit the ground running as he prepares his side for this weekend’s Round 8 and 9 clashes in the Namibia Premier Football League (NPFL). Kanalelo, who recently took charge of the club, faces a demanding schedule, with his team lining up against Rundu Chiefs tomorrow before taking on...
Sports Awards final touches underway
With the clock ticking down to tomorrow’s annual 2025 Namibia Sport Awards, which will be held in Ongwediva at the Ongwediva Trade Fair Centre, preparations have surged into their final and most crucial phase. According to Givean Samulandela, marketing head at the Namibia Sport Commission, the organising team is operating with precision as they put...
Tales of the Legends – Remembering disappeared promising footie
Growing up in the dusty streets of Namibia’s largest residential enclave Katutura location, ‘Fusi’ was just like many young black boys of his age who were football crazy, the soft-spoken light skin boy kicked a ball at the slightest provocation, playing street football until mommy calls. However, it was at the Okakarara Secondary School where...
Personality of the week – Cartwright’s journey to the national team
Hilma Nalupe Born and raised in Windhoek, 17-year-old U/21 national women’s hockey player Jasmine Cartwright has been playing hockey since she was seven. She lived in Namibia until two months ago, when she moved to a boarding school called Repton in the north of England, where she is doing her A-levels and competes against different...
U/21 hockey aims for World Cup’s top 15
Hilma Nalupe The Namibia U/21 national women’s and men’s hockey teams are heading to the Junior Hockey World Cups with the goal of being in the top 15. Both teams depart on Sunday, with the men competing from 28 November to 10 December, and the women from 1 to 13 December in Chile. Their send-off...









