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...
Hilma Nalupe The Capricorn Eagles, Namibia’s women’s cricket team, is currently in Bangkok, Thailand, for the ICC Women’s Emerging Nations Trophy tournament. The tournament began on 20 November and will end on 1 December. It features eight associate member teams and aims to bridge the gap towards major tournaments such as the ICC Women’s T20...
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...
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...
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...
Namibian women’s national team stalwart Vewe Kotjipati has officially announced her retirement from international football, closing a remarkable chapter which began when she first donned the Brave Gladiators jersey as a teenager. Kotjipati, now 33, has been a pillar of consistency for the national side for more than a decade. Her football journey also took...
Hilma Nalupe The 21st edition of the Namibia Annual Sports Awards (NASA) took place on Saturday evening at the Ongwediva Trade Fair, marking a historic milestone for one of the country’s most prestigious sporting events. The event brought together athletes, coaches, sporting officials and dignitaries to honour Namibia’s finest achievers. This year also marked the...