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      No slowing down for Beatrice

      No slowing down for Beatrice

      2021-07-01  Maurice Kambukwe
      Henk Botha, one of Namibia’s veteran athletics coaches and mentor to two of the country’s foremost sprinting aces Beatrice Masilingi and Christine Mboma, says the overall performance of the two runners can only get better and bigger ahead of this month’s Olympic Games in Japan.
      Undeterred Kakololo looks to the future

      Undeterred Kakololo looks to the future

      2021-07-01  Maurice Kambukwe
      In spite of missing out on an opportunity to win the WBO inter-continental featherweight title against Ukraine’s Oleg Malinovskyi during their mega showdown early last month, Namibia’s featherweight boxer Nathanael ‘Natty’ Kakololo remains focused on the future.
      Namibia to get Paralympics slots today

      Namibia to get Paralympics slots today

      2021-06-30  Otniel Hembapu
      The Namibia Paralympics Committee (NPC) will today officially learn the number of slots the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has allotted to Namibia for this year’s Paralympic Games.
      Unstoppable Mboma eyes glory in Poland

      Unstoppable Mboma eyes glory in Poland

      2021-06-30  Otniel Hembapu
      Namibia’s sprinting sensation Christine Mboma will today rank among the top favourites to steal headlines when the much-anticipated World Athletics Irena Szewinska Memorial Continental Gold Tour gets underway in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
      Wheelchair basketball team in need of funds

      Wheelchair basketball team in need of funds

      2021-06-30  Maurice Kambukwe
      Pondo Nailenge, the acting president of the Namibia Wheelchair Basketball Federation, says they have setthemselves big plans of sending representatives to next year’s Commonwealth Games,
      Racing legend Hipondoka dies

      Racing legend Hipondoka dies

      2021-06-29  Otniel Hembapu
      Namibia’s legendary rally driver Lucas Hipondoka died yesterday at age 73. The late Hipondoka, who will be remembered as one of the country’s first black rally racers, died at a Walvis Bay hospital.
      Masilingi takes action to Switzerland

      Masilingi takes action to Switzerland

      2021-06-29  Otniel Hembapu
      After clocking an incredible 49:88 seconds to clinch top honours in the women’s 400m at the recent World Athletics Orlen Janusza Kusocinskiego Memorial in Poland, one of Namibia’s leading sprinters Beatrice Masilingi will today be back in action when the Top Athletics Lucerne gets underway in Switzerland.
      MTC remembers visionary Nel

      MTC remembers visionary Nel

      2021-06-29  Staff Reporter
      Telecommunications giant, MTC, who is the headline sponsor of Namibia’s men and women’s senior hockey teams, yesterday joined the rest of the local sporting fraternity in paying tribute to the departed president of the Namibia Hockey Union (NHU) Marc Nel, who died on Saturday.
      Welwitschias off to Ivory Coast as Coetzee gets busy

      Welwitschias off to Ivory Coast as Coetzee gets busy

      2021-06-28  Otniel Hembapu
      Newly-appointed Namibia rugby fifteen head coach Allister Coetzee will have his hands full these coming weeks, as the country’s senior men’s team the Welwitschias on Saturday left for Ivory Coast to kick-start their 2023 Rugby World Cup campaign.