Top swimming club Infinity Aquatic Centre have teamed up with a German-based para-swimming club to unearth untapped local talent and train people with disabilities, including the visually-impaired. This collaboration is part of the enable Para swimming in Namibia and Africa (eNpas) Project, a ground breaking initiative designed to empower, educate and uplift individuals with disabilities...
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Haimbodi: We don’t want to be idle in the SSFDL
Zebalt Ngaruka GOBABIS – Blue Birds’ head coach Benhard Haimbodi says his team is not in the Southern Stream First Division League (SSFDL) to simply make up the numbers, but is determined to earn promotion to the Namibia Premier Football League (NPFL). The Walvis Bay-based club, currently leading the SSFDL log standings with 32 points...
Shimooshili to represent Namibia at Fifa congress
Namibia Football Association (NFA) president Robert Shimooshili will lead a high-level delegation to Asunción, Paraguay for the 75th Fifa congress that takes place today and tomorrow. Accompanying him on this important mission to represent Namibia at one of football’s most influential gatherings are NFA executive council member Joseph Hailombe and interim general secretary Cassius Moetie....
Nakathila unfazed by Mason threat
Namibian pugilist Jeremiah ‘Low Key’ Nakathila will square up against American Abdullah Mason in a 10-round lightweight bout in Norfolk, Virginia on 7 June. The fight was confirmed yesterday morning in Windhoek by the MTC Nestor Sunshine Tobias Boxing and Fitness Academy. The bout will serve as the co-main event on a card headlined by...
Namibia thrash Comoros in Cosafa U/17 girls champs
Namibia delivered a dominant performance against Comoros, securing a resounding 10-0 victory in their Council of Southern Africa Football Associations’ (Cosafa) under-17 girls’ championship match. Captain Nancy Lebang was named Player of the Match after she put in an outstanding performance that saw her score multiple goals and lead her team with authority. The host...
Jan Möhr thrash Brave SC 7-1 … in their Group B U/17 match
Late Friday afternoon, Jan Möhr Secondary School wasted no chances when they took Brave to task by beating them 7-1 at their football field. After their last game, which they drew, the secondary school side made sure not to leave anything to chance to collect three points in their third game of the season. Clive...
First round was not easy for us – Van Wyk
Zebaldt Ngaruka Black Africa (BA) is finding the going tough in the Southern Stream First Division League (SSFDL), as the team sits at the bottom of the league table with only two victories from 13 games played so far. The team’s position on the log is worrisome to club supporters, who are blaming the administration...
Lajayde Athletics Club hosts inaugural championships at Katima
KATIMA MULILO – The Lajayde Athletics Club hosted its first-ever championship at Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi region at the weekend. Selma Mufite, the regional chairperson of Athletics Namibia and founder of the Lajayde Athletics Club, said on Sunday more than 100 athletes, including para-athletes, participated in the competition held at the Katima Mulilo Sports...
Slow registration hits new Khomas boxing tourney …new deadline to give clubs more time
The much-anticipated AC Boxing Super Six boxing league, launched late last month with the intention of reviving amateur boxing in the Khomas region, is bogged down by slow registration by the clubs. The founder and organiser of AC Promotions, Imms Moses, said the registration deadline of 8 May had been extended to 20 May due...
Organisers hail successful national go-karting leg
Organisers have hailed the third leg of the national go-karting tournament, held last Saturday at the Tony Rust circuits, as a resounding success. The event attracted more than 30 competitors, including six international entrants, and was sanctioned by the Namibia Motorsport Federation (NMF). Chucky van Dyk was the overall winner of the elite men’s category,...