Rugby Africa Women’s Cup a big learning curve: Kotze

Coach Christel Kotze of the senior national women’s rugby team has said Namibia lacks experience at international level, but she expects their performance to improve going forward. The national women’s rugby team is currently in Cape Town, South Africa competing in the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup alongside Zimbabwe and South Africa in Group A of…

Benjamin happy with hunger shown by young players

Senior national football team coach, Collin Benjamin has expressed happiness with the way young players are stepping up to the table during their training sessions. The newly appointed Brave Warriors head coach called up a 31-member training squad for the upcoming 2022 Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (Cosafa) Cup set for Durban, South Africa…

NRU elects new board members

The Council of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) on Saturday held an extraordinary general meeting (EOGM) here to select its new executive. At the EOGM, Petrie Theron was elected as the new president of the NRU, while Johan Diergaardt was elected as vice president of rugby and Christian Windvogel, vice-president governance. In April this year,…

Benjamin announces COSAFA squad

Newly appointed Brave Warriors head coach Collin Benjamin has called up a 31-member training squad for the upcoming 2022 Council of Southern African Football Associations (Cosafa) games scheduled for Durban, South Africa in July. The squad will begin their training on Saturday morning at the Namibia Football Association (NFA) Technical Centre. Speaking to Nampa soon…

Namibia can compete at a higher level: Kemp

Senior national cricket team assistant coach, Justin Kemp, has said the Eagles’ performance during the just ended three-match series against Hong Kong proves that the country can compete at a higher level. Kemp, who was speaking on Sunday at the Trustco United Cricket Ground after the Eagles completed a 3-0 series victory over Hong Kong,…

Namibia beat Zimbabwe at Cosana Tri-nations

The national senior netball team, ‘Debmarine Desert Jewels’ beat Zimbabwe 38-34 on day two of the Confederation of Southern African Netball Associations (Cosana) Tri-nations Cup currently underway in Malawi. The Cosana Tri-nations Cup is being used by Namibia to improve on their ranking as well as prepare the senior team for the Africa World Cup…

NPC athletics championships hailed a success

The Namibia Paralympic Committee secretary-general, Michael Hamukwaya has expressed happiness with the number of young athletes who competed at this year’s athletics championships. The NPC held its 2022 National Athletics Championships at the Oshakati Stadium in the Oshana Region with 150 athletes competing for silverware. They were 101 males and 49 females. Only the Otjozondjupa…

FNVA full of quality players: Hamukwaya

Teams that compete in the Far North Volleyball Association (FNVA) league games have players that possess quality and are experienced, making the league more competitive, according to its chairperson. FNVA commenced with its first round league games in May with five teams in the women category and eight in the men category and is expected…