Category: Sports
Uganda’s Victoria Pearls Takes 2-0 Leads in Capricorn Eagles Series
By: Hee-Dee Walenga The Victoria Pearls, Uganda’s women’s cricket team, has seized a commanding 2-0 lead in the Capricorn Eagles Series against Namibia. The two teams have become well-acquainted, having faced off three times during the Women’s Day…
Olympics Make History With Gender Equality Moves
By: Hee-Dee Walenga In a press conference on Wednesday evening, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) provided a number of updates for the event programme of the upcoming Olympic Games. For the first time in the Olympics 132-year history, there will…
Sport is a Reflection of Society
By: Hee-Dee Walenga “Sport is a Reflection of Society” is a quote that I was introduced to by Dr Gary Sailes over half a decade ago during my time at university. The quote has stuck with me since and is…
First African IOC President Visits Namibia
By: Hee-Dee Walenga Kirsty Coventry made history on 20 March 2025, by being elected as the new President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Coventry became the first woman and first African to hold the prestigious title. She is also…
New Boxing Federation and Paralympic Committee revealed by Sports Commission
By: Dwight Links The Namibian Sports Commission (NSC) unveiled the new boards for the Namibia Boxing Federation (NBF) and the Namibia National Paralympic Committee (NNPC) Interim Board. This comes after the commission had to conduct various investigations that were based…
Namibian Sports Community Optimistic About Future of Namibian Sports
By: Hee-Dee Walenga Two weeks ago, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah announced the new Executive Branch of Government that will lead Namibia for the next five years. The announcement came with quite a number of changes, one of which was the formation…
African Stars Clinch Inaugural Maris Cup Title
By: Hee-Dee Walenga African Stars secured a 1-0 victory over Young African in the final of the inaugural MTC Maris Cup at the Hage Geingob Stadium on Saturday afternoon, marking their fourth trophy win in just three years. Willy Stephanus…
Namibia Sports Commission Takes Step Towards Professionalisation
By: Hee-Dee Walenga On Thursday afternoon in Windhoek, the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) unveiled a pre-launch of its new data management system, set to be fully operational by 7 April 2025. The initiative has been in development since February 2019…
FNB Schools MTB League Kicks Off With Windhoek Race
By: Staff writer The FNB Schools Mountain Bike (MTB) League kicked off on Saturday 8 March 2025 at the IJG Trails in Windhoek following three successful Coastal League events held in January and February. The league continues to focus…
Namibian Sports Approaching Inflection Point
By: Hee-Dee Walenga In exactly a fortnight, Namibia will turn 35 years old. Whilst celebrating Independence Day, we will also be ushering in the new President and government that will be presiding over Namibia for the next five years. These…