Namibia's national Under 19 cricket team left for Uganda on Thursday to compete in the African qualifiers for next year's Junior World Cup. The 14-man squad is comprised of five members who were present last year when Namibia qualified for the junior World Cup in Australia. They are captain Gerhard Erasmus, batsmen Michau du Preez, Malan Kruger and Jano Coetzee and bowler Bredell Wessels as they would be ...

As expected East Africans would dominate the 5000m event at the IAAF Diamond League adidas Grand Prix at Icahn Stadium this weekend in New York. The race would feature five East Africans with personal bests under 13 minutes. However, 19-year-old Ethiopian Hagos Gebrhiwet would certainly be the favourite to come top in the event. The Ethiopian who is the World junior record-holder,recorded a staggering ...

South African player Kevin Anderson has risen to his best ever ranking on the latest ATP rankings released on Monday. The South Africa men's No 1 is now ranked 25 in the world beating his previous best record that stood at 26. The 26 year-old was eliminated at the third round of the Rome Masters last week by world number 6 Tomas Berdych. On the other hand, South Africa's top women's player, Chanelle ...

The NDF ladies team got a clean sweep in all matches in last weekend's Bank Windhoek National Volleyball Ladies League at the DTS Hall in Windhoek. The soldiers beat SKW 3:1 and Revivals VC (RVC) 3:0, thereby justifying their position as favourites to win the ladies’ league. "First of all we will become the champions in the Bank Windhoek National Volleyball League, but our plans are to be able to compete at ...

The Namibian Boxing Federation would this weekend host an International Invitational Exhibition Boxing Tournament at the Bennie's Entertainment Park in Ongwediva. The country’s popular amateur boxers would face off against their Angolan counterparts. Namibia’s representatives would be Mejandjae Kasuto and Mathew Jonas in the light heavyweight and bantamweight divisions respectively- but men equally ...

The Cameroon Olympic and Sports Committee met in Yaounde on Wednesday to assess the nation’s performance at the 2012 Olympics and beginning preparing for the next event. The body also examined its financial situation as well as, evaluate the organisation of the 2012 edition of the national games dubbed DIXIADES. The candidacies for elective positions within the body were equally looked at as well as the ...

The hosts of the Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers, Morocco yesterday had an impressive start of the championship after thrashing Ghana 9-2. Nassim El Hadaoui scored a hat trick while his brother Anas signed a brace. Morocco’s other goals came through Boulakouabaa Nabil, Lahmidi Azzedine, Briguel and Geo. On the other hand, Ghana’s face savers were authored by Divine Sapper and Joseph Lawerh. The other group ...

Burkina Faso’s Rasmané Ouédraogo on Wednesday won the second lap of the AS Criterium staged in Niamey Niger. Over 20 cyclists coming from Senegal, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin and Togo took part in the 80km race. Apart from winning the yellow jersey of the race, Burkina Faso’s Rasmané Ouédraogo also won several jerseys awarded by the sponsors. “I am happy to have won this race. I want to thank my team ...

Ugandan junior swimmers excelled over the weekend at the Kenya Junior Swimming Championships that ended on Sunday in Nairobi. Tendo Mukalazi and Gloria Muzito from Dolphins swimming club emerged the best overall in the 10 years and under category as the Uganda swimmers won the overall trophy. Selina Katumba equally highlighted the Ugandan dominance as grabbed 5 Gold in all her 9 years and under-category ...

Liberia has appealed for funds from the International Table Tennis Federation in order to promote the sport in the West African nation. A two-man delegation from the Liberian Table Tennis Association attending the International Table Tennis Annual General Meeting in Paris, France appealed to the conference to support the LTTA in the areas of training for coaches, players and administrators. LTTA President ...