Archive - Mar 2008

Arie Schans, who acted as the Brave Warriorsâ?? caretaker coach in Ghana, was officially appointed as head coach by the NFA last month and arrived in Namibia on Independence Day to take up his new post.

Ramblers finished the first round of the MTC Namibia Premier League on a high note when they beat their closest rivals Cymot SKW 2-0 on March 9 to go two points clear at the top of the log.

The match had to be replayed after a thunderstorm ended the first encounter prematurely after about 35 minutes. At that stage Ramblers were already leading 2-0 through goals by John Samson and Nelson Akwenye, but in a near carbon copy of that match, Ramblers once again beat SKW 2-0 in the replay a week later. Samson and Akwenye were once again the goal scorers while Bradley Wermann gave an inspired performance in midfield, providing both the goals.

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Ramblers looking strong
Schans steps into the hot seat
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There was lots of drama in the MTC NFA Cup competition in Walvis Bay over the weekend as both coastal teams Blue Waters and Eleven Arrows crashed out of the tournament.

Blue Waters lost 1-0 to Khomas First Division side Hotspurs, while Arrows lost a penalty shootout 5-3 to Black Africa.

John Williams of South Africa has been appointed as the new head coach of the Namibian rugby team.

The president of the Namibia Rugby Union Dirk Conradie made the announcement on Friday, saying that their dreams had come true with the appointment.

Second AIBA Africa Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Ranking by Points and Medal Scores

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Points
1 Kenya 1 3 1 5 23
2 Nigeria 1 2 3 6 23
3 Ghana 2 1 1 4 22

Desmond Kasuto gave a sensational performance to beat Nickson Abaka of Kenya 7-0 on points in the 69kg category to win a gold medal at the AIBA African Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

In the process, Kasuto qualified for the Olympic Games while he also won the trophy for the best boxer of the tournament on conclusion of the event on Saturday evening.

Second AIBA Africa Olympic Qualification Tournament

Finals March 29, 2008

Light flyweight 48kg category
Essomba Thomas â?? Cmr beat Bouchtouk Redouane â?? Mar 4-3 on points

Flyweight 51kg category

Second AIBA Africa Olympic Qualification Tournament

Bronze Medal Box-offs, March 29, 2008

Light flyweight 48kg
Ronald Sergo â?? Uga beat Pilane Lebogang â?? RSA 5-2

Flyweight 51kg
Jackson Chauke â?? RSA beat Michael Anu â?? Ngr 8-7

Namibiaâ??s national cricket team beat Holland by seven wickets to move to the top of the ICC Intercontinental log.

Namibia already wrapped up the match within three of the scheduled four days to obtain 20 bonus points and now lead the log with 68 points, followed by Kenya on 66 and Ireland on 49 points.