Archive - Apr 9, 2008

The Khomas Under 17 Football League will kick off this weekend for the second successive season following the launch at the NFAâ??s Soccer House in Katutura on Tuesday.

Once again a total of 24 teams will participate in Stream A and Stream B, but the defending champions Civics, will however not be in action.

The Namibia Rugby Unionâ??s new chief executive officer Keith Allies is excited about the task at hand and brimming with ideas to develop rugby in Namibia and at an international level.

Allies, a seasoned sports administrator with more than 20 yearsâ?? experience, was recently appointed as the new CEO, after the former CEO Christo Alexander accepted a new post created in the NRU, namely that of Director of Rugby.

After two consecutive successful seasons with Team 3C Gruppe Lamonta on the European continental professional cycling circuit during 2006 and 2007, Namibian professional cyclist Erik Hoffmann has made a successful transfer to the Giant Asia Racing Team for whom he has just completed his third tour on the Asian Continent.