Archive - Jul 1, 2008
Great Britain 8 Namibia 2
Submitted by editor on Tue, 07/01/2008 - 19:42.Namibia lost its opening match 8-2 against Great Britain at the Junior Menâ??s Inline Hockey World Championships in Philadelphia, Great Britain on June 29. Gudrun Denker reports.
Sunday 09h45 had us pitched against the second seeded Great Britain. Team Namibia started well against a strong opponent. The defence had to work overtime as the Brits showered an onslaught of shots on our goal. Oliver Thors saved 21 of the 23 shots on our goal for that period. Time and again our team had to prevent rebounds after an attempted shot on our goal.
Suburbs remain at the top
Submitted by editor on Tue, 07/01/2008 - 18:51.Western Suburbs kept their unbeaten record in the Rugby Premier League intact with a hard fought 9-5 victory against Kudus in Walvis Bay on Saturday.
It was their sixth consecutive victory which saw them remaining at the top of the log with 27 points.
Saintfiet appointed new Brave Warriors coach
Submitted by editor on Tue, 07/01/2008 - 13:09.Tom Saintfiet of Belgium has been appointed as the new Brave Warriors coach following the departure of Arie Schans last week.
This was announced by the Namibia Football Association spokesman Beau Kauta at a press conference at the NFAâ??s Soccer House today.
Oliver and Wilko Risser â?? Rising stars
Submitted by editor on Tue, 07/01/2008 - 10:51.Brothers Oliver and Wilko Risser have become firm favourites with the Namibian public after some strong performances for the Brave Warriors during their World Cup qualifying campaign.
Oliver missed the first match against Kenya due to injury, but soon made his presence felt when he won his 21st cap against Zimbabwe. Against Guinea as well, Oliverâ??s hard tackles in midfield won Namibia numerous balls while he kept a firm check on Guineaâ??s dangermen Pascal Feindouno and Ismael Bangoura.
Rudolph Bester â?? Namibiaâ??s â??Ruud Gullitâ?
Submitted by editor on Tue, 07/01/2008 - 10:49.Namibiaâ??s attacking midfielder Rudolph Bester has come a long way over the past year.
Last season he was in brilliant form for Eleven Arrows, scoring 16 goals as they finished fourth on the log. He subsequently went on to win the MTC Namibia Sport Player of the Season as well as the NFA Player of the Season awards.
Namibia Sport on sale now
Submitted by editor on Tue, 07/01/2008 - 10:35.The July 2008 issue of Namibia Sport is available now.
Read about:
Goodbye 2010 â?? itâ??s the end of the road for the Brave Warriors
Meet Namibiaâ??s Ruud Gullit
Oliver and Wilko Risser â?? rising stars