Archive - Oct 2007 - Story

FNB Cup soccer

The first round second leg matches of the FNB Cup competition takes place at Windhoekâ??s Independence Stadium this weekend.
Congo Hindjou will finally make his debut for African Stars against Blue Waters, after missing the start of the season due to a groin injury.

Top Namibian cyclist Dan Cravenâ??s dream of winning a gold medal at next monthâ??s African Cycling Championships will probably not be realised due to a lack of funds.
Craven won a silver medal in the individual time trial at last yearâ??s African Championships in Mauritius when he came second behind Robbie Hunter of South Africa. With Hunter not competing at this yearâ??s event in Cameroon, Craven stands a great chance of winning the gold medal, but the Namibian Cycling Federation does not have funds to send him to Cameroon for the event on November 10 and 11.

NamibiaÅ? national cricket team recovered well to reach 313 for the loss of six wickets in their Intercontinental Cup match against Canada on Thursday, October 25.

Namibia batted first but were soon in trouble when JB Burger was dismissed for 9 with the total on 17.

Cymot SKW v Oshakati City

The drama in the FNB Cup is set to continue when the second leg of the first round matches take place at Windhoekâ??s Independence Stadium this weekend.
Cymot SKW take on Oshakati City in a tricky match that could go either way at 14h00.

By Festus Nakatana

Seasoned sports medic and former Brave Warriors team doctor Donatha Gawanab has been selected to attend a high level IOC Continental Sport Medicine Course in Lagos, Nigeria. The announcement was made at a press briefing on October 23 at the offices of the Namibia National Olympics Committee (NNOC).

By Festus Nakatana

The resurgent Brave Warriors continue to improve on the FIFA rankings and are slowly but surely climbing towards the top 100 ranked nations in the world.
The latest rankings released by FIFA indicates a seven place climb by the Brave Warriors, who are now ranked 101 in the world and an impressive 25th in Africa. In last monthâ??s ranking, Namibia was ranked 28th on the continent and 108 in the world.

Canada beat Namibia A by six wickets in a friendly cricket match at the United field on October 23.
The Canadian team is preparing to take on Namibia in an ICC Intercontinental Cup match from October 25 to 28, and the match against Namibia A served as a warm up for Thursdayâ??s match.

Brave Warriors coach Ben Bamfuchile has expressed satisfaction with NamibiaÅ? draw for the African Cup of Nations finals, saying they were confident of doing well.
Namibia was drawn in Pool A together with the host nation Ghana, Guinea and Morocco. They will play all their group matches in Accra, with their first encounter being against Morocco on January 21.

The Namibia Football Association has announced a squad of 27 players in preparation for the Brave Warriors'next friendly match against Saudi Arabia in Riyadh on November 2.

The squad includes a few foreign-based players, although most were not released by their clubs.

By Festus Nakatana

MTC Namibia today renewed its three-year sponsorship to the Namibia Cricket Board (NCB) for the 2007/08 cricket season at the United Cricket Grounds with a N$ 2 million donation. The sponsorship forms part of the N$ 6 million that MTC committed to cricket three years ago.