Big wins for Pirates and BA
Submitted by editor on Sun, 03/04/2007 - 11:38.Orlando Pirates and Black Africa scored emphatic victories as they qualified for the quarterfinals of the MTC NFA Cup on Saturday.
In Keetmanshoop, Pirates thrashed Tough Guys 9-0, with Wilfred Coetzee scoring a hattrick.
Northerns crush Namibia
Submitted by editor on Sun, 03/04/2007 - 11:34.Northerns beat Namibia by 290 runs in their SAA Challenge match at the Wanderers ground on Saturday.
After building up a first innings lead of 106 runs, Northerns scored 278 intheir second innings and then declared their second innings and then dismissed Namibia for only 94 runs to score a comfortable victory.
Northerns in charge against Namibia
Submitted by editor on Fri, 03/02/2007 - 19:56.Northerns were in a strong position at the end of day two of their SAA Challenge match against Namibia, with an overall lead of 295 runs and six second innings wickets remaining.
After declaring their first innings at 358/7 Northerns dismissed Namibia for 252. At stumps on Friday, Northerns had reached 189/4 for an overall lead of 295.
McDonald breaks 800m freestyle record
Submitted by editor on Fri, 03/02/2007 - 19:47.The Namibian National Swimming Championships opened on a high note on Thursday when two records were broken in the opening race.
In the menâ??s 800m freestyle, 14-year old Tristan McDonald not only broke his own boys 13-14 record by more than seven seconds, but simultaneously broke the Menâ??s Open record held by Joachim von Alvensleben. McDonaldâ??s new record of 9:18,10 took more than three seconds off Von Alvenslebenâ??s previous record of 9:21,40.
Weekend Sport Preview
Submitted by editor on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 19:51.We have a bumper package of sport throughout Namibia this weekend, ranging from boxing, cricket, swimming and cycling to tennis and of course, soccer.
Cricket
Namibia takes on Northerns in their last Group A match at the Wanderers field this weekend. Their three-day SAA Challenge match started on Thursday, with Northerns declaring their first innings at 358/7, while Namibia reached 82/1 at stumps.
