The Brave Warriors finally arrived in Gambia just after midnight on Friday morning. They received a courteous welcome with officials from the Gambian Football Association meeting them at Banjul International Airport and then whisking them through customs where they boarded a bus to Palm Beach Hotel. The bus, accompanied by security guards on motorbikes and vehicles with wailing sirens, sped through Banjul and although it was already past midnight, hordes of people were still on the streets, waving enthusiastically at the passing cavalcade.
Football
Brave Warriors with backs to the wall
Submitted by editor on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 14:20.
The Brave Warriors’ local-based players held their second training session in Accra on Thursday morning on a bumpy school pitch, which left coach Tom Saintfiet unhappy with the preparations.
“We have had two training sessions on a bumpy pitch in Accra with our home based players. I will only have one full training session with my whole squad in Gambia and this is clearly not good enough’” he said, adding that the odds were now stacked against them.
First training session nearly scuppered
Submitted by editor on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 02:11.
The Tafel Lager Brave Warriors finally had their first training session on Wednesday afternoon, but the circumstances left a lot to be desired as a training pitch had not been booked and one had to be found at the last minute.
An hour before the first training session set for 15h30, team manager Tim Isaacs informed national coach Tom Saintfiet that a training pitch had not been booked after previous negotiations from Windhoek had remained inconclusive.
Problems mount for Brave Warriors
Submitted by editor on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 05:43.
The Tafel Lager Brave Warriors’ preparations for their match against Gambia hit another snag when it was revealed that they will now only arrive in Gambia early on Friday morning, just over a day before their crucial AFCON qualifying match on Saturday afternoon.
The Brave Warriors left Windhoek on Tuesday afternoon en route to Accra, Ghana, via Johannesburg.
Bester out of Gambia clash
Submitted by newsdesk on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 09:10.
The Brave Warriors’ plans for their first AFCON qualifier against Gambia suffered a major blow after attacking midfielder, Rudolf Bester, got a hamstring injury during his clubs 3-2 loss to Amazulu on Sunday.
Bester was substituted in the 66th minute after scoring the first goal for his team, Maritzburg United.
Tom Saintfiet, the coach of the Brave Warriors, was very disappointed with the news.
“It is very bad news for the team. He has been a very important goal scorer for the team over the past two years,” Saintfiet said.
Three players withdraw from squad
Submitted by editor on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 05:52.
Brave Warriors defender George Hummel and midfielders Paulus Shipanga and Razundara Tjikuzu have withdrawn from the Tafel Lager Brave Warriors team that will play Gambia in their first AFCON 2012 qualifying match in Banjul, Gambia on Saturday.
Experienced midfielder Tjikuzu, who recently signed for Turkish club Kasimpasa Spor Kulubu, requested to be omitted from the squad for the Gambia match.
Karas Football Elections called off
Submitted by editor on Sun, 08/29/2010 - 19:26.
The Namibia Football Association on Sunday issued a statement expressing its disappointment with some members of the football family in the Karas Region who disrupted the Annual General Meeting that was held at Birds Mansion Hotel in Keetmanshoop on Saturday.
The meeting was also an elective meeting whereby the 21 members of the region had to vote in a new chairperson (President) of the executive committee, as the incumbent Harry Jahrs was acting since the resignation of Isaacs Fredericks in November.
NFA unveils new player registration system
Submitted by newsdesk on Fri, 08/27/2010 - 10:37.
The Namibia Football Association (NFA) unveiled the new Players Registration and Competitions System that they will be using in order to keep track of Namibian football players.
Tunisian based NARSIL Technologies, through the “Win in Africa with Africa” initiative from FIFA that seeks to provide African football associations with the tools to progress and the skills with which it can continue its own development, installed the system.
The NFA Secretary General, Barry Rukoro, said that the new system would enable the association to have information on its players.
NawaLife Trust triumphs at Africomnet
Submitted by editor on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 07:27.
NawaLife Trust (NLT) put Namibia on the map at the prestigious annual AfriComNet Awards ceremony held in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 12.
The organisation walked off with first prize for its innovative and pulsating street soccer initiative, NawaSport in the category: ‘Best interpersonal/community-based communication strategy, campaign or tool’.
Brave Warriors to play India in September
Submitted by newsdesk on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 08:26.
The Namibian Brave Warriors have been approached to play a friendly against India on September 18.
According to www.kickoffindia.com, “The Indian team is currently training in Portugal in preparation for the Asian Cup in Doha, Qatar in January next year. After a friendly with Thailand in Bangkok on Sept. 4, it is to play against North Korea on Sept. 14, Namibia on Sept. 18, and Turkmenistan on Sept. 22 and 25.”
The Namibia Football Association (NFA) Secretary General, Barry Rukoro, confirmed receiving an invite to play the Asian country.
