Viran Chamuditha recorded the highest individual score in the history of the ICC u19 Men’s Cricket World Cup to power Sri Lanka past Japan in Windhoek. Chamuditha made 192, surpassing the previous record of 191 set by his compatriot Hasitha…

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has been declared the winner of Thursday’s election, extending his four decades in power by another five years. He gained 72% of the vote, the election commission has announced, against 25% for his closest challenger Bobi…

Manchester United gave Michael Carrick the dream start to his interim tenure as manager on Saturday, beating Manchester City 2-0 to deal a huge blow to their local rivals’ Premier League title aspirations. The Red Devils dominated at Old Trafford…

Carlos Alcaraz launches his bid for a career Grand Slam on Sunday “hungry” for an elusive Australian Open title, while Aryna Sabalenka is laser-focused on clinching a third Melbourne crown. The first major of the year gets under way as…

Morocco and Senegal meet in a heavyweight Africa Cup of Nations final showdown on Sunday with the host country hoping a partisan crowd can help them claim a first continental title in half a century. Walid Regragui’s Morocco were favourites…

Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah secured his sixth Dakar Rally car title in Saudi Arabia on Saturday with Luciano Benavides scraping home by two seconds to claim the bike title. Al-Attiyah, at the wheel of a Dacia, only had to avoid a…

South Africa will formally bid to host the 2028 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) football tournament. Sport minister Gayton McKenzie confirmed this in an interview with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) in the Moroccan capital, Rabat. He said South…

Torrential rains have killed more than 100 people across southern Africa, forcing mass evacuations and rescue operations as authorities warn that more destructive weather may still be to come. Weeks of heavy rainfall have battered South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe,…

The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) has questioned the government’s silence on the current situation in Uganda. IPC shadow minister of international relations and trade Rodney Cloete revealed this in a statement on Friday. “Where is Namibia’s voice? Now, for…

The police in Uganda have denied allegations that presidential candidate Bobi Wine was abducted on Friday evening as vote counting continues in the East African nation amid an internet blackout. Wine’s party said a helicopter landed in the grounds of…

Water supply to Karibib, nearby communities and key institutions has been disrupted following a pump failure at the Swakoppoort Dam, NamWater said on Thursday. The interruption affects the Karibib Town Council, Navachab Mine, the Karibib army base, the Spes Bona…

The Namibian National Teachers’ Union (Nantu) Kavango West leadership has commended the region’s outstanding performance in the 2025 Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary and Advanced Subsidiary level examinations. The union’s regional chairperson, Daniel Lyambezi, on Thursday, highlighted the region’s three…