Italy’s Sport Minister Andrea Abodi said on Wednesday the head of the country’s football federation should step down after the national team failed to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup. The Azzurri fell at the play-offs again, this time…

Lionel Messi scored one goal and set up another as Argentina thrashed Zambia 5-0 on Tuesday in the South Americans’ final game on home soil before launching the defense of their World Cup crown. Messi, restored to the starting line-up by…

Golf superstar Tiger Woods said Tuesday he was “stepping away” to seek treatment and focus on his health after his arrest last week in Florida for driving under the influence. Woods crashed his SUV into a trailer being pulled by…

Bosnian football fans partied in towns and cities around the country until early dawn on Wednesday, after the Balkan nation defeated Italy in a nail-biting match to qualify for just their second World Cup. Scenes of jubilation erupted in Zenica…

Music, fireworks and the occasional round of gunfire erupted across Iraq’s capital Baghdad early Wednesday after the national team qualified for the World Cup for the first time in decades. The “Lions of Mesopotamia” secured the country’s first World Cup…

Iraq became the 48th and final team to qualify for the World Cup on Tuesday, defeating Bolivia 2-1 in an intercontinental playoff in Mexico to seal their first appearance at the finals in 40 years. Iraq, whose preparations for Tuesday’s…

The Blood Transfusion Service of Namibia (NamBTS) has urged members of the public to donate blood, and is emphasising that a single donation can save up to three lives. “We continue to build a national culture of voluntary, non-remunerated donors…

A Windhoek resident has won a newly built house worth N$600 000 at Osona Village near Okahandja through the retailer’s 36th birthday promotion linked to its Metro rewards card programme. The winner, Ndahafa Mateus, was announced on Wednesday during the…

The government has paid N$4.9 million to civil servants who sustained injuries or contracted occupational diseases during the 2025/26 financial year. This was done in terms of the Employee Compensation Act, 1941. The Ministry of Justice and Labour Relations, through…

Long queues formed around service stations across the country yesterday as motorists tried to fill up their cars before major fuel price increases come into force today. Some service stations in Windhoek and Walvis Bay stopped selling fuel during lunch…

Delirious football fans took to the soaked streets of the capital Kinshasa and danced into the night in the rain after the Democratic Republic of Congo reached the World Cup for the first time in 52 years. Defender Axel Tuanzebe,…

The Democratic Republic of Congo defeated Jamaica 1-0 after extra time in an intercontinental playoff on Tuesday to seal their first World Cup appearance in 52 years. Burnley defender Axel Tuanzebe scored the game’s only goal at the Akron Stadium…