Weekend Sport Fixtures 

Youth football takes centre stage this weekend when the MTC Hopsol Youth finals are held at the Jan Mohr fields today. 

In the u19 Cup final the defending champions Collin Benjamin Soccer Talents (CBST) will take on Riverheights, while CBST are also in the u17 final where they will come up against Kasaona FA. 

In the u19 Shield final Kasaona FA will face Swallows while Jan Mohr will face Baller Boys in the u17 Shield final. All these matches will be held at the Jan Mohr fields starting at 15h30 this afternoon.

The outdoor swimming season gets underway this weekend when the first Bank Windhoek Long Course Gala takes place. 

The gala will be held at three venues simultaneously, namely the Olympia pool in Windhoek, the Sand Sharks Swimming Pool in Oranjemund, and the Water Cube in Swakopmund.

The Nestor Sunshine Tobias Boxing Academy will present an amateur boxing tournament at the After Care Centre in Katutura on Saturday, while the NDTC Futsal Premier League will continue at the Windhoek Showgrounds Arena on Sunday. 

The RMB Offroad Triathlon will also be held at the Oanob Dam outside Rehoboth on Sunday.

In international sport the big football fixture of the weekend is the English Premiership showdown between arch-enemies Liverpool and Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday afternoon. 

Another big clash takes place in the German Bundesliga between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, while the Fifa u20 World Cup final between Argentina and Morocco takes place at 01h00 Namibian time on Monday morning in Santiago, Chile.

The full weekend fixtures are as follows:

Namibia Fixtures

Friday, 17 October 

Bank Windhoek Nasfed Gala 

15h00: Olympia Swimming Pool 

MTC Hopsol Youth League @ Jan Mohr field 

15h30: U17 Shield Final: Jan Mohr v Baller Boys

15h30: U17 Cup Final: CBS v Kasaona 

16h40: U19 Shield Final: Kasaona FA v Swallows

16h40: U19 Cup Final: CBS v Riverheights

Saturday, 18 October 

Bank Windhoek Nasfed Gala 

08h00: Olympia Swimming Pool 

MTC Nestor Sunshine Boxing Academy tournament 

14h00: After Care Centre

Sunday, 19 October 

RMB Offroad Triathlon 

07h00: Oanob Dam

NDTC Futsal Premier League @ Windhoek Showgrounds Arena 

14h00: The Mavericks v Boston Madrid

15h00: WIAS v Windhoek Futsal 

16h00: Quality v Ineos 

17h00: X Men v Chile 

18h00: Patriots v Flying V

19h00: Ragazzi v JAC 

20h00: Demia v Ballers 

International Fixtures

Friday, 17 October 

Women’s Cricket World Cup 

11h30: Sri Lanka v South Africa, Colombo

German Bundesliga

20h30: Union Berlin v Borussia Mönchengladbach, Berlin 

Spanish La Liga

21h00: Real Oviedo v Espanyol, Oviedo 

United Rugby Championship

20h45: Connacht v Bulls, Galway

20h45: Dragons v Cardiff, Newport 

20h45: Edinburgh v Benetton, Edinburgh 

Saturday, 18 October 

Women’s Cricket World Cup 

11h30: New Zealand v Pakistan, Colombo

United Rugby Championship

13h45: Lions v Scarlets, Johannesburg 

16h00: Sharks v Ulster, Durban 

18h15: Leinster v Munster, Dublin 

20h45: Ospreys v Glasgow Warriors, Bridgend 

20h45: Zebre Parma v Stormers, Parma 

English Premiership

13h30: Nottingham Forest v Chelsea, Nottingham  

16h00: Brighton v Newcastle, Brighton 

16h00: Burnley v Leeds, Burnley 

16h00: Crytal Palace v Bournemouth, London 

16h00: Manchester City v Everton, Manchester 

16h00: Sunderland v Wolves, Sunderland 

18h30: Fulham v Arsenal, London 

Spanish La Liga 

14h00: Sevilla v Real Mallorca, Sevilla 

16h15: Barcelona v Girona, Barcelona 

18h30: Villarreal v Real Betis, Villarreal 

21h00: Atletico Madrid v Osasuna, Madrid 

Italian Serie A

15h00: Lecce v Sassuolo, Rome 

15h00: Pisa v Verona, Pisa 

18h00: Torino v Napoli, Torino 

20h45: Roma v Inter Milan, Rome 

German Bundesliga

15h30: FC Heidenheim v Werder Bremen, Heidenheim 

15h30: FC Cologne v Augsburg, Köln

15h00: Mainz v Bayer Leverkusen, Mainz 

15h30: RB Leipzig v Hamburger SV, Leipzig 

15h30: Wolfsburg v Stuttgart, Wolfsburg 

18h30: Bayern Munich v Borussia Dortmund, Munich 

Sunday, 19 October 

ODI Cricket

05h30: Australia v India, Perth 

Women’s Cricket World Cup 

11h30: India v England, Indore 

Italian Serie A

12h30: Como v Juventus, Como 

15h00: Cagliari v Bologna, Cagliari 

15h00: Genoa v Parma, Genova

18h00: Atalanta v Lazio, Bergamo 

20h45: AC Milan v Fiorentina, Milan 

Spanish La Liga 

14h00: Elche v Athletic Bilbao, Elche 

16h15: Celta Vigo v Real Sociedad, Vigo 

18h30: Levante v Rayo Vallecano, Valencia 

21h00: Getafe v Real Madrid, Getafe 

English Premiership

15h00: Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa, London 

17h30: Liverpool v Manchester United, Liverpool 

German Bundesliga 

15h30: SC Freiburg v Eintracht Frankfurt, Freiburg 

17h30: St Pauli v Hoffenheim, Hamburg 

United States Grand Prix

21h00: Austin, Texas 

Monday, 20 October 

Fifa u20 final

01h00: Argentina v Morocco, Santiago 

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