The country’s U-17 girls' team faced a tough challenge against Uganda’s U-17 side last month, losing 18-1 on aggregate in the 2025 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Despite the heavy defeat, defender Shiwaovanhu Haukongo showed bravery and courage for the Namibian team.

Haukongo, a 16-year-old attacker for FNB Women Super League (WSL) side Eleven Arrows, scored Namibia’s only goal across the two legs. This goal came in the second leg, which Uganda won 8-1.

Highly rated 20-year-old Namibian-born rugby player Jurenzo Julius, has decided to play for South Africa instead of his country of birth, having already represented South Africa's U-20 side.

Nicknamed "The Boogie Man," Julius attended Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa, which facilitated his path to playing for the Springboks.

Sources close to the Namibia Football Association (NFA) have revealed that the association has failed to settle payments for all national teams, from the U-15 boys' and girls' teams up to the senior national teams, including the Brave Warriors.

Despite previous reports suggesting an imminent handover of the Rundu Sport Stadium to the Rundu Town Council, the Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service has refuted such a move.
The stadium has long suffered from a poorly maintained playing surface due to insufficient water supply, prompting calls from local football enthusiasts for a transfer of ownership to the town council. This, they argue, would ensure better upkeep.

Cuca Tops Netball Club from Rundu and Extreme Netball Club from Ongwediva have earned their spots in the country’s premier netball league, the MTC Namibian Netball Premier League (NNPL). 
They secured their positions after finishing third and fourth, respectively, at the recent playoffs in Windhoek.

South African women’s football club, Msasa FC Ladies, has accused Namibian club FC Ongos Ladies of unethical behaviour, alleging the non-payment of transfer fees for Mbali Yalo. Yalo was deported from Namibia last year due to overstaying her visa.
Yalo’s signing in August was intended to bolster FC Ongos Ladies’ performance in the CAF Women’s Champions League and the FNB Women Super League. However, her deportation by immigration officials, due to a lack of a work permit, disrupted these plans.

Renovation work on the Kuisebmund stadium, home of premier league giants Blue Waters, will be completed in April, the Walvis Bay Municipality’s acting manager for public relations and customer service, Anita Kaihiva has  The renovations, which will cost the Walvis Bay municipality N$3 million started in November last year and will be undertaken by contractor Element Consulting Engineers.
According to Kaihiva, the renovations are an investment into the community.

PAUHL Shakes Mallembu was linked with the vacant Rundu-based club Cuca Tops FC’st top coaching job , following the resignation of former coach Gundolf Mukoya, who resigned from his post early January.
Mukoya was the mastermind behind the team’s promotion to this season’s Debmarine Premiership after helping Cuca Tops win the North East First Division title and was in charge of the team’s first seven matches before the club’s assistant coach Jean-Claude Kalinda took over the reign.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that prevents transgender women from competing in female categories of sports.
The order provides guidance, regulations and legal interpretations, and it will enlist the Department of Education to investigate high schools thought to be non-compliant.
Republicans say it restores fairness to sports but LGBT advocacy and human rights organisations have described the move as discriminatory.
The order, which goes into effect immediately, largely covers high school, universities and grassroots sports.

For a young, eight-year-old swimmer who grew up surrounded by water since he was one year old, the pool has become both his battleground and the source of his success, driving his dream to one day become a top swimmer.
This is the story of Benedict Chinkoti, one of the star performers at the Bank Windhoek Long Course held on 25th January at the Olympia Swimming Pool in Windhoek.