Tom Saintfiet

Brave Warriors coach Tom Saintfiet thanked his team for a great performance against Zimbabwe on Saturday, adding that Namibia must now start to prepare for the 2012 African Cup of Nations competition.

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Namibia beat Zimbabwe 4-2 in a FIFA World Cup qualifier at Windhoek’s Independence Stadium on Saturday afternoon, after leading 3-0 at halftime.

In a stunning display of attacking soccer, Namibia took the lead through a great strike by Wilko Risser on 18 minutes.

Rudolph Bester made it 2-0 after scoring from a counter attack and shortly before halftime a cracking freekick by Paulus Shipanga made it 3-0.

Risser scored his second goal five minutes into the...

Rudolph Bester

The Brave Warriors held their first full training sessions on Monday in preparation for Saturday’s World Cup qualifier against Zimbabwe, with most of their foreign based professionals being present.

Only Meraai Swartbooi of Primeiro de Agosto and Henrico Botes of Platinum Stars were absent after withdrawing from the squad last week. Both requested not to be called up since they had not regained full fitness.

In their absence, national coach...

Collin Benjamin

As anticipation for Saturday’s World Cup qualifying match against Zimbabwe starts to grow, the Brave Warriors have expressed confidence of winning the match.


Although Namibia are bottom of their group and out of the running for both the 2010 World Cup and African Cup of Nations, coach Tom Saintfiet said that they would go all out for a win.

“Every match for the Brave Warriors is important and we will be aiming for three points....

Namibia takes on South Africa’s national women’s side, Banyana Banyana in a friendly soccer match at the Khomasdal Stadium on Saturday.

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