South Africa’s Nikala Scholtz and Christi Potgieter won the boys and girls singles titles respectively at the South and Central African ITF Junior Tennis Championships in Windhoek on Friday.

The top seeded Scholtz beat compatriot Juan de Villiers 6-4, 6-4 with a break of serve in each set. De Villiers matched Scholtz’s groundstrokes, but could not find a way past Scholtz’ powerful serves.

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South African players dominated proceedings on Tuesday in the boys singles category at the ITF Junior Circuit South and Central African Championships in Windhoek.

With six of the seven third round matches completed, South African players had secured six of the seven quarterfinal berths.

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The 2008 commemorative stamps of the 2008 Summer Olympics Games were launched by NamPost at the headquarters of the Namibia National Olympics Committee (NNOC) on Wednesday, 16 July 2008.

The special commemorative stamps were designed by acclaimed artist Helge Denker. Four new stamps and a First Day Cover were officially unveiled at the press conference.

At the official launch, the acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NamPost, Norman Cloete, said the stamps were...

Black Leopards Namibian duo of Hartman Toromba and Ephraim Tjihonge’s hopes of retaining their PSL status were dashed after going down by a solitary goal to Bay United in the National First Division play-off at the Woolfsons Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.

In another battle for promotion to the top-flight, Ali Akan’s FC AK played to a goalless draw against Dynamos at the Eldorado Stadium on Wednesday.

Both teams will meet in the second leg at Peter Mokaba Stadium in...

Namibia lost its third and fourth games at the Junior Inline Hockey World Championships to the USA and Mexico respectively. Namibia will now face the strong Czech team in the quarterfinals.
Gudrun Denker reports.

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Team Namibia entered its fourth FIRS game as a tired and injury-plagued team. Kyle Weeks joined team captain, Arne Rodenwoldt, on the bench with a shoulder injury suffered in the USA game. Thus, Team Namibia could now only field two...