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Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 metres of the Botswanan right bank of the Zambezi River separates the two countries. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek. Namibia is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU) and the Commonwealth of Nations.
The Namibian is the largest daily newspaper in Namibia. It is published in English and Oshiwambo.
The Deutsche Höhere Privatschule (DHPS) is a bilingual private school in Namibia. Situated in the capital Windhoek, The DHPS also offers boarding school facilities, a kindergarten and pre-school and primary and secondary grades from Grade 1 to grade 12. Various sporting facilities are part of the spacious campus in the centre of town, e.g. swimming pool, hostel, basketball courts, soccer fields, beach volleyball field and roller hockey rink. Scholars have the option of leaving with the NSSC in grade 12, which exempts them for Southern African universities and other Southern African institutions, or doing the Deutsche Internationale Abiturprüfung, also in grade 12.
The principal sports in Namibia are football, rugby union, cricket, golf and fishing. Boxing and athletics are also popular. The home stadium for all national teams is Independence Stadium in Windhoek, while Sam Nujoma Stadium in Katutura is also occasionally used.
Football in Namibia is governed by the Namibia Football Association. The Namibia Premier League is the main domestic league. The Namibia national football team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but has twice been runner up in the COSAFA Cup. They qualified for two Africa Cups of Nations, in 1998 and 2008, being eliminated in the first round both times.
The Sport Klub Windhoek, also known as SK Windhoek, SKW, and Cymot SKW due to sponsorship reasons, is a Namibian sports club based in Windhoek. They played in the highest division of Namibian football (soccer), the Namibia Premier League until 2013.
Orlando Pirates Sport Club are a professional Namibian football club from Katutura, Windhoek. They play in the country's highest division, the Namibia Premier Football League.
Abisai Shiningayamwe is a Namibian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
The Namibia national inline hockey team is the national men's inline hockey team of Namibia.
The Namibia Cricket Board, known commercially as Cricket Namibia, is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in Namibia. Its current headquarters is in Windhoek, Namibia. Cricket Namibia is Namibia's representative at the International Cricket Council and has been an Associate Member of that body since 1992. It is also a Member of the African Cricket Association.
Uakazuwaka Kazombiaze, also known as Wakka Kazombiaze, is a Namibian rugby union player with Birmingham & Solihull R.F.C. of England's National Division Two and the Namibia national rugby union team.
The Hage Geingob Stadium is a rugby stadium in Windhoek, Namibia. It is named after Hage Geingob, the President of Namibia. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000. The stadium is commonly used by the Namibian national rugby union team who compete in the Africa Cup, and by the Welwitschias who compete in the Rugby Challenge.
Ricardo Mannetti is a Namibian former footballer who now works as a coach. He recently coaches the Namibia national team.
The Namibia women's national football team is the senior national women's football team of Namibia and is overseen by the Namibia Football Association.
The Namibian Squash Association, or NSA, as it is known locally, is the governing body of squash in Namibia. The NSA is responsible for overseeing the development of the sport through junior development and ensuring the expansion of an active adult sports base. The NSA is affiliated with all necessary Namibian sports bodies in force to make the sport more popular and to remain part of an active Namibian sports landscape.
Damian Leothon Stevens is a Namibian rugby union player for South African side Sharks XV in the Rugby Challenge. He currently plays for NOLA Gold of Major League Rugby (MLR) in the United States. He is also the head coach of the Harahan River Coyotes Rugby Football Club.
Namibia competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
Benson Shilongo is a Namibian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Israeli club Maccabi Bnei Reineh and the Namibia national team.
Mass media in Namibia includes radio, television, and online and print formats.
Albertina Johannes is a sprinter from Namibia.
References
- ↑ Prasidh Kumar Mishra (10 October 2010). Sports Journalism. Pinnacle Technology. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-61820-463-9 . Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ↑ Namibia Sport
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