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28/11/22

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Irish outclasses Namibian

Lion’s roar silenced Namibian boxer Emmanuel ‘The Lion’ Mungandjela showed a lot of heart and resolve, but faltered against undefeated Irish boxer Pierce O’Leary in a WBC International Super Lightweight fight.

The 2021 Tokyo Olympics was a highlight in his career. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

De Lange calls time on remarkable career

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amibian boxer Emmanuel Mungandjela, fighting out of the MTC Nestor Sunshine Tobias Boxing Academy, was dropped twice by hard-hitter Pierce O’Leary in their 10-round fight at the O2 Arena Saturday night. An opening-round knockdown created the false sense of another early night for the unbeaten Dubliner. Instead, Mungandjela showed a lot of resilience in overcoming that knockdown as well as another late one in round five. The Namibian was on wobbly legs at the start of round six but managed to remain upright for the remainder of the round. O’Leary continued to land right hands at will, none of which could prevent the fight from going to the scorecards. At the end of the fight, the scorecards read 99-89, 96-92, 99-99 in favour of O’Leary.

the world. Mission accomplished. “To everyone there, for the support, I am forever grateful. “A new chapter is waiting for me in the line of professional sport. The coming years will be truly beautiful,” he wrote.

Farewell

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Irish boxer Pierce O’Leary (right) proved to be a tough opponent for Namibian boxer Emmanuel ‘The Lion’ Mungandjela. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

This fight brings Mungandjela’s record to 21 fights, 14 wins, four losses, and one draw, whereas O’Leary continues to enjoy 11 unbeaten fights.

Tough battle

The two boxers were fighting on the fight card of Zach Parker and John Ryder. This was an all-British super middleweight matchup with the di-

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vision’s vacant interim WBO title at stake. Ryder claimed a long-elusive big win at the contender level, as he claimed a fifth-round injury stoppage over Parker. The competitive fight was brought to a sudden halt at 0:01 of round five when it was learned that Parker suffered a broken right hand and could not continue.

Tristan de Lange’s announcement that he is taking a break from professional cycling and mountain biking at the age of 25 has taken the Namibian sporting fraternity by surprise. Without sharing details on his immediate future plans, De Lange declared on his social media just before the weekend: “Peace at heart and dreams fulfilled. It’s time to end this chapter of pro-racing. Eight years of representing Namibia on the world stage and pushing limits. I loved every second of it. “Six times national champion. Two times continental champion. Two times Africa Games gold medalist. Two Commonwealth Games. One Olympic Games. A Desert Dash solo win and have seen every corner of

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Namibia national cycling coach Hans du Toit said in reply: “Even as a little boy on a bike, you were a champion and a shining star. It’s a sad day, yes, but also a happy day when life moves on. I know cycling is in your blood, and you will always love the bike. Good luck on the new ventures.” De Lange finished in 12th position at the Commonwealth Games mountain bike race at Gold Coast in Australia. Last year, De Lange was a late replacement for Dan Craven in the men’s road race at the Tokyo Olympic Games, after Craven’s untimely positive test for Covid-19. Having recently completed a lengthy recovery from a leg injury sustained during his 2021 Nedbank Desert Dash triumph, De Lange was recently beaten in a sprint finish by fierce rival Alex Miller at the Nedbank national marathon championship.

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WEEKEND SPORT RESULTS

Picture of the week

25-27 November 2022

FRIDAY CRICKET, ICC WORLD CUP LEAGUE TWO (CASTLE LITE 50-OVER TRI-SERIES) Wanderers field: USA (266/7) beat Papua New Guinea (231 all out) by 35 runs. Player of the match: Steven Taylor (USA), 66 runs and 1/46.

FOOTBALL, FIFA WORLD CUP (QATAR 2022) Wales

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Qatar

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Netherlands

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England

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Backed by many to lift the trophy at the end of the tournament, Brazil started slowly against a resolute Serbian side at the Lusail Stadium. They finally found a way through in the second half when Richarlison tapped home from close range. The Spurs man wasn’t finished, however, and doubled Brazil’s advantage with this stunning scissor kick to seal the points. PHOTO AFP

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Civics dominate Life Fighters

CRICKET, ICC WORLD CUP LEAGUE TWO (CASTLE LITE 50-OVER TRI-SERIES) Wanderers field: Namibia Richelieu Eagles (212/4) beat USA (211/7) by 6 wickets. Player of the match: Nicol Loftie-Eaton (Namibia), 43 not out and three catches.

POOL IN WINDHOEK Namibian Pool and Billiards Federation’s 2022 Champ of Champs and President’s Cup. Champion club: Coastal Warriors (Swakopmund). Individual champion: Quinten Swarts (Rehoboth Pool Club).

FOOTBALL, DEBMARINE NAMIBIA PREMIER LEAGUE Walvis Bay:

Eleven Arrows

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Walvis Bay:

Blue Waters

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Black Africa

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Khomasdal Stadium:

Citizens

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Khomasdal Stadium:

Civics

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UNAM Stadium:

UNAM

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Orlando Pirates

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UNAM Stadium:

Tura Magic

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Okahandja:

Okahandja United

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African Stars

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Otjiwa­ rongo:

Mighty Gunners

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Young Brazilians

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FOOTBALL, FIFA WORLD CUP (QATAR 2022) Tunisia

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Poland

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France

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RUGBY, INTERNATIONAL RUGBY Cardiff:

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BOXING, INTERNATIONAL BOXING • O2 Arena, London: WBC International super lightweight title, Pierce O’Leary (Ireland, 11-0, 6 KOs) beat Emmanuel Mungandjela (Namibia, 16-4-1, 7 KOs) by unanimous decision, 99-90, 99-89, 96-92. • Carson, California: Vacant WBC junior welterweight title, Regis­ Prograis (USA, 28-0, 24 KOs) beat Jose Zepeda (USA, 35-3, 27 KOs) by knockout, round 11. • OVO Arena, Wembley: Heavyweight fight, Dillian Whyte (UK, 29-3, 19 KOs) beat Jermaine Franklin (USA, 21-1, 14 KOs) by majority decision, 115-115, 116-112, 116-112.

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Citizens rue missed opportunity It was a weekend filled with feisty football matches as Debmarine Namibia Premiership clubs continued to shine, while others are still trying to get into gear after the first few weeks of the inaugural league.

Julinho Sporting FC (in white) were too strong for Citizens on Saturday at the Khomasdal Stadium. PHOTO JESSE JACKSON KAURAISA

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itizens coach Shama Gure expressed his disappointment following his team’s 4-1 defeat at the hands of visitors Julinho Sporting on Saturday at the Khomasdal Stadium. The visitors opened their account through a goal from Tilimalo Kafanga in the first five minutes before adding to their tally five minutes after the first goal, with Almeida Francisib scoring the second. “It is disappointing that we could not do anything today against the away team. “They made it difficult for us, and we could just not play the way we wanted. “We will, however, go back to the drawing board and see what we can do to improve,”

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Talent just doesn’t cut it LIMBA MUPETAMI No team from Africa has ever won the Fifa World Cup before. It’s a shame that most African teams show a great deal of promise but miserably fail at the World Cup. In 1977, former football great Pele predicted that Africa would lift the cup before the turn of the 20th century. Given the continent’s passion for football and the millions of children who grow up playing the game, this was a safe bet. African countries, namely Cameroon (1990), Senegal (2002) and Senegal (2010), reached the quarter-finals, but that’s the farthest any of them have gone. What’s driving this underperformance, though? Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski looked at this question in their book Soccernomics. They stated that “to win at sports, you need to find, develop and nurture talent. “Doing that requires money, know-how, and some kind of administrative infra-

Gure said.Citizens tried regrouping, and it paid off in the 12th minute as the home side pulled one back to reduce the margin to one goal. Reinhold Shavuka, however, put the game beyond Citizen’s reach with a fine goal, putting daylight between them and the team from Windhoek. A 74th-minute goal from Shavuka, which marked a brace for the player, sealed the victory for Julinho. The coach and owner of Julinho, Nelson Luis, said they studied the opponents and applied the tactics that enabled them to claim the three points. “We are taking it game by game, and

today we concentrated on this game and we played well. It is a victory again for the Kavango Region, and I would like to thank all the teams from the Kavango Region that have provided us with players. “I think we are on the right path and can only get better as a football club,” Luis said.

structure. Few African countries have any,” they concluded. I agree with them to an extent. But look - Africa has talent. Look at the number of players ply their trade in Europe. The English Premier League, for starters, is full of African talent. Now, we have the African Cup of Nations. The best teams on the continent qualify to represent Africa on the grand stage. But once they get there – their performance is not on par with European players. Why? There could be so many reasons why African countries have struggled to lift the cup. I believe the football associations in Africa have too much infighting. Either it’s about money or about who should be appointed as coach. Over the years, there has been so much maladministration of funds and basically little to no incentives for players to perform. Also, when players return for national duty – the managers in charge are nowhere close to the calibre these professionals are used to. Imagine, having a guy like Ronaldo returning for national duty and being coached by a manager with no international accolades. Thirdly, Africa doesn’t plan. Qatar is out of the World Cup, but for close to 12 years, they planned for the World Cup. Yes, a flurry of corruption allegations and claims that Qatar “bought the World Cup” have surfaced, and their terrible

treatment of migrant workers has also been in the spotlight, but one thing they got right was to plan in advance. They build football academies back to the days of Aspire Academy. Aspire Academy is Qatari football’s production line, which was established in 2004. No fewer than 18 of the 26 players representing the host nation at the Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 honed their skills at the high-performance centre, which is responsible for shaping the country’s football future. Even though they have been kicked out of the World Cup. Qatar has come a long way in the countdown to the World Cup, all the way from 113th - the position they occupied back in November 2010 – to 50th. Qatar has promised that it will continue to build on what it started in 2004. That is what Africa needs to do. There should be a serious, holistic approach to winning the World Cup. I think so much can be said about why Africa isn’t succeeding, but one thing is for sure: their performance has improved over the years. You can see it with the likes of Ghana, Morocco, Egypt and Senegal and the way they have been carrying themselves and playing the game. Speaking about Senegal, they have a date with Ecuador tomorrow. The hope is that they can exit Group A and hopefully have an impact in the last 16.

In other action on Saturday: Eleven Arrows 1-1 Young African Okahandja United 0-2 African Stars Mighty Gunners 2-0 Young Brazilian Unam 0-0 Orlando Pirates Blue Waters 1-0 Black Africa Civics 2-0 Life Fighters



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Blue Waters beat Black Africa SHALDON JOHANNES Blue Waters secured three points against a newly formed Black Africa team on Saturday. Both teams failed to find their groove in the first half, and the wind played a major role in the flow of the game. The coastal team had the first chance in the game, with Enrico Hoebeb blasting wide in the 15th minute of the game. Black Africa also had a chance to test Calvin Spigiel in goal, but balls fired by George /Goagoseb went wide of the target. Close Blue Waters received a free-kick that almost broke the deadlock in

the 35th minute of the game, but Gregory Aukumeb could only find the crossbar. Blue Waters got closer and closer with a mid-air volley from Hidulika Chepavali saved by Donavan Gainub in goal. Both teams showed an attacking formation. Just before the half-time whistle, referee, Naftal Gideon ruled out a possible handball in the Black Africa goalkeeper’s box, which could’ve been a chance for Blue Waters to capitalise. Aukumeb continued to cause problems for the defenders by dribbling through players, but he could not find the back of the net. Johannes Nambuli managed to scramble a corner fired in by Tuhafeni David and take the lead for the Blue Waters team in the 70th minute of the game. Nambuli again tested the Black African defence line and managed to get a shot, which hit the crossbar.

Coastal Warriors rule on the pool table

Players enjoy pro-beach games

Total Swakopmund pocket volleyball tourney The sports promotion and management company, Modish Sports, hosted its second edition of the probeach games at Long Beach on Saturday. NIKANOR NANGOLO

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otal Swakopmund walked away with N$3 000 for winning the volleyball competition. The winning team captain, Faan Horn, said that it was an amazing day. “We had some tough competition and beautiful weather, even though the wind picked up later on. I would not say that we are pro-volleyball players, but we try to stay fit by playing socially twice a week. “I think that volleyball needs to be developed, and more people need to join in the fun. Volleyball is a game for the whole family,” he said, adding that he is grateful to the organisers for organising the event.

Low turnout The individual champion Quinten Swarts, with NPBF president Cyril van Rooi and board member Grace James. PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED

Coastal Warriors received the NPBF’s Champ of Champs trophy for 2022. The Swakopmund team also produced the player of the tournament in Wilhelm Katana (at right).

The newly elected board of the Namibia Pool and Billiards Federation. From left are Amen Nghidengwa (additional member), Beulah van Rooi (secretarygeneral), Cyril van Rooi (president), Grace Believe-me James (public relations officer) and Sérge du Plessis (league administrator). The absent vice-president is Anna-Stasia Hallelujah T. Nghidengwa.

Coastal Warriors Pool Club from Swakopmund took the Champ of Champs title on Saturday – the most cherished team title of the Namibia Pool and Billiards Federation’s (NPBF) annual showpiece event. The winning club took home a trophy, gold medals and a cash prize after their performance over two days at the Offside Sports Bar in the capital. Coastal Warriors took the spoils ahead of Young Ones Pool Club’s B and A sides, who finished second and third respectively to be rewarded with silver and bronze medals as well as cash prizes. The individual Champ of Champs competition was contested with the annual President’s Cup division.

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Mutual goals

Rehoboth Pool Club’s Quinten Swarts secured the individual winner’s trophy, gold medal and cash prize, beating Fillopus Wakambalala (Coastal Warriors) in the final. The bronze final was won by Alfredo de Klerk of Young Ones. The player of the tournament prize went to Wilhelm Katana (Coastal Warriors), who was rewarded with a trophy and cash prize. The NPBF’s league player of the year was Jannie Moller (Celtic Pool Club) from Swakopmund, which also landed him a trophy and a cash prize. “The Board hereby thanks you all for making the COC a huge success, and I believe that we all will join hands and work hard towards our mutual goal,” the NPBF president Cyril van Rooi said.

Founder of Modish Sports, Willibard Angula, said that the day did not turn out as planned. “We saw a greater number of participants with seven teams in the

Total Swakopmund walked away as the winners of the Volleyball at the Modish Sports Games. PHOTO NIKANOR NANGOLO

volleyball competition. The games were of a very competitive and high quality. On the other hand, the football, tennis and rugby competitions had to be cancelled due to the low number of entries we received, and the teams that pitched played for fun. Word is that there was another tournament in the surrounding area, and perhaps the teams signed up for that tournament before ours. Nonetheless, we were here, our games kicked off, and it was successful.” Angula said that Modish Sports is looking forward to do better next year.

“We will perhaps rope in more corporate companies that can participate, as well as try to get more sponsors. We will definitely sit down and look at what can be improved.” Angula encouraged the youth to participate in sports. “This is not just about Modish Sports. It is much more about the community of Walvis Bay, Swakopmund and perhaps Henties Bay as well, for the youngsters in particular. Such initiatives are for them, to help get them off the streets and get them to participate and take part in sports.”

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Star player injured, others step in

Casemiro backs Rodrygo to replace Neymar Versatile Brazil forward Rodrygo Silva de Goes has hugely impressed international teammate Carlos Casemiro, who said on Saturday he could replace the injured Neymar as a World Cup starter. SUPERSPORT

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eymar Junior is due to miss Brazil’s next two group games against Switzerland and Cameroon after he was injured in Thursday’s 2-0 win over Serbia. But Man-

chester United’s Casemiro says the Selecao have a new talent in Rodrygo, 21, who is ready to sparkle. “Rodrygo lit up my eyes. He’s a star,” said Casemiro from Brazil’s training base in Doha. God gave him the gift of playing football. It’s beautiful watching him play.” Rodrygo normally operates on the flanks or as a centre forward, but his coaches at both club and international level have said he can play anywhere across the forward positions, including in Neymar’s No 10 role.

Strong players

Another who has impressed Casemiro is West Ham’s attacking midfielder Lucas Paqueta. Paqueta is the player who has developed the most,” said Casemiro. He’s very dynamic, very modern. He can play in midfield as a false nine. It’s a privilege to play with him.” Inevitably, though, the conversation always comes around to Neymar, who damaged ankle ligaments against Serbia. “If we keep talking about Neymar, we’ll be speaking for days and days about the player he is,” Casemiro told reporters. “He’s the star of the team, the one who makes a difference. “But we have other top players. Sometimes I feel sorry for opponents given the huge number of options we have.”