NAMIBIA AIMS HIGH AT AFRICA YOUTH GAMES
A team of about 200 athletes competing in 15 different sport codes will represent Namibia at the third African Youth Games that start in the Algerian capital, Algiers next week.
DESERT RUMBLE RETURNS AUGUST 3
The Dome Swakopmund will once again be in the Namibian boxing spotlight when the country’s premier sport and lifestyle facility plays host to the third edition of Desert Rumble on 3 August.
NIGERIA’S OKEKE DEFEATS SENEGAL’S BA
Chinedu Okeke, a Nigerian boxer, has emerged champion in an intercontinental bout against a Senegalese opponent, Abdulkareem Ba (Sniper), in a fight watched by the officials of the Nigeria Boxing Board of Control (NBBofC), led by Remilekun Aboderin, its secretary general.
BROOKLYN AMATEUR SETS SIGHTS ON OLYMPICS
An amateur boxing champion from Brooklyn is aiming to take a jab at the 2020 summer Olympics.
GAMBIA’S MICHAEL BAHSOON APPOINTED CO-PRESIDENT OF WBU AFRICA
Gambia-based Michael Bahsoon has been appointed one of the top bosses of World Boxing Union Africa.