WINDHOEK Old Boys made a clean sweep, winning both the men and women's titles at the BDO Wanderers Night League hockey finals on Friday night.

AN appeals committee has dismissed athletics coach Letu Hamhola's case against the Namibia Sport Commission, Athletics Namibia and the Namibia National Paralympic Committee.

THE Special Gladiators return home tomorrow with glistening Unified Cup gold around their necks following a whirlwind adventure to the United States of America. 


'DANKO' hitmakers Musketeers recently bagged a new record deal with Africa's leading content aggregation, music distributor and production house, Ziiki Media.

TALENTED 9-year-old Esther Kakololo is one of the youngest singers in the country.

POPULAR Namibian media personality and vocalist Shanna Zandile, who released the amapiano track 'It's okay', featuring Yumbs four months ago, has officially changed her name and forging a new path in her career.

Kevin Njiraini and Marie Francoise Marie-Nelly NAMIBIA HAS ACHIEVED remarkable economic growth since 1990, transitioning to an upper-middle-income country in 2008.

NAMIBIA ranks more favourably than other African states since the country would only have a total of N$4,3 billion in debt to repay in 2022, and only 10% of total outstanding debt maturing by 2024.

THE immigration ministry over the weekend opened six border posts that have been closed since the advent of Covid-19.

LIVERPOOL shrugged off a coronavirus outbreak to keep their Premier League title challenge on track with a 3-1 win over Newcastle that was lit up by Trent Alexander-Arnold's wonder goal.

The Reds lost Virgil van Dijk and Fabinho to positive cases of Covid before kick-off as a surge of infections across Britain threatens to bring the season to a temporary halt. Liverpool were further rocked when Jonjo Shelvey opened the scoring against his old club after just seven minutes. But Newcastle remained mired in the bottom three for a reason as goals from Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah turned the game around before half-time. Alexander-Arnold's thunderbolt four minutes from time rounded off an eighth consecutive win for Jurgen Klopp's men as they close to within one point of leaders Manchester City. Klopp spoke out to encourage people to ignore the "lies and misinformation" around vaccination from coronavirus before kick-off and get their jabs or boosters. Curtis Jones was also absent for the Reds due to a positive test for Covid. But Klopp confirmed on Wednesday that his squad are fully vaccinated and therefore did not lose any other players due to being close contacts of those with the virus. Anfield hosted the final top level game in England in front of a full crowd before the pandemic shut football down for three months in March 2020. History could be repeating itself as five of the 10 Premier League games scheduled for this weekend have already been called off. Liverpool's trip to Tottenham is one of those still going ahead for now, but much will depend on how well the outbreak is contained over the coming days. On the field, Klopp's men had to respond to City's 7-0 hammering of Leeds on Tuesday. And they got off to the worse possible start when Thiago Alcantara's wayward pass fell perfectly for Shelvey to curl home a wonderful strike from outside the box. However, a clash between the league's best attack and worst defence quickly showed. Newcastle felt aggrieved about the source of Liverpool's equaliser as referee Mike Dean did not stop the play after a clash of heads between Isaac Hayden and Fabian Schar. Jota took full advantage as he was completely unmarked at the back post and after Martin Dubravka's stunning save to deny his first effort, the Portuguese slammed home the rebound. That goal saw Liverpool break a club record by scoring in a 32nd consecutive game stretching back to April. Newcastle had a huge chance to retake the lead when Allan Saint-Maximin could not beat Alisson Becker when one-on-one with the Brazilian. Shelvey then undid much of his good work by gifting Liverpool the chance to go in front. His backpass played in Sadio Mane and again Dubravka got no help from his defence after saving from the Senegalese as Salah followed up to score his 22nd goal in 23 appearances this season. Dubravka kept Newcastle in the game during the second period with saves from Mane and Jota. But there was no stopping Alexander-Arnold's stunning drive to ensure the Magpies remain in 19th, three points adrift of safety. Covid-hit Chelsea frustrated in Everton draw Chelsea's Premier League title challenge suffered a major setback as Everton snatched a 1-1 draw just hours after four of the European champions' stars tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday. Thomas Tuchel's side were without Romelu Lukaku, Timo Werner and Callum Hudson-Odoi after the latest Covid-19 outbreak to rock the Premier League. Ben Chilwell, currently injured, also tested positive, while Kai Havertz was unable to play after feeling ill before the match. The Blues were already without Mateo Kovacic as the Croatia midfielder recovers having contracted the virus earlier in December. Shorn of so many key players, Chelsea laboured to break down stubborn Everton until Mason Mount netted midway through the second half at Stamford Bridge. Despite dominating from start to finish, Chelsea were punished for switching off at the back when Jarrad Branthwaite grabbed Everton's equaliser with 16 minutes left. It was the 19-year-old defender's first goal for Everton in just his third Premier League start. Failing to beat a struggling Everton side decimated by injuries and illness was a hammer blow on a difficult day for Chelsea. Having led the table for several weeks, Tuchel's third placed team are now four points behind leaders Manchester City. Chelsea have won only two of their last five league games as they lost ground on City and second placed Liverpool. With five games scheduled for this weekend called off due to Covid cases, and four others postponed at various times in the last week, Tuchel insisted he did not push for Chelsea's game to be cancelled. "I don't lose any concentration or energy with questions like this," he said. "At some point it's getting difficult in terms of overuse of players, but I was not involved in these thoughts." The battling draw was a welcome sight for under-fire Everton boss Rafael Benitez, whose team have won only one of their last 11 league games. A banner reading "Benitez - get out of our club" was unfurled by Everton fans before kick-off. But it was the Chelsea supporters who were booing at full-time after their side's latest frustrating result. Over-worked Pickford Reece James should have put Chelsea ahead in the opening minutes, but the defender blasted over after sprinting onto Jorginho's pass. Jordan Pickford repelled James' free-kick before Mount had a golden opportunity to reward Chelsea's blistering start. Mount collected Antonio Rudiger's pass six yards from goal, yet once again Pickford came to Everton's rescue as he saved with his out-stretched foot. Chelsea finished the half with 81 percent of the possession and it was a similar story after the interval. Mount's deflected effort was clawed to safety by the over-worked Pickford, who breathed a sigh of relief when Ruben Loftus-Cheek glanced the resulting corner over from close range. When Rudiger headed James' free-kick wide, Tuchel had seen enough of Chelsea's profligacy. He sent on Ross Barkley and Saul Niguez for Alonso and Loftus-Cheek and the changes reaped an immediate reward in the 70th minute. In a flash, Barkley found James and he slipped a deft pass to Mount, who timed his run into the area perfectly before planting a composed finish past Pickford at the near post. The 22-year-old's seventh goal this season was his fourth in his last four Premier League appearances. That should have been the spark for Chelsea to finish the job but a lapse in concentration allowed Everton to equalise against the run of play four minutes later. Anthony Gordon's free-kick looped towards the far post and Branthwaite sneaked in behind the dozing Chelsea defence to poke home from close range. Pickford ensured Everton held on as the man of the match made a brilliant stop from Thiago Silva's header. - AFP

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