insert_link Sport Youngsters dominate National Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships Slow and hours-long chess games took a back seat this past weekend when the Namibia Chess Federation (NCF) held the fast-paced and action-field Bank Windhoek 2024 National Rapid (15 minutes chess) and Bank Windhoek 2024 National Blitz (5 minutes chess) Championships at the Jan Mohr Secondary School in Windhoek. A total of 50 men and boys competed in the Open section of the Rapid and Blitz events, […] todayJune 19, 2024 12
insert_link Sport Regan Smith books Paris berth with 100m backstroke world record Regan Smith clocked a world record 57.13sec to win the 100m backstroke at the US Olympic swimming trials on Tuesday, throwing down a challenge to Aussie Kaylee McKeown six weeks before the Paris Games. Smith eclipsed the world record of 57.33 set by McKeown in Budapest in October 2023. "It was part of the plan," Smith said of regaining the record she held back in 2019. She'd signalled […] todayJune 19, 2024 15
insert_link Sport Kane Williamson steps down as New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has stepped down as captain of New Zealand's white-ball teams, the Black Caps said Wednesday, days after they crashed out in the group stage of the T20 World Cup. Williamson has turned down a central contract for the 2024/25 season, relinquishing the captaincy of the Twenty20 and one-day teams. He will still however play international cricket. It leaves the 33-year-old star batsman able to accept offers […] todayJune 19, 2024 8
insert_link Sport Ronaldo’s Portugal scrape Euro 2024 opening win, Turkey beat Georgia Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal beat the Czech Republic 2-1 to claim a Euro 2024 debut victory on Tuesday but they needed to come from behind with a 92nd-minute winner from youngster Francisco Conceicao. Earlier in the section's other clash, Turkey bested Georgia 3-1 in a pulsating match in Dortmund. Roberto Martinez's Portugal qualified at a canter with a 100 percent record, but only just scraped victory in Leipzig in […] todayJune 19, 2024 21
insert_link Sport Eleven swimmers in doping scandal named in China Olympic team China will send 11 swimmers implicated in a doping scandal to next month's Paris Olympics, after the country named its squad for the Games. Twenty-three Chinese swimmers tested positive for the heart drug trimetazidine (TMZ) -- which can enhance performance -- ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Games, it emerged in April. Eleven of those were named in the squad on Tuesday. em-reb/pst/kma AFP (NAMPA / AFP) todayJune 19, 2024 9
insert_link Local Gondwana Collection Namibia Celebrates Tour Operator Success at “Simply the Best” Evening Gondwana Collection Namibia recognised the outstanding contributions of its tour operator and consultant partners at the "Simply the Best" Operator Evening last night. The event acknowledged these partners' vital role in promoting Gondwana Collection Namibia's offerings and experiences to travellers. Top Performers Take Centre Stage The ceremony highlighted the achievements of top performers across Gondwana Collection, Namibia2Go, and Go2 booking platforms. Accommodation: Sense of Africa, […] todayJune 18, 2024 13
insert_link Local Unclaimed benefits for 176 GIPF members: an urgent call to action The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) provides various benefits to its members, such as Normal Retirement, Early Retirement, Resignation (also applicable to dismissals), Retrenchment, Disability benefit, Ill-Health Retirement, Death, and Funeral benefits. These benefits are due when a member is no longer employed and exits the Fund. Currently the GIPF holds millions in what is referred to as unclaimed benefits. Every staff member of a participating […] todayJune 18, 2024 12
insert_link World France to try suspects over false Brigitte Macron transgender claim Two women are to be tried this week over false claims that France's first lady Brigitte Macron was transgender, which sparked online rumour-mongering by conspiracy theorists and the far-right. In 2022, Brigitte Macron filed a complaint for libel against two women who posted a YouTube video in December 2021 alleging she had once been a man named "Jean-Michel". The claim went viral just weeks before the 2022 […] todayJune 18, 2024 41
insert_link Local The Capricorn Eagles expand to include the Under-19 women’s team Capricorn Group and its subsidiaries Capricorn Asset Management and Capricorn Private Wealth proudly announced the expansion of its sponsorship agreement with Cricket Namibia to include the Under-19 Women’s Cricket Team, further strengthening its commitment to developing women’s cricket in Namibia. This announcement was made at the opening ceremony of the Under 19 Capricorn Eagles series against Zimbabwe in Windhoek on 17 June. This sponsorship is in addition […] todayJune 18, 2024 9
