Arsenal blast their way into the last 16

Arsenal blast their way into the last 16

Arsenal powered into the Champions League last 16 as Group B winners after a four-goal blitz in the space of 14 minutes inspired their 6-0 rout of hapless Lens on Wednesday. Mikel Arteta's side needed one point to be certain of reaching the knockout stages, but they didn't settle for that target as they demolished their overmatched French opponents on a freezing night at the Emirates Stadium. Kai Havertz, Gabriel […]

November 30, 2023 9

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Real Madrid through in top spot after Napoli thrashing

Real Madrid romped to a 4-2 win over Napoli on Wednesday to qualify in first place from their Champions League group. Napoli's defeat stopped them following in second place, with the Italians facing Braga in the final group match to decide who progresses. Record 14-time champions Madrid were already through but secured top spot with an entertaining win over the visiting Italian champions. Giovanni Simeone put Napoli ahead early on, […]

November 30, 2023 5

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Bayern Munich through to last 16 despite draw

Bayern Munich were held to a 0-0 draw away on Wednesday, the home side having what could have been a match-winning penalty overturned by VAR in injury time. Bayern, who scored two late goals to come from behind and win 2-1 in Denmark in October, looked to turn the game late again when the referee pointed to the spot in added time for a handball against Frans Kraetzig. After […]

November 30, 2023 5

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Mark Cuban sells Dallas Mavs

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has entered an agreement to sell his majority stake in the NBA club to the families who run the Las Vegas Sands casino resort company. NBC Dallas-Fort Worth reported on Wednesday that Cuban said he would receive $3.5 billion in the deal, which must be approved by NBA team owners to be completed. A statement on Wednesday from the prospective new owners, the families of […]

November 30, 2023 6

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Troubled 2026 Winter Olympics faces another crisis

Organisers of the 2026 Winter Olympics are unsure if doping tests can be carried out in Italy as the country's only WADA-accredited testing site is not ready for the Milan-Cortina event with just over two years until it starts. Rome's FMSI laboratory is nestled between rugby and hockey fields and fencing halls at an Italian Olympic Committee training centre to the north of the centre of the Eternal City, […]

November 29, 2023 8

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Miller, Looser dominate MTB Marathon Championships

Namibia’s international cyclists Alex Miller and Vera Looser emerged as the winners of the 2023 Nedbank Namibia National Marathon Championships (XCM) on Saturday, after impressive performances at the IJG Trails at Farm Windhoek. For the first time in the Nedbank XCM championships, national titles were awarded in the e-bike category for elite men and women. In the elite women’s XCM championships Looser, who had not raced at home since sustaining […]

November 29, 2023 17

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Desert Jewels off to a winning start

Namibia’s senior netball team, the Debmarine Desert Jewels, opened their campaign at this year's African Netball Cup with an impressive win against Zimbabwe at the University of Botswana in Gaborone on Tuesday. The 13th edition of the prestigious continental tournament is being held in Botswana from 26 November to 06 December 2023. In their opening match of the championship, Namibia took the lead against one of their toughest opponents, Zimbabwe, […]

November 29, 2023 11

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Omatako Super Cup set for this weekend

The fifth annual Omatako Super Cup football tournament will take place on Farm Enguruvau in the Otjozondjupa Region on Saturday and Sunday under the theme ‘Empowering youth through sports.’ Speaking to Nampa on Tuesday, one of the tournament's organisers, Charles Hukununa, said the tournament is important for grassroots football because it enables new participants to improve their football abilities while having fun. “It helps to develop local talent and improve […]

November 29, 2023 7

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Women’s Sport revenues projected to top 1 Billion Dollars in 2024

Global revenues from women's sport will top $1 billion for the first time in 2024 thanks to an explosion in popularity, according to financial experts Deloitte. Fresh from a highly successful 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, football's revenue is expected to reach $555 million out of a total predicted figure of $1.28 billion in 2024. But more than 50 percent of total revenue for women's sport is […]

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