Inter Milan travel to Udinese on Monday still with a chance of winning the Serie A title in the upcoming Milan derby, while Roma host their own colourful local rivalry with Champions League football in the balance. It is not unusual for derby talk to dominate local chatter in Milan in the run-up to the...
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Mans, Heunis triumph at West Coast MTB Challenge – Sport
Gerhard Mans Junior and Jeanne Heunis won the elite men and women’s titles at the West Coast MTB Challenge powered by Hollard at the Swakopmund Clay Shooting Range on Saturday.In an exhilarating twist that tested the mettle of the best, the West Coast MTB Challenge introduced an unexpected extra 6km challenge, transforming the race into...
Nande and Walters Triumph in First Round of 2024 Nedbank for Good Series – Windhoek Observer
Omeya Golf Club was the venue for the first round of the 2024 Nedbank for Good Series this past weekend. And it prived to be good hunting ground for Likius Nande and Cehesta Walters as they emerged as the champions in the inaugural round of the 2024 Nedbank for Good Series, The event, aimed at...
Nande and Walters Triumph in Nedbank for Good Series Opener
Omeya Golf Club played host to the inaugural event of the Nedbank for Good Series this past weekend on 16 March, where Likius Nande and Cehesta Walters emerged victorious in a thrilling showcase of skill and sportsmanship. The primary objective of the tournament was to raise funds for Agra ProVison, an initiative dedicated to empowering...
Atletico triumph on penalties to reach Champions League quarters
Atletico Madrid bounced back from two goals down on aggregate against Inter Milan to reach the Champions League quarter-finals with a thrilling 3-2 penalty shoot-out triumph on Wednesday. Trailing by a single goal after last month’s first leg, Atletico looked dead and buried when Federico Dimarco pushed home Inter’s opener at the Estadio Metropolitano. But...
Liverpool eye ‘special’ League Cup final triumph against Chelsea
Liverpool have their sights on a “special” League Cup triumph in Sunday’s final against Chelsea as Jurgen Klopp reaches the first milestone moment of his long goodbye. Klopp is in his last season as Liverpool manager after the German’s bombshell announcement that he will step down at the end of the current campaign. Although Klopp...
China’s Pan eyes Olympics after world freestyle triumph
China’s Pan Zhanle won the men’s 100 metres freestyle title at the world championships in Doha on Thursday, establishing his status as one of the favourites for Olympic gold in five months’ time. The 19-year-old came home in 47.53sec, 0.19sec ahead of Italian Alessandro Miressi with Hungarian Nandor Nemeth third at 0.25. It was a...
Back from the dead: Ivory Coast on verge of remarkable Afcon triumph
Ivory Coast’s victory over the Democratic Republic of Congo in the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals on Wednesday leaves them just 90 minutes away from completing arguably the most remarkable turnaround in major international tournament history. Sebastien Haller’s goal was enough to give the host nation a 1-0 win over DR Congo at the Ebimpe...
Ferrari’s Hamilton ‘coup’ hailed as triumph in Italy
Lewis Hamilton’s surprise decision to quit Mercedes and join Ferrari at the end of the coming Formula One season was greeted with joy in the Italian media on Friday. Still basking in Jannik Sinner’s triumph at the Australian Open, Hamilton switching to Ferrari was hailed as a “coup of global proportions” by daily Corriere Della...
Man City cruise to first Club World Cup triumph
Manchester City won the Club World Cup for the first time to end 2023 with five trophies after a 4-0 win over Fluminense in Jeddah on Friday. City’s victory extended European clubs’ domination of the competition since 2012 and was never in doubt once Julian Alvarez opened the scoring inside the first minute. Nino’s first-half...