Sport in Namibia

[1] Until independence, players for Namibia were also eligible to represent South Africa with Namibian born Springboks including Jan Ellis and, more recently, Percy Montgomery.

After independence, the newly formed Namibian Cricket Board set about developing the game throughout the country, and also arranged visits from various English county teams and The Netherlands.

However they had a credible match against England where they were ahead of the English under the Duckworth-Lewis method for twelve overs and Jan Berrie Burger almost mastered an upset with 85 off 86 balls.

Rudi van Vuuren took 5 wickets, and later went on to feature in the Rugby World Cup for Namibia that same year.

In the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, Namibia registered their most famous victory by beating Sri Lanka by 55 runs at Geelong.

[7] There have been several successful Namibian boxers, including Japhet Uutoni (winner of gold medal at 2006 Commonwealth Games and 2006 African Boxing championships), Paulus Ambunda (represented his country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens), Paulus Moses, Harry Simon and Joseph Jermia (represented his country at the 2004 Summer Olympics as well as winning a bronze medal in the 48 kg weight class in the 2003 All-Africa Games.

In March 2008, Namibia hosted the final round of qualifying for the continental tournament of boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

In January 2009, Paulus Moses defeated Yusuke Kobori of Japan to win the WBA lightweight title.

There are 25 Golf courses in Namibia [de]: The Namibian Equestrian Federation (NAMEF) was founded in 1958 by Mr. E Homan, E. Holtz and I. Voigts.

Regular endurance competitions and rides throughout the country are being held under the governance of NAMEF The Icestocksport Association of Namibia was founded in 2004.

In 2013, Namibia played host to the African States Tournament, a competition featuring seven countries from all over Africa.