Namibia: Botha Holds On to Mboma

CHRISTINE Mboma is not splitting from her founding coach Henk Botha, the latter maintains.

However, his other protégé Beatrice Masilingi is seeking greener pastures, Botha said in a statement yesterday when dispelling reports that he has lost both star sprinters.

News that the prodigious pair dumped their mentor for South African coach Hennie Kriel sent the country into a frenzy last week.

Botha and the Newton Sport Agency from South African are in a public tug-of-war over the 19-year-olds.

The…