Category: Games

Luanda – The Angolan senior table tennis teams, in both sexes, have qualified (teams and singles) for the African Championship, to be held from 30 September to 8 October this year, in Algeria.

To achieve this feat, the national representatives composed of seven players (four male and three female) placed second, by teams, in the Region -5 Games, which ended today in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Besides this category, won by the host country, on this last day, the Angolans still competed in singles, where they are also among the first eight (8) classified, ensuring also the qualification to the African Championship in Algeria.

The event in Algeria will select the representatives of the African continent for the World Cup in South Africa, in 2023.

The representation of the country, guided by coach Manuel Pimenta, is composed by table tennis players Hermenegildo Agnelo, Edvane Neto, Domingos Manuel and António Lemos.

In the female sector, are Isabel Albino, Jerusa Borges and Kailane de Sousa. The delegation is headed by the Angolan Table Tennis Federation (FATM) president, Manuel Morais.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

The approach to cooperation took place during the presentation of the copies of the credences from the New Zealand ambassador to Angola, Emma Dunlop-Bennett, to Foreign Minister, Téte António.

Emma Dunlop-Bennett is a career diplomat and has held the post in several countries, including South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Angola and New Zealand have cooperation relations, mainly in the economic domain, with investments planned in the areas of agriculture, food industry, renewable energy, among others.

The two countries have expressed their intention to boost cooperation in the areas of oil, mining and infrastructure development.

Also today, minister Téte António received the new heads of diplomatic missions of the Ireland and Pakistan in Angola, Ralph Victory and Murad Baseer, respectively, who also presented their copies of the credentials.

Ambassador Ralph Victory is a career diplomat and has held posts in Portugal, the Kingdom of Morocco, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau.

Angola and Ireland enjoy good relations of friendship and cooperation.

Murad Baseer, meanwhile, is also a career diplomat and has served in Zimbabwe and Qatar.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

Luanda – The secretary general of the African Golf Confederation, Hugh Mortimer, considered the organization of the African Championship that ended this Wednesday in Angola to be excellent, even with covid-19 pandemic issues, which affected world’s economy.

The official told ANGOP that Angola had accepted the challenge of hosting the event and did it with great skill, adding that, despite being fourth in the ranking, the country has shown that can compete on an equal footing with any opponent.

The Namibian recognizes that Angolan golf is under development, but will seek to use his influence with the sport’s top bodies to receive support to invest in massification.

He recalled that Angola has been an active member of Region V since 2019 and the problems it faces are no different from other countries that also lack great support for the development of the sport.

Source: Seychelles News Agency

Lusaka – The head of the Angolan swimming team, Artur Henriques, considered positive the country´s performance at the IV-Zone African Championship, as nine medals have been won.

Of the medals in that competition, which ended on Sunday, the national team won two gold, three silver and four bronze.

Speaking to ANGOP, at the end of the open water competition (river, lake or sea), the official said that the representation, mostly young people from the home championships, knew how to stand up to more experienced opponents, such as those from Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

He added that, even so, the Angolan swimmers managed to improve their marks, breaking three records, being one absolute and two by categories, reduced to 17 athletes.

He added that the altitude and the weather factor (low temperatures) somehow made it difficult for some swimmers to adapt, influencing the score.

According to Artur Henriques, the team got the 12th position in the general medal table and in the 8th position in the classification by points.

In the additional open water event, held in the artificial lake (Tiffany Canyon), in the Zambian capital, the national team was once again reduced from three to two athletes.

Source: Angola Press News Agency