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Luanda – 1.º de Agosto and Petro de Luanda play Thursday at 6.30 pm at the Paulo Bunze pavilion ahead of the sixth round of the Luanda Provincial Women’s Handball Championship.

 

The match takes place a month after the clash in which 1ª de Agosto won 24-21, with a favorable 19-9 at halftime for the Francisco de Almeida Super Cup.

 

Prior, for the same round (4.30 pm), 1.º de Agosto B will meet Sporting de Luanda at the Paulo Bunze pavilion.

 

At Catetão (other pavilion), Grupo Desportivo do Maculusso lock horns with  Hadja.

 

Petro de Luanda are the leaders with 10 points, the same as 1.º de Agosto, who come second.

 

1.º de Agosto B, with eight points, occupy the third place, followed by Maculusso with 6 pts, Progresso Sambizanga (4) and Sporting de Luanda (2).

 

The seventh and last placed Hadja without any point.

 

Source: Angola Press News Agency

Luanda – Interclube beat Jesus Cristo Basketball by 115-76, in Luanda, on Tuesday, in the 12th round of the senior men’s National Basketball Championship, played at 28 de Fevereiro pavilion.

With the victory, Interclube, who were already winning at half time by 47-41, reinforced the third position with 32 points.

This match had been postponed at the request of Interclube, due to the participation of the women’s team in the African Championship, as the coach was the same, the Spanish Julián Martínez.

Wilson Kassav, of Jesus Cristo Basketball team, was the top scorer with 20 points and 13 rebounds, while Valdelício Joaquim of Interclube came second place with 17 points, six rebounds and one assist.

Check below other results of this round:

Akira Academy – Clube Amigos do Basquetebol de Benguela, 70-67

1º de Agosto – Casa do Pessoal do Porto do Lobito, 109 – 81

Interclube B – 1.º de Agosto B, 69-71

ASA – Petro B, 81-79

Interclube – Jesus Cristo Basketball, 115-76

Ranking

1. 1.º de Agosto – 35 points

2. Petro de Luanda – 33

3. Interclube – 32

4. Casa do Pessoal do Porto do Lobito – 30

5. Petro B – 29

6. Interclube – 29

7. 1º de Agosto – 28

8. Vila Clotilde – 28

9. ASA – 28

10. Akira Academy – 28

11. Jesus Cristo Basketball – 24

12. Clube de Formação Desportiva Kwanza – 21

13. Clube Amigos do Basquetebol de Benguela -21

Source: Angola Press News Agency

Luanda – Angola have set the quarter-finals as the goal to achieve in the 7th edition of the African Football Championship (CHAN), a competition reserved for players of domestic competitions, to be held from January 13 to February 4, in Algeria.

If compared to Angola’s history in the competition, the goal set this time by the national team is very modest, taking into account that they were runner-up in 2011 after 3-0 defeat to Tunisia in the final.

In their second appearance, in Rwanda in 2016, Angola was eliminated in the group stage after conceding defeats to Democratic Republic of Congo 2-4, and Cameroon (0-1), with just a win against Ethiopia 2-1.

In the competition, held in 2018, in the Kingdom of Morocco, Angola was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Nigeria, with a 1-2 defeat.

In their fourth appearance in the tournament, the national team will only play on the 16th, against Mali, in a group D match, in the city of Oran, and then against Mauritania.

The CHAN`2023 will have the participation of eighteen national teams. Besides Angola, Algeria (host country), Morocco, Libya, Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Congo Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Madagascar and Mozambique.

Among the competing countries, Morocco and the DRC, with two titles each, are the leaders of the competition that started in 2009.

Morocco won in 2018 and 2020, while the DRC (2009 and 2016). They are followed with one trophy each by Tunisia (2011) and Libya (2014).

The top two teams from groups A, B and C, made up of four teams each qualify for the quarterfinals. Series D (Angola, Mali and Mauritania) and E (Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville), with three teams, will each qualify one team for the next round, making a total of eight.

Fixtures:

(Friday Group A): Algeria – Libya

(Saturday/Group A): Ethiopia – Mozambique

(Saturday/Group B): DRC-Uganda

(Saturday/Group B): Cote d’Ivoire-Senegal

(Sunday/Group C: Morocco-Sudan

(Sunday/Group C: Madagascar-Ghana

(Monday/Group D): Mali-Angola

(Monday /Group E: Cameroon-Congo Brazzaville

Source: Angola Press News Agency

The National Weather Service said Monday that it is advising residents in some areas of California to prepare for “two major episodes of heavy rain and heavy mountain snow” that are expected “to impact California in quick succession during the next couple of days.”

The wet weather forecast is complicated further the service said by an “energetic and moisture-laden parade of cyclones that are aiming directly for California.”

Heavy precipitation is expected in central California with rainfall totals Monday of 7 to 13 centimeters near the coast, the weather forecasters said.

On Tuesday, slightly less precipitation will fall, impacting locations farther south into southern California.

The heavy rainfalls, the meteorologists said, “will lead to additional instances of flooding,” including “rapid water rises, mudslides, and the potential for major river flooding.”

The Sierra Nevada, meanwhile, will likely receive “heavy snow exceeding 6 feet [2 meters] across the higher elevations before the snow tapers off Wednesday morning.”

The NWS warned that the heavy snow expected in the Sierra Nevada could make travel “very dangerous to impossible at times.”

The heavy snowfall could also “increase the threat of avalanches and strain infrastructure,” the NWS warned.

Source: Voice of America

Luanda – Greek club PAE AEK has announced the acquisition of Angolan footballer Ambrosini Salvador “Zini”, on loan with an option to buy until 30 June this year.

According to a publication on the official website of the 1 August club, the former player of the first division of the national football league (Girabola), will be integrated in the B team of the Greek team.

Born on July 3, 2002, Zini is an international football player for the National Team, with a total of seven games played and four goals scored.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

Lubango – The Tundavala Stadium in Lubango Municipality in the next few days will undergo repair works, said Monday in Huila, the minister of Youth and Sports, Palmira Barbosa.

The minister made this statement to the press in the framework of her two day-visit to the capital city of the southern Huila Province aiming to assess the sports and social infrastructures existing in the province under management of the ministry of Youth and Sports.

The minister said that the programme of works includes the recovery of the electronic board and the replacement of the current lockers as well as laying of synthetic turf in order to remove obstacles from sporting practices, in accordance with the recommendation of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Palmira Barbosa said that the work will be carried out by a national company that has already been selected and without advancing the budget for equipment recovery and the starting date of the works, she said that it should be completed before 20 January of the current year, taking into account that on 26 January it is expected the announcement of whether or not the stadium has been approved by CAF to host international matches.

“In order to hold international matches, which are nearing, it is necessary to recover the aforementioned equipment, which must be resolved for the Tundavala Stadium”, said the minister.

The governor of Huíla, Nuno Mahapi, said that although major sports facilities depend on the ministry, the local government is finding policies for their recovery, in order to contribute to the development of football in the country and to host games at all levels.

After being questioned about the current state of the Multipurpose pavilion of Senhora do Monte, he pointed out that the local government and the Ministry are developing joint works for it to gain a new image very soon.

Regarding youth infrastructures in Lubango and the municipality of Humpata, the provincial governor said it is a project to be re-established in the current year in the framework of the Integrated Plan for Intervention in Municipalities (PIIM).

For Tuesday, the minister is due to visit the Multipurpose Pavilion of Nossa Senhora do Monte, the Youth House of Palanca in the municipality of Humpata and the Youth Community Centre of Lubango, as well as meeting with sports associations in the province.

Meanwhile, this is minister Palmira Barbosa’s first visit to Huila province.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

Luanda – The Interclube athlete Ernestina Paulino won Saturday, 31 Dec., the 66th edition of the year-end pedestrian race, São Silvestre de Luanda2022, after beating Kenyan Daisy Kipsugut, in women’s category.

The Angolan clocked a time of 35:24, against the Kenyan who had 35:44. In third place was another athlete from Interclube, Adelaide Machado (36:39).

For men’s category:

1st Raphael Oleki (Kenya) – 31:00

2nd António Teko (Angola/Bicho do Mato) – 31:18

3rd Alexandre João (Angola/Interclube) – 31:40

Women:

1st Ernestina Paulino (Angola/Interclube) – 35:24

2nd Daisy Kipsugut (Kenya) – 35:44

3rd Adelaide Machado (Angola/Interclube) – 36:39

Men’s Paralympics:

1st Sabino Tchipessi (Angola, Bié) – 33:13

2nd Manuel Jaime (Angola, Cuanza Sul) – 33:30

3rd Pedro Samuel (Angola) – 35: 40

Women:

1st Anita Ngueve (Angola, Huambo) – 48:03

2nd Regina Capomdji (Tchinjenge, Huambo) – 50:55

3rd Domingas Cristóvão (Angola, CPA) – 52:17

Source: Angola Press News Agency

Luanda -1º de Agosto head-coach Filipe Nzanza, praised the commitment of the players of his team, despite the goalless draw with Wiliete of Benguela in the 14th round of the national first division football Championship (Girabola2022/23).

Speaking in a post match press conference, Nzanza said the opponent came with the lesson studied, which created various difficulties, however his group managed to avoid a home defeat.

1º de Agosto coach added that both teams created countless goal scoring opportunities, but none of them was able to find the back of the net and that his team will work hard to get back to winning.

Wiliete head-coach, Silvestre Pele, on his turn, said his team worked hard to make things hard for the opponent and tried to achieve an away victory.

Pele stressed that the result achieved by his players demonstrated that the time has come to start aspiring for more in the national championship.

He admitted to be happy with the final result and the fact that his team are no longer relegation threatened.

With this result, 1º de Agosto remains in the fourth position with 27 points, while Wiliete from Benguela is second (31), in the competition led by Petro from Luanda (37).

Source: Angola Press News Agency

Luanda – Even without the match between Cuando Cubango FC and Sporting de Benguela, at the Municipal Stadium, the 14th round of the first division of the National Football Championship (Girabola2022/23) was concluded Saturday in several stadiums around the country.

With the exception of the referred match, in which the leaders of the Cuando Cubango team claimed difficulties in transportation as the reason for their absence in the match of the 14th round, the highlight goes to 1º de Agosto’s home draw with the Wiliete.

Early in November, the round opened with the victory of Petro de Luanda over Interclube 2-1.

Petro de Luanda lead the competition with 37 points, while Interclube are fifth with 25 points.

Here are the results of the 14th round:

Thursday (day 22)

Desportivo da Lunda Sul (11th/16 pts) – Desportivo da Huíla (7th/18), (1-1).

Sporting de Cabinda (10th/15) – FC Bravos do Maquis (9th/17), Tafe (1-2).

Académica do Lobito (6th/20) – Sagrada Esperança (3rd/27), (1-0)

Sporting de Benguela (14th/9) – Cuando Cubango FC (9th/17),(Did not take place).

Saturday (24th)

ASK Dragão do Uige (16º/4) – GD Isaac (15º/9),(0-0).

1º de Agosto (4th/27) – Wiliete de Benguela (2nd/31) (0-0).

Recreativo do Libolo (11th/15) – Santa Rita de Cássia (6th/19), Calulo (1-1)

Source: Angola Press News Agency

Luanda – The finalist teams from Angola Cup in roller hockey will be known on Saturday (3), with 1.º de Agosto-Sagrado Coração de Jesus expected to meet at 3 pm at the Dream Space pavilion, in Viana.

The match will oppose 1º de Agosto, defeated finalists of the previous edition and Sagrado Coração de Jesus, the latter have been surprising this season.

In the first leg, played on Thursday, there was a four-goal tie.

The other finalist team will be known after a 5pm duel between Académica de Luanda, holder of the sceptre, and Hóquei Clube do Lobito.

The academics have an 8-3 lead in the first leg.

The final, scheduled for the 6th, does not yet have a defined stage. The Angolan Skating Federation (FAP) wants it to be between the Cidadela pavilion and Multiusos in Luanda.

Source: Angola Press News Agency