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Ater the maiden Youth Olympic Games recently hosted
by Singapore which brought together 3600 athletes
amongst whom were hundreds o Aricans, attention
is now ocused on yet another great sports event the 19th
Commonwealth Games billed or New Delhi, India, rom 03
to 14 October 2010. Arica will be represented here by 19 de-
legations. Hundreds o Arican youths are thus expected in
the magnicent Indian city to deend the continents colours
in 17 sports disciplines that eature on the games schedule.
I do not in the least doubt the potential o our athletes, or
many o them are accustomed to high level competition.
My message to the athletes and the ocials accompanying
them is that they do Arica proud. Our continent is once more
expected to be at the centre o a planetary event. Instituted
in 1930 as the British Empire Games, the Commonwealth
games bring together many countries that vie or more than
just medals. Thus, alongside the promising sports compe-
titions, the various participants meet to showcase diversevalues and cultures through a common language, English.
Aricas massive participation in this Anglophone estival
organised by the Commonwealth Games Federation testies
to the esteem in which the continent is held in the concert
o Commonwealth member nations. I thereore call on all
young Aricans taking part in them to hold their heads high
and do Arica proud both on and of the competition grounds.
Since June 2010, Arica has been very active either in or-
ganising or participating in major planetary sports events.
Be it the 19th edition o the FIFA world cup in South Arica,
the maiden Arican Youth Games in Morocco, the maiden
summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore and the 19th
Commonwealth games in New Delhi, Arica came under the
spotlight. New Delhi 2010 is an important sports event or,
besides glory, it afords our athletes yet another opportunity
to ully brace up or upcoming events. Lets bear in mind thatLondon 2012 is already around the corner.
We hope that New Delhi will be a memorable experience or
all these young Arican athletes; beyond some o the excep-
tional perormances which we shall surely see, we hope it
will enable them discover other cultures and diferent cus-
toms and share the values o sport.
Presidents Message
Bound for delhi 2010!
Sptmb 2010
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Appointment of members of the Women and Sport Commission
ANOCA ocials recently appointed members o the Women and Sport commission o the governing body o the
Arican Olympic Movement. It comprises 11 members, all highly experienced sports administrators. An essential link
in the ANOCA chain, the Women and Sport commission has the daunting task o giving greater exposure to womens
participation in the promotion o sport and Olympism in Arica. The commission is chaired by IOC member Mrs. Beatrice
Allen. Here is a comprehensive list o its members:
Chairlady: Mrs. Beatrice Allen, IOC member (Gambia)
Rapporteur: Mrs Miriam Moyo (Zambia)
Members: Mrs Dagmawit Girmay, IOC member and member o the ANOCA Executive Committee (Ethiopia)
Mrs Teresa Filomena Quarta, member o the ANOCA Executive Committee (Angola)
Zone 1: Mrs Meriem Mizoui (Tunisia)
Zone 2: Mrs Aminata Keita Sangare (Mali)
Zone 3: Mrs Aminata Nah Foana (Cte dIvoire)
Zone 4: Mrs Moukouri Yvette (Cameroon)Zone 5: Mrs Irene Murasanga (Tanzania)
Zone 6: Mrs Miriam Moyo (Zambia)
Zone 7: Mrs Gulrajani Aarti (Mauritius)
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ANOCA present at the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the Rome Olympic
Games
The rst Vice President o ANOCA, Hon. Mustapha Berra, personally represented the President o ANOCA at the
celebrations marking the 50th anniversary o the Rome Olympics on 10 September 2010. It was a heavily attended event
which was graced by eminent personalities like the President o the Republic o Italy, Giorgio Napolitano and several
IOC members. It was an ideal occasion to remember many o the illustrious names that have let indelible ootprints
at the games. Speaking on the occasion, the President o NOC Italy stressed the symbolic nature and signicance o
the 50th anniversary, while the President o the Republic expressed the wish that Rome will one day host the Olympic
Games again: We are all dreaming o it Giorgio Napolitano said emphatically.
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Ater 11 months in the cold ollowing a controversial IAAF gender probe, 19-year old CasterSemenya o South Arica, world champion in the 800 metres (women), was on 25 August
2010 included in the South Arican team which will take part in the 2010 Commonwealth
Games in New Delhi. Caster has, since her readmission, participated in three races in her
avourite distance, and even clocked 1:59.90 during the Berlin meeting on 22 August 2010.
SASOC President, Gideon Sam, signed a release in which he expressed satisaction at the act
that the young champion would be participating in the Commonwealth Games: I am very
happy Caster Semenya is back in team South Arica. We have closely ollowed up her progress
since the IAAF authorised her to run again and it is nice to hear her say that she is concentrating all her eorts on theCommonwealth Games.
SASOC happy with Caster Semenyas comeback
NOC Cte dIvoire backs organisation of a training course for fencing trainers
NOC Senegal gives financial backing to national federations
NOC Cte dIvoire recently backed the organisation o a reresher course or encing trainers in
Abidjan. The training, which brought together 25 trainees, was acilitated by an international
instructor, Mr. M. Pape Toure. At the end o the training, Mr. Toure acknowledged that all the
trainers were now very qualied to train practitioners o this sports discipline, observing that
they were quite receptive throughout their training. The practical exam was difcult in the
beginning due to stress. However, everything returned to normal thereater, he pointed out.
During the closing ceremony held at the NOC headquarters, the Vice President o NOC Cte dIvoire, Proessor Constant
Roux, declared that the National Olympic Committee will not hesitate to assist encing whenever the need arises. He
requested the trainees to be more enduring in the discharge o their duties.
The ceremony was graced by the Director General o Sports, Mr. Douh Pierre, representative o the Minister o Sports
and Urban Hygiene. He lauded this initiative, observing that it was time Cte dIvoire paid particular attention to other
disciplines. Mr. Douh Pierre pointed out that It is disciplines like encing that will do Cte dIvoire proud.
NOC Senegal recently distributed nancial packages to national ederations in a bid to sustain
the latters sports development eorts in Senegal. Valued at about CFAF 30,000,000, the
cheques were handed during a ceremony that took place at the headquarters o NOC Senegal
in Dakar. In a speech presented on the occasion, Vice President Mr. Issa Mboup, who handed
the cheques on behal o the President, Mamadou Diagna Ndiaye, pointed out that: It is not
the rst time that NOC Senegal, which comprises all ederations and all sports movements,
is doing this. I think this is the third time we are granting subsidies. This annual subsidy ispart o President Ndiayes road map. On behal o all the ederations, the President o the Senegalese Labour Sports
Federation, Tony Ndoye, expressed satisaction with such an action: We are happy to receive this subsidy which is quite
timely, since it has come at a time when we are grappling with a lot o nancial diculties, he concluded.
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Bilateral Cooperation: ZOC partners with SASOC
Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) and the South Arican Sportand Olympic Committee (SASOC) on 18 September signed a bilate-
ral agreement in Bloemontein, with the objective o joining orces
to develop sport and Olympism in the two countries. ZOC President,
Mr. Admire Masenda, signed on behal o Zimbabwe, while Mr Gideon
Sam, SASCOC President, signed on behal o South Arica. The coope-
ration shall be based on talent identication, doping control and pre-
paration or major events like the All Arica Games and the Olympics. Reacting ater the signing o the agreement, the
Executive Director o ZOC, Mr. Mutsauki, termed it a strategic partnership. The two executive directors were designatedas the ocal points o this agreement.
NOC Tunisia concerts with national federationsNOC Tunisia held an important meeting with national ederations on 26 August 2010. Themeeting aimed at taking stock o the situation and coming up with concrete proposals to
enhance sport in the country. At the end o discussions, which also touched on the relations
between NOC Tunisia and national ederations, NOC President, Mr. Slim Chiboub, underscored
the need or an exclusive centre or elite sportsmen and women, where national teams will be
placed under ideal conditions while preparing or competitions. Furthermore, he announced
the laying o the oundation stone o the new NOC building, observing that the land was a git rom President Zine El
Abidine Ben Ali.
The NOC President went on to say that his committee will on 24 and 25 September organise a symposium in Tunis onWomen and Sport, during which the best current and ormer sportswomen, as well as the best emale sports ocials
will receive prizes. The Elyssa Trophy will thus be awarded in recognition o the progress, actions and outstanding
contributions o women in the area o sport. It is NOC Tunisias way o rewarding merit, hard work and the untiring
eorts o the women who have fown high the national fag.
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Africa to participate in the 19th Commonwealth Games
Basketball: The lions of Senegal confirm sub-regional domination
The 19th edition o the Commonwealth Games will take place in New Delhi, India, rom 03 au 14 Oc-tober 2010. It shall bring together 72 Commonwealth member nations with 17 sports disciplines on
schedule, including: athletics, badminton, bowling, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, weightliting, hoc-
key, wrestling, swimming , netball , rugby, squash , table tennis , lawn tennis, shooting and archery.
The ocial mascot o the 2010 Commonwealth Games is known as Shera , which comes rom sher,
meaning tiger. Shera symbolises modern India, an executor with a positive attitude, a good citizen who is
justiably proud o the age-old heritage o his nation, a erce rival with much probity and integrity. With re-
gard to security measures, India shall deploy a special orce known as Tourist police, which is trained, to-
gether with the local country police, to help tourists and ensure their saety and security during the games.
A basketball tournament pitting several Zone 2 countries recently took place in Dakar, Senegal. On 18 August 2010, the
6th and last day o play, the host country, Senegal, locked horns at the Marius stadium with the ormidable eagles o
Mali, who were already qualied or the All Arica Games billed or Maputo. Though playing without their playmaker,
Sy, who sustained a back injury, the Malians put up a sti resistance. However, despite a airly balanced rst quarter,
the lions o Senegal nally edged them 67 63 to lit the trophy.
Senegal thus conrms its hegemony on basketball in the sub-region. They will participate in the Aro-basket competi-
tion with Mali, second team o the tournament.
The ollowing players and teams received trophies at the end o the tournament:
MVP : Ivan dAlmeida (Cape Verde)
Highest scorer : Ivan dAlmeida (128 points)
Fair play trophy : Guinea Bissau
Tournament Line-up : Ivan dAlmeida (Cape Verde), Xan Christian Dalmeida (Senegal), Gorgui Sy Dieng ( Senegal),
Amara Sy ( Mali) Mohamed Faye ( Senegal)
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African Swimming Championships: South Africa ranked No. 1The Arican swimming championships recently took place in Casablanca, Morocco, rom 13 to 19 September 2010. The eventbrought together the continents best in the discipline and helped reveal new stars that made a real show o their talent during
the competition. The South Aricans, who are accustomed to high level competition, literally dominated this 10th edition, which
brought together 220 swimmers rom 20 countries. 40 events were on schedule, at the end o which South Arica topped the
charts with 56 medals (27 in gold, 16 in silver and 13 in bronze), ollowed by Tunisia (18 medals) and Algeria (11 medals). The
host country, Morocco, was ranked 6th with 2 gold medals.
Medal Chart
Gold Silver Bronze Total
1. South Arica 27 16 13 56
2. Tunisia 3 10 5 18
3. Algeria 3 4 4 11
4. Egypt 3 4 12 19
5. Kenya 3 2 1 6
6. Morocco 2 3 1 6
U-17 Commonwealth championships: Cameroon (men) and Nigeria (women) carry the dayThe maiden U-17 Commonwealth championships took place in Cameroon rom 11 to 18 September 2010 at the magnicent new
Sports Complex located downtown Yaounde. Four countries, Cameroon, Nigeria, Kenya and India, took part in the competition,
though Kenya participated only in the mens competition. Unbeaten during the initial matches, the dynamic and solid Cameroon
mens team was dreaded by all, and it once more conrmed this on 18 September 2010 in the nal that pitted them against
Nigeria. The two teams actually treated the thousands o spectators who made it to the Warda Sports Complex to a thrillingshow worthy o the event. It ended 30 27 in avour o Cameroon. However, Nigeria turned the tides in the womens category,
avenging their men by beating Cameroon in the nal.
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Wm : 1st Nigeria, 2nd Cameroon, 3rd India
M : 1st Cameroon, 2nd Nigeria, 3rd India, 4th Kenya
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Another tribute to Abebe BikilaOn the occasion o the celebration o the 50th anniversary o the1960 Olympic Games, the entire Italian Olympic amily
decided to pay a glowing tribute to Abebe Bikile, winner o the gold medal at the hotly contested marathon event o
the 12th Olympic games. A huge commemorative plaque was thus erected in honour o this great champion, a man
Italians still remember as a hero and conqueror, a sportsman who went against all odds to shatter myths and place
himsel at the top.