Africa-Press – Angola. The seven sporting days were marked by acts outside the Olympic principles of “fair-play”, carried out by supporters of Sagrada Esperança from Lunda Norte, resulting in cases of hospitalization.
Indeed, it was not a good example of sportsmanship when some spectators belonging to the “Lunda” club, in addition to throwing blunt objects, rushed onto the playing court at half-time when Sagrada Esperança lost 2-0 against Petro de Luanda.
Playing at home, for the 27th round of the National Football Championship, security measures were taken, but according to the management of the host team, the turmoil started even after National Police personnel launched tear gas, causing a situation of chaos.
The act resulted in 47 fainting spells and 11 injuries, including three National Police officers, evacuated to Dundo General Hospital for medical assistance, although no deaths were recorded.
The management of Sagrada Esperança, in a statement made available this Sunday, completely distances itself from the behavior of the fans and promises to take measures against the main protagonists.
With the 2-1 victory, Petro is in a good position for the revalidation of the title, with 62 points, even more so because its main opponent, 1.o de Agosto, lost in Lobito, by 0-1, remaining in second place with 57 points, at the end of the championship.
Apart from this subject, which adds nothing to national sport, the week was full of positive facts such as the conquest of the African Tennis Circuit in Under-14, in men, through the Angolan Jolino Simão.
The athlete from Academia Kikuxi Villas Club, in the Municipality of Viana, beat in the final, this Sunday, the Mozambican Amine Rosa, by two sets to one, with partials of 6-1, 3-6 and 10-6 (tie break), in a match witnessed by the titular minister, Palmira Barbosa.
In basketball, after three disputed days of the Nile Conference of the preliminary phase of the African League, which takes place in Egypt, Petro already qualified for the final phase leads the classification with six points, followed by Al Ahly of Egypt, with 4 pts.
Today, Sunday, he walked class by beating the Cape Town Tigers of South Africa, by 87-48, in the game of the third round of the continental competition.
In the debut, the tricolors beat City Oilers of Uganda, by 89-71 and then rolled Ferroviário da Beira, by 101-76.
Petro will play again on Wednesday, against Guinea’s SLAC.
Still in terms of sport, Angola is included in group A of the World Cup, to be played from 25 August to 10 September this year, according to the draw held on Saturday in the city of Manila.
The senior men’s National Team is partnered with the Philippines, Dominican Republic and Italy, with all games to be played in Manila, in a world cup co-organized by the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia.
Angolan driver Rui Andrade and his WRT team won the third stage of the FIA Endurance World Championship, in the LMP2 class, a motor racing event, which took place on Saturday, in Francorchamps, Belgium.
Rui Andrade is the first Angolan winner in the history of the FIA WEC with an international license issued by the Angolan Motor Sports Federation (FADM), duly representing his country’s flag.
This is the driver’s second victory in one of the most competitive championships in the world, the FIA World Endurance Championship.
The last seven days also saw the holding of the third National Conference of the Angolan Association for Women and Sports (AMUD).
For two days, the women’s sport advocacy organization brought together figures from national and international associations for a reflection on various current issues, in addition to lectures encouraging the practice of social activity.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Palmira Barbosa, her counterpart from MASFAMU, Ana Paula do Sacramento Neto, the Minister of Sports of São Tomé and Príncipe, Eurídice Medeira, the President of the Angolan Olympic Committee, Gustavo da Conceição and her counterpart from Cabo Verde, Filomena Fortes, were among the speakers.
With the participation of more than 180 elements, among practitioners, former practitioners and other individuals, themes such as the Olympic scholarship, the 30 percent quota of women in leadership, strategies of the Association of Women in Sport in Africa, whose zone V and led by Angolan Ana Gourgel.
The AMUD Conference took place under the motto “Inspiring Young Women to Practice Sport”.
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