Sports in Angola:
Sport
plays a significant part in the lives of the Angolan people. The
country is one of the leading basketball nations on the African
continent having won the African Basketball Championships in 2003.
Angola also represented the continent in the basketball competition
at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.
The country is also one
of the three African Nations alongside Senegal and Nigeria
to participate at the World Championships in Japan, 2006.
Soccer or football is the most popular sport in Angola. The
country’s made its mark on the international scene when
it qualified for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The team qualified
for the tournament despite being grouped with strong sides such
as Zimbabwe and Nigeria.
Other popular sports in the country are; handball, boxing, volleyball,
athletics and swimming.
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