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Africa at the Olympic Games....Athens 2004
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Françoise Mbango gets warm welcome in Yaounde
Olympics triple jump gold medal winner Françoise Mbango Etone arrived here Wednesday to a hilarious welcome.
Nigeria, Cameroon, Senegal for Olympic relays
Nigeria, Cameroon and Senegal are representing Africa in relay events, featuring 31 nations at the Athens Olympic Games.
Football: Africa shoots for the skies again
While it is yet to win the World Cup in football, Africa has for eight years dominated Olympic football, thanks to the performances of Nigeria in 1996 in Atlanta (USA) and Cameroon in 2000 in Sydney, Australia.
Cameroon fields 24-strong team at Athens
Cameroon is represented in Athens by a squad of 24 competing in athletics (14), boxing (3), judo (4), weightlifting (2) and swimming (1).
"Africa can win 12 to 15 gold medals in Athens," Kalkaba Malboum
In an exclusive interview with PANA, Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, President of the African Amateur Athletics sizes up the strength of Africa in Athens and says there are solid grounds for hope.
"Africa can win 12 to 15 gold medals in Athens," Kalkaba Malboum
In an exclusive interview with PANA, Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, President of the African Amateur Athletics sizes up the strength of Africa in Athens and says there are solid grounds for hope.



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