MOZAMBIQUE GUARANTEED ANOTHER COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDAL

Mozambique is guaranteed another medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. This follows Maria Machongua’s victory over Botswana’s Keneilwe Rakhudu in the women’s lightweight boxing quarter final on Wednesday night.Maria Machongua will fight against India’s Laishram Devi in the semi-final bout on Friday night. The winner takes part in Saturday’s final whilst the loser is awarded a bronze medal.Whatever the outcome, it will be the country’s second medal from the tournament.Monday, Maria Elisa Muchavo won a silver medal in the women’s 100 metres T12 final, coming second to Scotland’s Libby Clegg.The race was for visually impaired athletes, each of whom had a guide running alongside them.The 2014 Commonwealth Games is the largest sporting event ever held in Scotland, with just under five thousand athletes from 71 countries competing in 17 different sports. This year’s edition also hosts a record breaking 22 para-sport events spanning five sports.Mozambique has a team of fifteen athletes competing at the competition which ends on Sunday.