BASKETBALL TEAM WINS SECOND GAME

Mozambique’s women’s basketball team, widely regarded as the country’s best hope for a gold medal in the 10th All-Africa games, coasted to victory against the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday.The Mozambican team was always in the lead, albeit only by three points at the end of the first quarter. But the lead had risen to 29 points to 23 at half time, and to 49 points to 33 in the third period of the match. The final score was a Mozambican victory by 67 points to 53 – a winning margin of 14.This was the second Mozambican victory. In its first match, on Friday, the team beat Zimbabwe by 73 to 37. Mozambique must now face Nigeria.In the first day of the football competition, the Mozambican men’s and women’s teams both suffered defeat.In the men’s event, South Africa beat Mozambique by three goals to one. At the end of the first half, the score was 1-1, but in the second half the South Africans scored a further two goals. The Mozambican women’s football team lost to Cameroon by 1-0.The weekend basketball, volleyball and football results are as follows:
Women’s basketball

Sunday

Group A

Mozambique-DR Congo (67-53)
Kenya-Algeria (61-36)
Nigeria-Zimbabwe (75-45)

Group B

Angola-Mali (45-38)
Rwanda-Ivory Coast (60-56)
Senegal-Cameroon (58-54)

Women’s Volleyball

Saturday

Group A

Kenya-Mozambique (3-0)
Nigeria-Seychelles (3-0)

Group B

Senegal-Botswana (3-1)
Algeria-Cameroon (3-1)

Sunday

Group A

Mozambique-Seychelles (3-2)

Group B

Cameroon-Botswana (3-1)
Algeria-Senegal (3-0)

Men’s Volleyball

Saturday

Group A

Cameroon-Mozambique (3-0)
Rwanda-Seychelles (3-1)

Group B

Algeria-Kenya (3-1)
Nigeria-South Africa (3-0)

Men’s Football

Sunday

Group A

South Africa-Mozambique (3-1)

Women’s Football

Sunday

Cameroon-Mozambique (1-0)