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- 1 2 3 "Aubin Goporo". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aubin-Thierry Goporo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ↑ "Central African Republic Basketball needs to re-emerge". FIBA. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
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