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- ↑ "Madagascar replace coach Rajaonarisamba with Auguste Raux". BBC Sport. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ↑ "Auguste Raux, le nouvel entraîneur de l'AS Adema" (in French). Mada Sport. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
