The disabled athletics tournament is held since 2009. In the 2009 Games it comprised a demonstration event, the 1500 meters in wheelchair for men, so its champion would not count in the final medal ranking of those Games.
Moçâmedes is a city in southwestern Angola, capital of Namibe Province. The city's current population is 250,000. Founded in 1840 by the Portuguese colonial administration, the city was briefly renamed "Namibe", between 1985 and 2016. Moçâmedes has a cool dry climate and desert vegetation, because it is near the Namib Desert.
Christopher Barrett Candito was an American professional wrestler. Candido is best remembered for his tenures with promotions such as World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Smoky Mountain Wrestling, where he performed under his real name, as well as for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name Skip, one-half of the tag team The Bodydonnas. For much of his career, he performed alongside his real-life partner, Tammy "Sunny" Sytch, who acted as his valet.
Tamara Lynn Sytch, widely known by her ring name Sunny, is an American professional wrestling manager, valet, and ring announcer. Sytch achieved great success as Sunny within the World Wrestling Federation during the 1990s and is considered the first WWF Diva. In 1996 America Online named Sytch, "Sunny", the most downloaded celebrity on the internet. She later performed under her birth name in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and Ring of Honor. Sytch was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011.
Keith Robert Andreassi DeCandido is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and musician, who works on comic books, novels, role-playing games and video games, including numerous media tie-in books for properties such as Star Trek, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doctor Who, Supernatural, Andromeda, Farscape, Leverage, Spider-Man, X-Men, Sleepy Hollow, and Stargate SG-1.
Pedro Manuel Torres, known as Mantorras, is an Angolan retired footballer who played as a striker.
Fernando Baptista de Seixas Peyroteo de Vasconcelos was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker.
Manuel José de Jesus SilvaComM, simply known as Manuel José, is a Portuguese football manager.
Álvaro Monteiro Magalhães, known simply as Álvaro, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left back, and a manager.
Carlos Narciso Chaínho is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
The Angolan national basketball team is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Basquetebol. Angola has been a member of FIBA since 1979. Ranking 23rd in the FIBA World Rankings, Angola is the top team of FIBA Africa, and a regular competitor at the Summer Olympic Games and the FIBA World Cup.
Atum General–Tavira–Maria Nova Hotel is a Portuguese professional cycling team, founded in 1979, which is based in Tavira. It is one of the European teams in the UCI Continental Tour. From 2016 until 2019, the team had the commercial designation of, Sporting Clube de Portugal/Tavira, as the result of a sponsorship from Sporting Clube de Portugal.
The National Bank of Angola is the central bank of Angola. It is state-owned and the Government of Angola is the sole shareholder. The bank is based in Luanda, was created in 1926, but traces its ancestry back to 1865. The National Bank of Angola is active in developing financial inclusion policy and is a member of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion.
The Angola women's national handball team, nicknamed As Pérolas, represents Angola in international handball competitions.
Angola participates in the Lusophone Games, a multi-sport event for Portuguese-speaking countries. Angola participated in the 2006 games in Macau, the first edition of the Lusophone Games. Angola has sent athletes to all three editions of the Lusophone Games and won medals at all three. Angola did not win any gold medals in 2006 but has won gold medals at all Games since, with four in 2009 and five in 2014.
Wilson Bruno Naval da Costa Eduardo is a footballer who plays for S.C. Braga as a forward.
Cândido Coelho Tavares was a Portuguese football goalkeeper and manager.
The Angolan Navy or MGA is the naval branch of the Angolan Armed Forces and is tasked with protecting Angola’s 1,600 km long coastline. The Angolan Navy has approximately 1,000 personnel.
Carlos Miguel Gomes de Almeida, known as Carlitos, is an Angolan professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club S.C. Olhanense as a right back or a right winger.
Luís Miguel da Fonseca Silva Costa, known as Luís Miguel, is an Angolan former footballer who played as a right back, and a coach. He also held Portuguese citizenship.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Benguela, Angola.
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