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- ↑ (in Portuguese) Comuna do Malembo carece de infra-estruturas desportivas by Joaquim Suami, in Jornal dos Desportos on March 10, 2010
- ↑ "Angola 2008 (Women) Campeonato Nacional National championship (fourth edition)". RSSSF . Retrieved 5 August 2015.
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