Ivory Coast: Cameroon participates in Francophonie games which kick off today

Cameroon is one of the nations that will be participating in the Francophonie games scheduled to begin today 20 July 2017 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

The delegation which is made up of 89 athletes from various sports disciplines arrived the host country on Wednesday 19 July, after a “good bye” ceremony at the Multipurpose sports complex during which athletes of the different sports disciplines as well as their coaches, were received by the Minister of Sports and Physical Education, Pierre Ismael Bidoung Kpwatt.

Arriving in Abidjan on Wednesday, the Cameroon under-20 football team, had their first training session in preparation for matches today.

Cameroon has gone with a team stronger than the one which they had four years ago during the previous edition which took place in France. In Nice, they emerged the second best African team, with three gold medals, seven in silver and seven bronze medals.

In Basketball, the female team from Cameroon who are equally partaking in the games are taking this as an opportunity to prepare for the upcoming women’s Afrobasket , which will run from 17-28 August 2017.