Luanda - Angola has been invited to participate in the first edition of the World Cup of an emerging sport called "Maracana Football", it was announced Sunday in Luanda.
The invitation was issued by the president of the International Federation of Maracana Football and Associations (FIIMA), Bleu Charlemagne, as part of cooperation with Angola, taking into account the sporting performances achieved in African and world football.
The specific objective is for Angola to export this sport in the southern region of the African continent at a time when it is practiced in more than 80 countries in the world, but only in the European and American continent.
The general objectives are to disseminate it across the continent to occupy the free time of young people and to create synergies for closer relations between African countries and people.
Angolan minister of Youth and Sports, Palmira Barbosa received in Luanda on Sunday the Angolan ambassador to the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire Domingos Feliciano Pacheco to discuss the matter.
During the meeting the Angolan diplomat discussed with the Sports minister the interest of Ivory Coast in cooperating in sports, with emphasis on the “ Maracana Football ", a variant of indoor football or beach football, practiced in Abidjan, particularly.
The Angolan diplomat said the Abidjan-based FIIMA has prepared a team of technicians to travel to Angola and transmit knowledge on the subject to young students.
In response, the Angolan minister, Palmira Barbosa, praised the initiative of the Angolan Embassy in Côte d'Ivoire, as well as the intention expressed by the FIIMA leader.
She said the matter will be discussed in a proper forum and as soon as conditions are created the Youth and Sports Ministry will do the opposite, by sending to Abidjan a delegation of technicians to learn the rules of the game of this variant of football.
