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Tunisia's men's beachy volleyball team conceded defeat to Gambia's 0-2 (18-21, 18-21) at a day 3 Group A game played on Sunday during the 2023 African BEach Games (JAP). Tunisia had conceded defeat to Algeria (0-2) before defeating Bostwana (2-0). For their part, Gambia defeated Bostwana (2-0) and conceded defeat to Algeria (0-2).

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Tunisia's beach teqball team (mixed doubles) suffered their second defeat of the day, on Saturday afternoon as they lost to Algeria's, 2 sets to 1. The national duo Youssef Sahli and Nourhène Ayari won the first set 12 to 11, before losing the second set 08-12 and third 11-13. Earlier in the afternoon, the duo had lost to Cape Verde 0-2. Tunisia is placed in the second group alongside Algeria, Cape Verde, Zambia, Cameroon, and Sierra Leone.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Tunisia's handball men's team defeated their Kenyan counterparts 2-0 (24-10, 28-16) in the second match of the beach handball tournament at the 2023 Hammamet African Beach Games (JAP). Tunisia had won their first match against Algeria with the same scoreline of 2-0. The men's tournament is taking place in the form of a mini-championship, bringing together five teams: Tunisia, Algeria, Kenya.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Tunisia's teqball team (mixed doubles) suffered a defeat on Saturday afternoon against their Cape Verdean counterparts, losing in 2 straight sets. The national duo of Youssef Sahli and Nourhène Ayari lost the first set by a narrow 11-12 before being defeated in the second set 9-12. Tunisia is placed in the second group alongside Algeria, Cape Verde, Zambia, Cameroon, and Sierra Leone.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

The Algerian women's beach handball team beat their Ugandan counterpart by 2-0 (17-13 and 11-8), at a 2nd African Beach Games JAP-2023 day-2 game played on Saturday in Hammamet Top two finishers in each group qualify for the quarter-finals.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Seychelles' Kevin Betsy has joined England's League One side Cambridge United as assistant head coach.

Betsy will work alongside the Cambridge United head coach, Mark Bonner, as the club look for a way into the championship.

According to the club's website, Betsy said: "I am very excited. It is a fantastic opportunity to join Mark, Ben and the football club."

"They are really clear with their ideas on how they have been working, but also how they would like to improve in certain areas and how I fit into the current staff. It was a really easy decision for me to come to work with fantastic people, at a really good Club," he added.

Betsy, 45, had an 18-year career as a football player which started at Woking football club. He has since then played for Fulham, Barnsley, Oldham, Bristol City, Southend and Wycombe Wanderers.

Betsy is the son of Lewis Betsy, a well-known football player in Seychelles before he was exiled in 1979.

Kevin Betsy also played in the Seychelles national team, making seven appearances and scoring one goal. He played for the Seychelles side at the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games and scored in the final against Mauritius, which finished 1–1. He also scored again in the resulting penalty shootout, which the Seychelles won 4–3 to become the champions of the games.

In his footballer career, he made one appearance for Fulham, in the English Premier League, under Jean Tigana in a game against Manchester United at Old Trafford. He also played on loan at AFC Bournemouth and Hull City.

On Cambridge United's website, coach Bonner is quoted as saying, "I am excited to welcome Kevin to the Club and believe he will be a fantastic addition to our coaching team. His coaching journey has been varied and has seen him work with some top young talent in the development pathways, but his experiences across a variety of roles, along with his personality, will make him an excellent fit."

Betsy began his coaching with England's youth squads in 2016 and in 2021 he was appointed as head coach of Arsenal's under-23s.

Betsy has also been senior head coach four months at league two side Crawley Town. He was later part of Kolo Toure's staff at Wigan Athletic but left after Toure's sacking after just seven games.

Betsy begins work immediately ahead of the squad's return to pre-season training next week.

Cambridge finished in 20th place last season and will be looking for further improvement in the upcoming league one campaign.

Source: Seychelles News Agency

Tunisia's beach Teqball team (mixed doubles) secured their second win of the day, on Saturday afternoon After defeating Cameroon 2 sets nill. Tunisia's Youssef Sahli and Nourhène Ayari won the first set 12 to 4, while the second set ended on a 12-8 score. Earlier in the afternoon, the duo had lost to Cape Verde 0-2, defeated Sierra Léone 2- 0, then lost to Algeria 1-2. Tunisia is placed in the second group alongside Algeria, Cape Verde, Zambia, Cameroon, and Sierra Leone.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

On Tunisia's hosting of the 2nd African Beach Games JAP 2023 in Hammamet (June 23-30), which officially kicked off on Saturday afternoon, Prime Minister Najla Bouden met President of the Association of African National Olympic Committees (ANOCA), Mustapha Berraf, as well as several African ministers of youth and sport at the Government Palace in the Kasbah.

These included the ministers of youth and sport of Equatorial Guinea, Zimbabwe and Rwanda.

Mrs. Bouden reaffirmed Tunisia's readiness to host this important sporting and cultural event, which embodies the values of Olympism, namely peace, solidarity and brotherhood, and aims to bring people together and strengthen ties between them.

The Prime Minister also affirmed that the organisation of the 2nd African Beach Games in Tunisia reflects the privileged place that Tunisia occupies in the wider sporting, Olympic and African communities.

For their part, the ministers present expressed their satisfaction at the good organisation and the warm welcome they had received. They stressed the importance of this event, which coincides with the celebration of the centenary of the International Olympic Committee.

The 2023 JAP will bring together more than a thousand athletes from 54 African countries in almost 22 disciplines.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Beach Soccer enthusiasts will be able to enjoy their favourite sport in a three-nation tournament as part of the activities to celebrate the Seychelles National Day on June 29, said the local football federation.

The nations participating in the six-day tournament are Seychelles, Burundi and Madagascar.

The competition will start on June 23 and the final is set for June 28, one day before Seychelles officially celebrates its national day, which falls on the island nation's Independence Day.

Aside from the Burundi national team and Barea from Madagascar, the tournament will feature eight selections with six from Seychelles.

The national team will split into two, White and Blue teams, a national under-20 selection, a selection of players who normally compete in 11 a-side football called classic 15, as well as two teams made up of players not in the national selection - Sand Warriors and Lost Boys.

Burundi are currently ranked 100th in the world, according to the latest beach soccer world rankings, compared to Seychelles who are 57th in the world ranking.

The two national selections of Seychelles will be coached by Travis Julienne and Herald Kowlessur. This will give both coaches the opportunity to experiment with their players as they look to continue developing the national side.

The teams will be split into two groups for the tournament, with Seychelles White, Under 20, Barea and San Warriors making up group A, with group B consisting of Seychelles Blue, Classic 15, Lost Boys and Burundi.

All matches will be played at the Beach Soccer Arena at Roche Caiman, with free entrance to all the games, including the final on June 28 at 7.45 pm.

According to the organisers, there will be lots of prizes on offer, where aside from trophies for the winners, there will be individual prizes, including a match of the match award after each game.

Source: Seychelles News Agency

For the second time in 12 years of existence, Morocco is hosting the Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN U23), the route to the Olympic Games (OG) football.

Morocco had already hosted the inaugural CAN U23 in 2011, which served as a qualifying event for London 2012.

Next Saturday, the African teams' journey to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games men's football event will begin. The official competition poster has already been launched with fanfare.

The opening match of the competition will be played on Saturday in Rabat between Morocco, host country, and Guinea. The poster has been carefully crafted to depict a footballer's hand holding the coveted trophy, which also embodies the quest for continental supremacy.

In the logo of the competition, the green rays of the illustration symbolize the green lawns of Africa, while the red displays the passion of the competing nations as well as the colors of the national flag of the host country.

Two stadiums will be used for the competition. These are the Prince Moulay Abdellah stadium in Rabat and the Ibn-Batouta stadium, better known as the Grand Stade de Tanger.

Source: Burkina Information Agency