Last updated: 19 january, 2010 - 17:00 GMT

Angola's golden sport

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Angola is better known for its basketball credentials than its football credentials. Currently ranking 12th in the world, Angola is Africa's top team having won eight of the last nine Africa Basketball Championships.

This is a fantastic record, but it is more outstanding because several of these triumphs came when the country was embroiled in civil war.

To get to the heart of Angola's basketball success, Sportsworld presenter Russell Fuller spoke with Jean Jacques Conceicao, the country's leading basketball player and a real celebrity, Mario Palma, who coached the Angolan team to three African Basketball victories and Texiera Candido, a sports journalist with Journal au Pais.

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