Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria qualified four boxers each for the Olympic Games at a tournament in Namibia while Morocco will be taking a total of 10 boxers to Beijing in August.
-- Germany qualify for Beijing women's handball. Nicholas Okongo Okoth won Kenya's only gold medal in the featherweight class at the qualifier while Ghana's Issah Samir (featherweight) and Bastie Samir (light heavyweight) won their weights.
Durodola Olanrewaju of Nigeria scored an excellent victory in the heavyweight final, coming from 4-0 down to beat Abgonso Yao of Togo on points. The second African qualifying tournament in Windhoek finishes the qualifying process for the continent's boxers.
Morocco, whose Mohamed Amanissi won the super-heavyweight gold this weekend, will take 10 boxers to the August 8-24 Games, Algeria eight and Ghana six. Egypt won three boxing medals for Africa at the 2004 Athens Games. The continent last won a boxing gold at the 1996 Olympics when Algeria's Hocine Soltani won the lightweight crown.
Meanwhile, Germany's women's handball squad have qualified for the Beijing Olympics after winning their opening two matches at a tournament in Leipzig. Germany scraped past Sweden 27-26 before beating Croatia 22-16 on Saturday at a four-team qualifier in Leipzig. The top two teams automatically qualify for the August 8-24 Games and either Sweden or Croatia, who play on Sunday, will be the other successful team.
Romania have also qualified from a tournament in Bucharest. Hungary face Japan on Sunday to decide the other qualifier. In a third qualifier in Nimes, France are level on three points with South Korea while Congo have two. Congo play France on Sunday and South Korea play Ivory Coast. China, Russia, Norway, Angola, Kazakhstan and Brazil had already qualified for the 12-team tournament at the Games.
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