The high point came at the 1988 All-African Championships, long-jumper António Santos, now performing for the Portuguese 'Sporting' club, captured a gold-medal.

Their players won back-to-back Junior African Championships, with Adérito Pedro capturing the 1993 title in Kenya and Eugénio Campos the following year in the Seychelles.

Our teams have achieved a reasonable degree of success, and even occasional brilliance, in an up-and-down trajectory which has seen squads rise to Division "A", only to drop again to the ranks of Division "B".

In international sailing competitions, Angolan yachtsmen have regularly represented their nation for years, consistently delivering better-than-average results.

The Nairobi University Games earned Angola a bronze medal in men's basketball and, in retrospect, can be considered as the take-off point for Angolan athletics.

In team handball competition, the women's squad has earned three African Championships for Angola.