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The former Angolan international basketball game participant José Carlos Guimarães defended on Thursday in Angolan Capital the demand to develop a uninterrupted preparation programme in assorted degrees of this sport, to continue the country's hegemony in the continent.

In an interview to ANGOP, during the awarding for the 10 best participants of the season, José Carlos Guimarães said that Lately he have noticed a nothingness in footing of quality participants that tin replacement the national squad current top athletes.

In his point of view, Republic Of Angola Basketball Federation (FAB) should go on encouraging agents of this adherent for preparation programmes, through the creative activity of working statuses and others, since many people connected to this athletics maintain house in leading the fate of basketball, even in hard conditions.

The functionary also mentioned that four Angolan managers have got been sent to the United States of United States for a course, namely Carlos Dinis from Atlético Sport Aviação (ASA), Aníbal Moreira (1º de Agosto), José Pontes (União district attorney Catumbela) and Elvino Diaz (FAB Staff).

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Florence County (WLTX) -- Firenze County deputy sheriffs arrested a former USC Basketball participant last Saturday on gun and alcoholic beverage charges.Ricardo Autoro "Carlos" Powell, 24, was arrested Saturday nighttime in his hometown of Florence.He is facing complaints of unlawfully carrying a handgun and two counts of having an unfastened container of suds or vino in a motor vehicle.Investigators state they pulled Cecil Frank Cecil Frank Powell over because they state his tailights were not on.Deputies state they establish a gun underneath the place and an unfastened bottle of vodka in his car.Powell, World Health Organization graduated from usc in 2005, have played professionally overseas.He played for the Dakota Wizards of the NBA's developmental conference and made the all-star team.