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World Petanque Championships: Morocco wins medal, Mauritania surprises France

17/11/2008

Morocco's Abdel El Mankari defeated Senegal's Fara Ndiaye to win the precision shooting gold medal at the 44th World Petanque Championships Sunday (November 16th) in Dakar. France's team A won the world title. While it did not win, Mauritania made history as the only team to defeat France's team B, Senegal's Le Soleil reported.