BSE  17,021.85 +236.20   NSE  5052.45 +63.45   RS/$ 46.25 -0.16  at:16:10 Hrs (IST) Nov 20  
    General Elections 2009    |     India    |     States     |     International     |     Business     |     Sports     |     Entertainment    |     Feature    |     Technology    |     Health    |     Archives
News »  October 1, 2000  » Sports » Full story
Gold medal earns Cameroon public holiday
Yaounde: Cameroon has declared Monday a public holiday to celebrate its national soccer team's Olympic gold medal.

President Paul Biya announced the holiday in a decree read on state television on Saturday.

Cameroon, the African champions, succeeded Nigeria as Olympic champions in Sydney earlier in the day when they beat Spain 5-3 on penalties in the final.



(c) Reuters Limited. Click here for Restrictions
[]
Post, View Comments




Tags: olympics 2000, gold, medal, cameroon, public holiday, national soccer, decree.

Read other articles published on October 1, 2000

[]
[]
     Things To Do
[]
User Comments
[ Post Comments ]


Be the first to comment this article.

    More News Headlines

More News
     Other Channels
International
Business
Health
Technology
    Latest Comments
Ganesh Krishna On No problem in having Rahul as PM: Amar
VIJAY On Bisk Firm to diversify into bakery segment
uthamanarayanan On India could win a Nobel for filth: Jairam Ramesh
srimanta panda On India could win a Nobel for filth: Jairam Ramesh
varun On Youth icon Rahul Gandhi is now gay icon too

    Business

     Cricket

     Entertainment

     Living

Recommended Links
    Become fans of Namitha, Trisha, Katrina, Deepika, Hrithik Roshan     Make Like Minded Friends     SMS Updates     Astrology     Chat     RSS     Jobs     Book your Domains     Explore India