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African athletes will resume their quest for Olympic medals from 8 August 2016.
In basketball, Nigeria will face Argentina, while in men’s handball Tunisia will face France and Egypt will take on Slovenia. In volleyball, Cameroon’s women will face Japan.
Rugby sevens had been absent from the competition since 1924 and made its much-anticipated return on 6 August 2016. It was an opening to forget for the Kenyan women, however, who were heavily beaten 52–0 by New Zealand.
Finally, in individual sports, Senegalese judoka Hortense Diédhiou will face the Netherlands’ Sanne Verhagen in the under-57 kg category, while South Africa’s Caster Semenya has decided to withdraw from the 400 metres to focus on the 800 metres, her preferred event.