Angola coach sacked for post-Christmas absence

Angola’s football federation has dismissed
national team coach Romeu Filemon for an
“unjustified absence” from work on Boxing Day,
it said in a statement published Monday by
Angop news agency.
Filemon had on December 23 publicly
complained that he had not been paid
his salary for eight months.
The national team which was due to fly
out to South Africa for a training camp
on Saturday has instead delayed its
departure to December 30.
Angola will be in South Africa for two
weeks of preparations before heading to
Rwanda for the 2016 African Nations
Championship (CHAN) to be held from
January 16 to February 7.
Angola will face the Democratic Republic
of Congo, Ethiopia and Cameroon in
Group B.
Filemon was appointed in February 2014
to replace Uruguayan Gustavo Ferrin,
who was dismissed after Angola failed to
qualify for the World Cup in Brazil.