The Games continued yesterday with the Maltese boys and girls encountering strong opposition from the athletes of the other participatin nations.

The following were the results

Basketball Boys

France 87, Italy B 47

Italy A 78, Portugal 56

Malta 47, Flanders 83

Football

France 3, Malta A 1

England 1, Malta B 0

Futsal

Brazil 6, Portugal 0

Malta 5, France 3

Malta 8, Portugal 3

Handball Boys

Malta A 8, Portugal 25

France 26, Malta B 3

Volleyball Girls

Flanders 3, England 0

Netherlands 0, Portugal 3

France 0, Brazil 3

Malta 0, Italy 3

Swimming

Several events were organised with Amy Micallef finhsing third in the 50m breaststroke (preliminary), while Michael Umnov and Julian Harding finished first and second in their preliminary heat in the boys event.

Table Tennis

Doubles girls – 1. Gold – France A (Noemie Daunois- Elisa Delhommeau) 2. Silver – France B (Alexia Agouni – Justine Guerin) 3. Bronze (Therese Genovese – Sacha Genovese)

Doubles boys – 1. Gold – France B (Dorian Mazzili – Baptiste Bourget) 2. Silver – France A (Corentin Ponlet – Bastier Vandenbossche) 3. Bronze Malta A (Andrea Portelli – James Camilleri)

Today’s events

Basketball (at Ta’ Qali)

9am Portugal vs Malta

11am France vs Italy A

1pm Italy B vs Flanders

Football (at Sirens Ground)

9am England vs Malta A

10.30am France vs Malta B

Futsal (at University)

9.30am Malta vs Brazil

11am France vs Portugal

Handball (at University Sports Hall)

4pm France vs Malta A

5.30pm Malta B vs Portugal

Volleyball (at Cottonera Sports Complex)

9.30am France vs England

9.30am Malta vs Portugal

11.30am Flanders vs Brazil

11.30am Netherlands vs Italy

Athletics (at Marsa)

4pm Semifinals and finals of 100m, 400m, 1500m, 3000m and the heats for the 4x100m relay.

Swimming (at Tal-Qroqq Pool)

10am – Heats in 50m backstroke; 50m butterfly; 100m freestyle and 100m breastroke and the 200m medley final.

Bazaar

This evening there will be the traditional FISEC bazaar during which the athletes will be able to sell souvenirs of their respective nations. Proceeds from this bazaar will go to families in need in the St Paul’s Bay area.

This bazaar has always been organised since 1997 and had been set up on the initiative of the Maltese FISEC Games Council to show solidarity with those in need. This year’s bazaar is to be held in front of the Qawra church.

This year’s edition of the Games is being held with the support of the Maltese Council for Sport, the Malta Tourism Authority, Banif Bank, Eurosport, General Soft Drinks, Tal-Lira, M. Demajo Group, Vodafone plc, Emotion Signworks, ap9 Promotions and Alfa Limited.