Five Moroccan boxers in African semifinals before Olympic games

Five Moroccan boxers qualified here Saturday for the African semifinal heats of the Olympic Games "Sydney 2000."

Moroccan boxers will be competing for a ticket to Sydney in categories ranging from 48 kg to 81 kg while four others have still to fight for the quarterfinals.

Twenty-two boxers, out of the teams representing here 40 countries, will make it to the Olympic Games in Australia next summer.