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The IOC granted full recognition to the East Timorese Committee.
- The IOC had allowed a mainly symbolic four-member team to take part in the 2000 Olympics Games in nearby Sydney under the Olympic flag as "Independent Olympic Athletes."
- In the 2004 Olympics, six athletes participated in three sports: athletics, weightlifting and boxing).
- The Federação de Timor-Leste de Atletismo has joined the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
- The Federação de Badminton de Timor-Leste joined the International Badminton Federation (IBF) in April 2003.
- The East Timor Cycling Federation has joined the Union Cycliste Internationale.
The Confederação do Desporto de Timor Leste has joined the International Weightlifting Federation.
- East Timor is a full member of the International Table-Tennis Federation (ITTF).
- In September 2005, East Timor (also known as TLS)
national football team joined FIFA. On October 30, 2008, East Timor earned their first international points in a FIFA match with a 2-2 draw against Cambodia.[1]
East Timor has taken part in several sporting events. Although the athletes came back with no medals, East Timorese athletes had the opportunity to compete with other Southeast Asian athletes in the 2003 Southeast Asian Games held in Vietnam in 2003. In the 2003 ASEAN Paralympics Games, also held in Vietnam, East Timor won a bronze medal.
East Timor won three medals in Arnis at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games. East Timor was also one of the competing nations in the first Lusophony Games, winning a bronze medal in the women's volleyball competition (finishing third out of three teams), despite the fact the team had lost all its three games.
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