A young Scrabble champion from Senegal has been stripped of his title at the Francophone World Championships (French Scrabble) for lying about his age, local media say.Mamadou Youck had been named winner of the "blitz" competition for 14-15 year-olds before officials discovered he was 16, Senegal's APS news agency reports. In the "blitz" category, players have just one minute to complete each move.
The 37th Francophone Scrabble World Championships are taking place this week in Senegal's capital, Dakar.
The country's Sports Ministry, which accords Scrabble the same importance as football, has declared the competition a national priority.
About 600 competitors from 21 countries are participating.
Despite having a literacy rate of just 40%, Senegal's holds nine world titles in Scrabble.
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