Sports Academies
Located at the heart of Mauritius in Côte d’Or, St Pierre, Côte d’Or National Sports Complex boasts the largest and fully integrated sports and entertainment hub in the Indian Ocean and in the African region.
Located on the ground floor of the Main Hall, the National Combat Centre is one-of-its-kind in Mauritius and is also a multi-sport centre of excellence. This facility has 220 m2 of floor space and can cater for multiple sports at once. Rapidly developing into a renowned training facility, the National Combat Centre complements the High Performance Centre Mauritius to deliver on national programs with emphasis on elite combat sport athletes such boxing and martials arts. The combat centre is fitted with an international competition standard boxing ring, a cage fight ring, wrestling mat flooring and a variety of boxing bags.
The National Boxing Team trains twice at the National Combat Centre and combines boxing with conditioning to optimise their finest display for competition. Open to the public through sports membership at the HPC gym, the gym members enjoy their BoxFit sessions, on Tuesdays from 6pm to 7pm, with Abel Thesée, Senior Strength and Conditioning Specialist.
Kick, punch, move and boxing workouts for beginners and intermediates.
BoxFit is the fusion of fundamental boxing drills and techniques coupled with strength and conditioning exercises. Learn to kick, punch, and move swiftly while practising cross training boxing workouts.
What you will learn in BoxFit?
- Kicks
- Knees
- Punches
- Agility
- Defensive postures
Centre National d’Excellence du Football (CNEF)
An elite football environment
The CNEF was officially launched in October 2025, with Yann Danielou as Academy Director. He holds a football coaching instructor diploma from France Football Federation and an UEFA A License. Danielou played 410 football matches in his European career and has held many coaching positions.
The CNEF is split into 3 boys categories; U15, U17 and second division players, and they compete in the national champions categories respectively.
It’s main objective is to establish high-level standards by providing the structural, financial, and human resources necessary to meet the demands and constraints of performance. Danielou’s philosophy is what matters is not who the players are today, but who they will become tomorrow. The academy takes a qualitative and developmental approach where the immediate results of the teams are not the only indicators. It also places great importance on holistic development: sports academic and behavioural.
The CNEF was officially launched in October 2025, with Yann Danielou as Academy Director. He holds a football coaching instructor diploma from France Football Federation and an UEFA A License. Danielou played 410 football matches in his European career and has held many coaching positions. The CNEF is split into 3 boys categories; U15, U17 and second division players, and they compete in the national champions categories respectively. It’s main objective is to establish high-level standards by providing the structural, financial, and human resources necessary to meet the demands and constraints of performance. Danielou’s philosophy is what matters is not who the players are today, but who they will become tomorrow. The academy takes a qualitative and developmental approach where the immediate results of the teams are not the only indicators. It also places great importance on holistic development: sports academic and behavioural.
