Egypt Gets Hosting Rights For 2027 African Games

Egypt Gets Hosting Rights For 2027 African Games

Sampson Adedeji

The Association of National Olympic Committee of Africa (ANOCA) has awarded Egypt the hosting rights for the 2027 African Games, the Egyptian Ministry of Youth and Sports announced on Tuesday, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

The announcement was made by ANOCA on Monday, in which they confirmed that the 2027 African Games would be the African qualifiers for the LA 2028 Olympic Games.

Six-time winners of the tournament, Egypt, previously hosted the African Games once in 1991, winning the title at the time.

Accra Ghana will host the next edition of the Games in 2024 and Team Nigeria is among the countries that will compete for honours in the events.