Some Nigerian journalists with the Minister of Sports, Senator John Owan-Enoh at the ongoing 13th African Games in Ghana.
The Games kicked off this week, with the official opening ceremony in Ghana’s capital, Accra, on Friday.
Athletes from 52 nations are competing in Games. The three-week event also doubles as qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The games, formerly called the All-African Games, are held every four years, the year before the Olympics.
This year, 52 countries are competing, making it an actual pan-African sporting event.
Some 5,000 athletes will battle it out to win medals and break records in 30 disciplines, an increase from the 2019 African Games, which offered 26 sports.
The 2015 Games had 22 disciplines.
Events are being held in Accra, Cape Coast and Kumasi, Ghana’s second-largest city.
Table tennis was the first event to launch, with Egypt clinching the gold medal in both the men’s and women’s singles events, while the football competition kicked off on Thursday.
The Games wraps up on March 23, 2024.
