Africa Archives - Francs Jeux

— November 7, 2024

The Games in Africa, so near and yet so far

The event has almost become a ritual. Two years before the 2026 Youth Games, Senegal will host the third edition of the... Read more "

— October 28, 2024

Thomas Bach calls on Africa to bid for the Games

It's done. Thomas Bach has completed in Kenya a long African tour, the last of his two terms as IOC president, which began last week in Senegal, then... Read more "

— October 23, 2024

CASOL is well born

A new development in the African Olympic movement: the creation in mid-October in Yaoundé, Cameroon, of the Association of African Olympic Sports Confederations (CASOL). This new organization... Read more "

— October 4, 2024

African School Games confirmed in Algeria

There is no doubt: Algeria will host the first edition of the African School Games next year. The result of a collaboration between the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) and the... Read more "

— January 9, 2024

Patrice Motsepe in the top 100

Great recognition for Patrice Motsepe (photo above). The South African billionaire, president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) since March 2021, appears in the list of 100 most... Read more "

— November 10, 2023

In Africa, fencing has a future

The 2023 world championships showed it again, the Paris 2024 Games should confirm it once again: Europe is still leading at a brisk pace, America is continuing its... Read more "

— October 2, 2023

Faced with the IBA, Africa puts on the gloves

Troubles continue for the International Boxing Federation (IBA). The body chaired by the Russian Umar Kremlev, already deprived of its recognition by the IOC and threatened since... Read more "

— March 13, 2023

African athletes unanimous in favor of a return from Russia

The door opens. Not yet big, of course, but more than enough to fit a foot through. Two days after the decision of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) to reinstate... Read more "

— March 30, 2022

In Africa, sport is thinking bigger and bigger

The International Meetings of Major Sporting Events (RIGES) are being exported. Not surprisingly, they do it in Africa. After eight editions in France, the event organized by Business France will plant its... Read more "

— March 25, 2020

Africa cancels its major events

Like the IOC with the Tokyo Games, African athletics is taking the lead. Cameroonian Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, president of the African Athletics Confederation, announced that the... Read more "