By Ijeoma Okigbo on November 26, 2021
Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has expressed the hope that Africa would bid to host the Olympics by 2036.
Bach said this, while responding to questions by young reporters of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) on Thursday in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Bach said it was his dream that Africa would host the games during his tenure.
“At the beginning of my term (in 2013), I had a dream that the Olympic games would be hosted in Africa in my tenure but it is not going to be possible, unfortunately.
“ I hope that by 2036 or 2040 – which would be when am out of office – an African country will enter into dialogue with the IOC to organize the Olympic games.
“It is really important to see the games in Africa, but the ball at the moment is in the court of the African countries,’’ he added.
NAN reports that 21 young reporters from various countries, alongside Ijeoma Okigbo of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), are in Lausanne for a media training organized by the AIPS. (NAN)
•PHOTO: IOC President Thomas Bach
Source Daily Sports
Posted November 26, 2021
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