After being pushed back a year from the initial 2023 date, the 13th African Games are now set to take place in Accra and Cape Coast from 8th-23rd March, 2024.
There will be 30 sporting disciplines to be competed for at the games.
Apart from the women's football event, which will take place in Cape Coast, all other disciplines will take place in Accra.
Eight (8) of the disciplines will serve as qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are wrestling, tennis, cycling, athletics, swimming, badminton, table tennis, and triathlon.
Seven (6) disciplines will be demonstration sports, namely; pickleball, sambo, E-sports, mixed martial arts, scrabble, and speedball.
The competition will take place in ten (10) different venues across Accra and Cape Coast.
See the full list of venues and events
No. | Games | Venue |
1 | Badminton | Multipurpose Hall |
2 | Indoor Volleyball | Multi-purpose Hall |
3 | Handball | Dome |
4 | Table Tennis | Dome |
5 | Triathlon | Aquatic Centre |
6 | Tennis | Tennis Sports Complex |
7 | Swimming | Aquatic Centre |
1 | 3X3 Basketball Competition | Outdoor Basketball Court |
2 | Athletics | Legon Stadium |
3 | Men’s Football | Legon Stadium |
4 | Rugby | Rugby Stadium |
5 | Weightlifting | GCB Hall |
6 | Speedball | GCB Hall |
7 | Pickle ball | Netball Court |
8 | Arm Wrestling | Cedi Conference Centre |
1 | Karate-Do | Ga Mashie Hall |
2 | Boxing | Main Arena |
3 | Mixed Martial Art | Ga Mashie Hall |
4 | Judo | Ga Mashie Hall |
5 | Taekwondo | Ga Mashie Hall |
1 | Scrabble | Alisa Hotel |
2 | Chess | Alisa Hotel |
1 | Wrestling | Hana Hathramani Hall |
2 | Sambo | Hana Hathramani Hall |
3 | Men’s Football | Main football field |
1 | Cycling | Ablekuma-Pokuase Highway |
2 | Field Hockey | Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium |
3 | Beach Volleyball | Laboma Beach Volleyball Court |
1 | Women’s Football | Cape Coast Sports Stadium |
Latest Stories
-
Amaarae’s ‘Sad Girls Luv Money’ remix certified platinum in US
7 mins -
Supreme Court adjourns case against FDA ban on celebrity alcohol endorsement
10 mins -
Not wearing panties becoming vogue among Ghanaian women
16 mins -
Societe Generale Group initiates strategic review of Societe Generale Ghana
24 mins -
Yvonne Nelson informs IGP of upcoming Dumsor protest, proposes May 25
1 hour -
NDC group in South Africa commends African countries for upholding democracy
1 hour -
GJA lifts media blackout on Yendi MP Farouk Aliu Mahama
2 hours -
Do you want to become the EC? – Nana B asks NDC over missing BVRs saga
2 hours -
I almost regretted sharing videos – Real Warri Pikin on backlash after weight loss surgery
2 hours -
Recording BVR kit serial numbers will help trace and match data – NDC justifies demand from EC
2 hours -
Real Warri Pikin reveals she had to refund contractual fees due to ill-health
2 hours -
Book prices to go up by 60% in September due to escalating taxes – GNAAP announces
2 hours -
Lack of toilet forces suspect to defecate on himself at Bole magistrate court
2 hours -
Otumfuo@25: Golden Stool to be on display at grand durbar of Asantehene’s silver jubilee
2 hours -
‘Magnificent’ Kumasi International Airport ready for commissioning
3 hours