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2023 African Games, the Glossary

The 13th African Games, also known as Accra 2023, were hosted by Ghana from 8–23 March 2024.^[1]

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Abuja

Abuja is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria.

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Accra

Accra (Ga or Gaga; Nkran; Ewe: Gɛ; Ankara) is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean.

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The Accra Sports Stadium, formerly named the Ohene Djan Stadium, is a multi-use stadium (40,000-capacity, all-seater) located in Accra, Ghana, mostly used for association football matches. 2023 African Games and Accra Sports Stadium are sport in Accra.

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Achimota School

Achimota School (/ɑːtʃimoʊtɑː/), formerly Prince of Wales College and School at Achimota, later Achimota College, now nicknamed Motown, is a co-educational boarding school located at Achimota in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana.

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African Games

The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union (AU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) and the Association of African Sports Confederations (AASC).

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African Judo Union

The African Judo Union (AJU) is the governing body of judo in Africa.

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African Para Games

The African Para Games is a multi-sport event contested by para-athletes from African nations.

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African Union

The African Union (AU) is a continental union of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa.

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Andrew Parsons (sports administrator)

Andrew George William Parsons (born 10 February 1977) is a Brazilian sports administrator and journalist.

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Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa.

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Arm wrestling at the 2023 African Games

Arm wrestling at the 2023 African Games was held from 18 to 22 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana.

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Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (acronym: ANOCA; Association des Comités Nationaux Olympiques d'Afrique, ACNOA, رابطة اللجان الأولمبية الوطنية في إفريقيا) is an international organization that unites the 54 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Africa.

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Athletics at the 2023 African Games

Athletics at the 2023 African Games was held from 18 to 22 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana.

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Badminton at the 2023 African Games

Badminton events at the 2023 African Games took place between 7 and 10 March at the Borteyman Sports Complex in Accra, Ghana.

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Beach volleyball at the 2023 African Games

Beach volleyball at the 2023 African Games were held from 10 to 14 March 2024 at the Laboma Beach in Accra, Ghana.

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Benjamin Azamati

Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku (born 14 January 1998) is a Ghanaian sprinter, who currently competes for ASICS Global.

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Borteyman

Borteyman is a community in the Kpone Katamanso district in the Greater Accra region of Ghana.

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Borteyman Sports Complex

Borteyman Sports Complex is a multidisciplinary sport center located in Borteyman, a suburb of Accra, Ghana.

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Boxing at the 2023 African Games

Boxing at the 2023 African Games was held from 15 to 22 March 2024 at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra, Ghana.

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Bukom Boxing Arena

Bukom Boxing Arena is the first boxing arena to be built in Ghana. 2023 African Games and Bukom Boxing Arena are sport in Accra.

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Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa.

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Cape Coast

Cape Coast is a city, fishing port, and the capital of Cape Coast Metropolitan District and Central Region of Ghana.

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Cape Verde

Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an archipelago and island country of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about.

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Chess at the 2023 African Games

Chess at the 2023 African Games was held from 9 to 11 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana.

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COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

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Cricket at the 2023 African Games

Cricket at the 2023 African Games was held in Accra, Ghana, between 7 and 23 March 2024.

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Cycling at the 2023 African Games

Cycling at the 2023 African Games was held from 9 to 16 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana.

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Delegation

Delegation is the process of distributing and entrusting work to another person.

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Field hockey at the 2023 African Games

Field Hockey will be among the sports at the 13th African Games to held in 8 to 23 March 2023 in Accra, Ghana.

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Football at the 2023 African Games will held in Ghana between 7 and 22 March 2024.

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Ghana

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa.

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Handball at the 2023 African Games

Handball at the 2023 African Games was held in Accra, Ghana, from 13 to 22 March 2024.

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Inside the Games

Inside the Games (also known as insidethegames and insidethegames.biz) is an Olympic news website formerly edited by the British sports journalist Duncan Mackay.

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International Paralympic Committee

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement.

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Judo at the 2023 African Games

The judo events at the 2023 African Games will be held in Accra, Ghana from 12 to 15 March 2024.

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Karate at the 2023 African Games

Karate events at the 2023 African Games took place from 7 to 9 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana.

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Kumasi

Kumasi (historically spelled Comassie or Coomassie, usually spelled Kumase in Twi language) is a city in the Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana.

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Legon Sports Stadium

The Legon Sports Stadium, also known as the University of Ghana Sports Stadium, is a stadium at the University of Ghana.

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Mascot

A mascot is any human, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, sports team, society, military unit, or brand name.

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Minister for Youth and Sports (Ghana)

The Minister for Youth and Sports in Ghana heads the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

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Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world.

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Mustapha Ussif

Mustapha Ussif (born 16 August 1979) is a Ghanaian politician.

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Nana Akufo-Addo

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (born 29 March 1944) is a Ghanaian politician who has served as the president of Ghana since 2017.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.

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Ouagadougou

Ouagadougou or Wagadugu is the capital of Burkina Faso, and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic centre of the nation.

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President of Ghana

The president of the Republic of Ghana is the elected head of state and head of government of Ghana, as well as commander-in-chief of the Ghana Armed Forces.

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Rugby sevens at the 2023 African Games

Rugby sevens at the 2023 African Games will be held in Accra, Ghana, from 19 to 21 March 2024.

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Rugby union

Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Swimming at the 2023 African Games

Swimming at the 2023 African Games was held from 9 to 13 March 2024 at the Borteyman Sports Complex Aquatics Center in Accra, Ghana.

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Table tennis at the 2023 African Games

Table tennis events at the 2023 African Games took place from 4 to 10 March 2024 at the Accra International Conference Centre in Accra, Ghana.

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Taekwondo at the 2023 African Games

Taekwondo events at the 2023 African Games was held from 17 to 22 March 2024 at the Ga-Mashiae Hall in Accra, Ghana.

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Tennis at the 2023 African Games

Tennis at the 2023 African Games is held from 15 to 23 March 2024 at the Borteyman Sports Complex in Accra, Ghana.

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Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium

The Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium is a field hockey stadium in Accra, Ghana.

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Triathlon at the 2023 African Games

Triathlon at the 2023 African Games was held on 15 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana.

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University of Ghana

The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana.

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Volleyball at the 2023 African Games

Volleyball at the 2023 African Games were held from 12 to 23 March 2024 at the Borteyman Sports Complex in Accra, Ghana.

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Weightlifting at the 2023 African Games

Weightlifting at the 2023 African Games was held from 10 to 14 March 2024 at the University of Ghana Sports Facilities in Accra, Ghana.

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Wrestling at the 2023 African Games

Wrestling at the 2023 African Games was held from 9 to 11 March 2024 at the Borteyman Sports Complex in Accra, Ghana.

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2019 African Games

The 12th African Games (الألعاب الإفريقية الثانية عشرة), also known as Rabat 2019 (الرباط 2019), were held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. 2023 African Games and 2019 African Games are African Games.

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2023 Africa Cup of Nations

The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, known in short as the 2023 AFCON or CAN 2023 and for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, was the 34th edition of the biennial Africa Cup of Nations tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

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2023 African Beach Games

The 2023 African Beach Games is the 2nd edition of the international beach sports competition between the nations of Africa, organised by the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA).

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2023 African Para Games

The 2023 African Para Games were the first edition of the African Para Games held between 3 and 12 September 2023 in Accra, Ghana. 2023 African Games and 2023 African Para Games are sport in Accra.

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2024 in Ghana

Events in the year 2024 in Ghana.

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2024 Summer Olympics

The 2024 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad and officially branded as Paris 2024, is an international multi-sport event taking place from 24 July to 11 August 2024 in France, with the opening ceremony having taken place on 26 July. 2023 African Games and 2024 Summer Olympics are 2024 in multi-sport events.

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2024 Summer Paralympics

The 2024 Summer Paralympics (Jeux paralympiques d'été de 2024), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, and branded as Paris 2024, is the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an upcoming international multi-sport parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee, to be held in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024. 2023 African Games and 2024 Summer Paralympics are 2024 in multi-sport events.

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3x3 basketball at the 2023 African Games

3x3 basketball at the 2023 African Games was held from 18 to 22 March 2024 at the LNC Legon Netball Court in Accra, Ghana.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_African_Games

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2024 in African sport

2024 in Ghanaian sport

2024 in multi-sport events

21st century in Accra

African Games

March 2024 sports events in Africa

Sport in Accra

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