{"id":192542,"date":"2024-06-24T09:58:11","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T09:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T09:58:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T09:58:11","slug":"ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana to host 2026 African Athletics Championship\u00a0 \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ghana has been named as host of the next African Athletics Championship\u00a0<strong>Citi Sports<\/strong>\u00a0can confirm.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Championship will be held in Ghana with the University of Ghana Stadium in line to serve as the host venue for the competition.<\/p>\n<p>The confirmation of Ghana\u2019s hosting bid success was communicated by Ghana Athletics in a statement released on the federation\u2019s X (formerly) Twitter page.<\/p>\n<p>The Confederation of African Athletics named Ghana as host nation for the next edition after accepting Ghana\u2019s bid.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s bidding team had National Sports Authority Deputy General Bawa Majid, Ghana Athletics President Bawa Fuseini and Ghana Athletics Vice President Charles Osei Asibey on it.<\/p>\n<p>This development comes in the lead up to Ghana\u2019s participation in this year\u2019s African Athletics Championship that runs from June 20 to June 26 in Douala, Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s contingent is made up of 18 athletes headlined by 2024 Paris Olympic Games bound high jumper Rose Yeboah and 100 Metre sprinters Fuseini Ibrahim and Isaac Botsio.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Athletics-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-584687\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_580642\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fuseini.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-580642\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ghana Athletics President Bawa Fuseini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The event also serves as a qualifier to the 2024 Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana has been named as host of the next African Athletics Championship\u00a0Citi Sports\u00a0can confirm. The 2026 Championship will be held in Ghana with the University of Ghana Stadium in line to serve as the host venue for the competition. The confirmation of Ghana\u2019s hosting bid success was communicated by Ghana Athletics in a statement released [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":192545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ghana to host 2026 African Athletics Championship\u00a0 \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ghana to host 2026 African Athletics Championship\u00a0 \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ghana has been named as host of the next African Athletics Championship\u00a0Citi Sports\u00a0can confirm. The 2026 Championship will be held in Ghana with the University of Ghana Stadium in line to serve as the host venue for the competition. The confirmation of Ghana\u2019s hosting bid success was communicated by Ghana Athletics in a statement released [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-24T09:58:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1177.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/24\\\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/24\\\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Ghana to host 2026 African Athletics Championship\u00a0 \u2013\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-24T09:58:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/24\\\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":186,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/24\\\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/image-1177.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/24\\\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/24\\\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/24\\\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghana to host 2026 African Athletics Championship\u00a0 \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/24\\\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/24\\\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/image-1177.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-24T09:58:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/24\\\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/24\\\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/24\\\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/image-1177.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/image-1177.png\",\"width\":750,\"height\":536},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/24\\\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ghana to host 2026 African Athletics Championship\u00a0 \u2013\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ghana to host 2026 African Athletics Championship\u00a0 \u2013 - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ghana to host 2026 African Athletics Championship\u00a0 \u2013 - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Ghana has been named as host of the next African Athletics Championship\u00a0Citi Sports\u00a0can confirm. The 2026 Championship will be held in Ghana with the University of Ghana Stadium in line to serve as the host venue for the competition. The confirmation of Ghana\u2019s hosting bid success was communicated by Ghana Athletics in a statement released [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-06-24T09:58:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":536,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1177.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Ghana to host 2026 African Athletics Championship\u00a0 \u2013","datePublished":"2024-06-24T09:58:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\/"},"wordCount":186,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1177.png","articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\/","name":"Ghana to host 2026 African Athletics Championship\u00a0 \u2013 - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1177.png","datePublished":"2024-06-24T09:58:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1177.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1177.png","width":750,"height":536},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/ghana-to-host-2026-african-athletics-championship\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ghana to host 2026 African Athletics Championship\u00a0 \u2013"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}