NIGERIA TO HOST THE AFRICAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP

 - (Source Premium Times Abuja) The championship is billed to hold between June 23 and 27, 2021 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium Nigeria is set to become the first country ever to host two consecutive editions of the African Senior Athletics Championship. This follows the confirmation of Lagos as host of the 22nd edition of the biennial continental Athletics meet. The championship is billed to hold between June 23 and 27, 2021 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere. Asaba, Delta State hosted the last edition of the championship and while Algiers was originally meant to follow, the Northern African country has given up its right for Lagos. In a statement issued in Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday, Kalkaba Malboum, President of the Confederation of African