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

ZA TAKES TALENT IDENTIFICATION TO MONZE.

By Mathews Ndandula in monze. Zambia athletics has successfully staged the talent identification tournament held at Monze police sports ground. The event which saw about ten teams participating made the local leadership happy. Monze Council chairperson Pathias Samakonga said these type of events must be windened to make the youths active and stay away from bad vices. “ in this time of covid-19 sports plays a critical role to keep our youths fit, the people around here are happy, the Royal Highness chief Monze is also here and very happy so as a guest of honor am happy to host an event like this and I would like to encourage our youths to take sports seriously,” he said. And Zambia Athletics vice president Captain

Cancellation of the Lafarge Lusaka Marathon (LLM) 2020

(Lusaka, June 2nd 2020), The Lafarge Lusaka Marathon (LLM) Management has reviewed the trend and guidance of health experts and the provisions of SI 21 & 22 of 2020 on Covid- 19, which is now a world pandemic and resolved to cancel the LLM 2020 which was schedule for September, 26th 2020, and focus on preparation for 2021. At Lafarge Zambia, health and safety is our core value thus, the safety of our nation, participants and Partners is of paramount importance to us. That is why management reached at this difficult decision to cancel the 7th edition of the marathon this year. This decision was made following the guidance of the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization on the status of Covid-19, which is