Africa 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). All of the competing nations are from the African continent. The first Games were held in 1965 in Brazzaville, Congo. The International Olympic Committee granted official recognition as a continental multi-sport event, along with the Asian Games and Pan American Games. Since 1999, the Games have also included athletes with a disability. The Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (SCSA) was the organisation body for the game. On 26 July 2013, the Extraordinary Assembly of the Supreme Council for Sports held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast that was held on the sidelines of the 5th Session of the African Union Conference of Sports Ministers that started on 22 July 2013 recommended ...
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Football At The African Games
The men's Association football tournament has been held at every session of the African Games since 1965. Women's competition was added in 2003. Since 1991, age limit for men teams is under-23, same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics. Men's tournament Summaries ;Notes Performances by countries for men Participating nations Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games. Women's tournament Summaries Performances by countries for women Participating nations Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games. Medal table Overall Men Women See also * External links 1965–2007 editions (men's)at CAF (archived) 2003–2007 editions (women's)at CAF (archived) at the RSSSF Football All Africa Games indexat todor66.com {{International women's football All All-Africa Games The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental m ...
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2007 All-Africa Games
The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there. Besides Algeria, only Nigeria has hosted the event twice, but with different host cities. 4793 athletes took part to these games. Venues *Main stadium - Athletics *Stade SATO - Para athletics *Piscine du Complexe Olympique - Swimming *Hall OMS El Biar - Badminton *Salle OMS Hydra - Women's Basketball *Salle Staouali - Men's Basketball *Salle Harcha - Men's Basketball *Centre Equestre LIDO - Equestrian *Centre Equestre de Maramene - Equestrian (Endurance) *Stand de tir Chenoua - Shooting *Salle OMS de Bordj-El-Kiffan - Boxing *Coupole - Judo, Karate, Handball *Salle OMS de Bousmail - Weightlifting *Club Tennis OCO - Tennis *Salle OMS Boumerdes - Kickboxing, Taekwondo *Barrage de Boukerdane - Rowing *Salle OMS de Rouiba - Table tennis *Salle De Bab Ezzouar - Gymnast ...
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All-Africa Games (logo)
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). All of the competing nations are from the African continent. The first Games were held in 1965 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, Congo. The International Olympic Committee granted official recognition as a continental multi-sport event, along with the Asian Games and Pan American Games. Since 1999, the Games have also included athletes with a disability. The Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (SCSA) was the organisation body for the game. On 26 July 2013, the Extraordinary Assembly of the Supreme Council for Sports held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast that was held on the sidelines of the 5th Session of the African Union Conference of Sports Ministers that started on 22 July ...
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Basketball At The African Games
Basketball has been a discipline of the African Games event since the first edition in 1965 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. Starting at the 2019 event, "regular" 5-on-5 basketball was replaced by 3x3 basketball. Men's tournaments Summaries Participating nations Medal Table, men's Women's tournaments Summaries Participating nations Medal Table, women's Medal table, combined * ''DR Congo : ex. Zaire'' External links Basketball Africa National Teams Archive (todor66.com) {{International women's basketball All-Africa Games All-Africa Games Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

Karate At The African Games
Karate was an African Games event at its inaugural edition in 1991 and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions. Editions External links {{Karate Sports at the African Games All-Africa Games All-Africa 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 (AN ...

Judo At The African Games
Judo was an African Games event at its inaugural edition in 1965 and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions. Editions Medalists Men's Super lightweight Half lightweight Lightweight Welterweight Middleweight Light heavyweight Heavyweight Open Women's Super lightweight Half lightweight Lightweight Welterweight Middleweight Light heavyweight Heavyweight Open External links Judo at the 2007 All-Africa Games (magharebia.com) {{international judo Sports at the African Games All-Africa Games 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 (AN ...

Field Hockey At The African Games
Field hockey has been an African Games event since the fourth edition in 1987 in Nairobi, Kenya. It last featured on the games programme in 2003. It is set to return at the 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana. Men's tournament Results Summary :* = ''hosts'' Team appearances Women's tournament Results Summary :* = ''hosts'' Team appearances Medal table Total Men Women See also * Men's African Olympic Qualifier *Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations *Women's African Olympic Qualifier *Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations References External links Field Hockey Africa Archive {{International field hockey All-Africa Games Field hockey 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 (AN ...

Handball At The African Games
Handball has been an African Games event since the first edition in 1965 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. Men's tournaments Summaries :' A round-robin tournament determined the final standings. :' Handball tournament held in Casablanca. Participating nations '' Rq: The table is not complete.'' Women's tournaments Summaries :' Handball tournament held in Casablanca. Participating nations '' Rq: The table is not complete.'' Medal table Men Women Overall See also *African Men's Handball Championship *African Women's Handball Championship External links Handball Africa Archive (todor66.com) {{International Handball (Women) African Games 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 (A ...

Gymnastics At The African Games
Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest, and abdominal muscle groups. Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the ancient Greeks that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and from circus performance skills. The most common form of competitive gymnastics is artistic gymnastics (AG), which consists of, for women (WAG), the events floor, vault, uneven bars, and beam; and for men (MAG), the events floor, vault, rings, pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar. The governing body for gymnastics throughout the world is the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). Eight sports are governed by the FIG, which include gymnastics for all, men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampolining (including double mini- ...
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Fencing At The African Games
Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the Foil (fencing), foil, the épée, and the Sabre (fencing), sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, singlestick, appeared in the 1904 Olympics but was dropped after that and is not a part of modern fencing. Fencing was one of the first sports to be played in the Olympics. Based on the traditional skills of swordsmanship, the modern sport arose at the end of the 19th century, with the Italy, Italian school having modified the Historical European martial arts, historical European martial art of classical fencing, and the France, French school later refining the Italian system. There are three forms of modern fencing, each of which uses a different kind of weapon and has different rules; thus the sport itself is divided into three competitive scenes: foil, épée, and sabre. Most competitive fencers choose to ...
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Equestrian At The African Games
The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or Riding in British English) Examples of this are: *Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes in ancient Rome *Equestrian statue, a statue of a leader on horseback *Equestrian nomads, one of various nomadic or semi-nomadic ethnic groups whose culture places special emphasis on horse breeding and riding *Equestrian at the Summer Olympics, a division of Olympic Games competition Other *The ship ''Equestrian'', used to transport convicts from England to Australia, for example Alfred Dancey. See also *Equestria, Pretoria *Equestria Equestria () is the fictional setting of the fourth and fifth generations of the My Little Pony toy line and media franchise, including the animated television series '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' and '' My Little Pony: Pony Life''. ...

Diving At The African Games
Diving most often refers to: * Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water * Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes Diving or Dive may also refer to: Sports * Dive (American football), a type of play in American football * Diving (association football), a simulation of being fouled * Diving (ice hockey), embellishing an infraction in an attempt to draw a penalty * Sport diving (sport), competitive scuba diving using recreational techniques in a swimming pool * Taking a dive, or match fixing, intentionally losing a match, especially in boxing Film and television Film * ''Dive'' (film), a 1929 German silent film * ''The Dive'' (1990 film), a Norwegian action thriller * ''Dive!'' (film), a 2010 documentary film by Jeremy Sefert * ''Dive'', a 2014 New Zealand short film written and directed by Matthew J. Saville * ''The Dive'' (2018 film), an Israeli film TV * ''Dive'' (TV series), a 2010 British drama * "The Dive" ...
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