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The Afro-Asian Games were the series of inter-continental
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competitions, held between athletes from
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and
Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
. These Games are one-of-a-kind, since no other sporting competition brings athletes from these two continents together for one event, excluding the
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. These Games are supposed to be held once every four years. They are jointly supervised by the
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(OCA), and the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA). The Afro-Asian Games witness the participation of Asian and African
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(NOCs), along with a few Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) nations. The Inaugural Afro-Asian Games were held in 2003 in
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,
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...
.


Cancellation

Algiers, Algeria Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques d ...
was "ready" to host the second Afro-Asian Games, scheduled to be held from July to August, 2007. However, the Games were indefinitely postponed. The President of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA),
Lassana Palenfo Lassana Palenfo (born January 25, 1941 in Ivory Coast) is an Ivorian military general. He has held various offices in several international sporting organisations. He was the director of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (2 ...
, said that:
It is impossible for us to host the Afro-Asian Games, as the Asians have failed to line up their gold medallists.


List of Afro-Asian Games


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