Cricket and arm wrestling included on 2023 African Games programme

Original Story Published by: Ali Iveson, Inside the Games, www.insidethegames.biz
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Arm wrestling, rugby union and cricket are due to make African Games debuts at Accra 2023. Organisers have approved a 23-sport programme, with teqball the sole demonstration sport to take the total to 24. Of the main 23, arm wrestling, cricket and rugby union are the debutants. Squash, netball and hockey all return after not featuring in Rabat in 2019.

Accra 2023 said that interest from continental governing bodies, available facilities in Accra, athlete quotas and how Ghanaian and African athletes and teams have fared in qualifying for major international competitions all factored into the decision-making process on the sports programme.

Rugby sevens and T20 cricket would appear the most likely disciplines to appear at Accra 2023, given they have also feature at other prominent multi-sport events, including the Olympics in the case of rugby sevens and the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games in the case of 20-over cricket.