Bach hopeful Africa would host the Olympics by 2036

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IOC president says he has a dream that the Olympic games would be hosted in Africa in his tenure

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Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee , has expressed the hope that Africa would bid to host the Olympics by 2036.

Mr Bach said this while responding to questions by young reporters of the International Sports Press Association on Thursday in Lausanne, Switzerland.“At the beginning of my term , I had a dream that the Olympic games would be hosted in Africa in my tenure but it is not going to be possible, unfortunately.

“I hope that by 2036 or 2040 – which would be when am out of office – an African country will enter into dialogue with the IOC to organise the Olympic Games. “It is really important to see the games in Africa, but the ball at the moment is in the court of the African countries,’’ he added. NAN reports that 21 young reporters from various countries, alongside Ijeoma Okigbo of the News Agency of Nigeria , are in Lausanne for a media training organised by the AIPS.

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