Youth Olympics bid enters decisive stage

Botswana, this week, inched closer to realising the dream of hosting the 2022 Youth Olympic Games (YOG), after the bidding process moved to the final Candidature Stage, before a winner is announced in October.

The country has hinged its hopes on the success of hosting, particularly the 2014 Africa Youth Games, which received overwhelming endorsement.

Four African countries, Botswana, Nigeria, Tunisia and Senegal have reached the home stretch in the bidding process. The bidding countries have gone through the first two phases of the process, being the Preparation and Dialogue Stages.

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