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From the highs of Gaborone to the lows of Accra

Drawing blanks: A  non functional timing board at the University of Ghana Stadium
Drawing blanks: A non functional timing board at the University of Ghana Stadium

Days after Gaborone dished a sumptuous World Relays competition, Accra has served an unappetising 24th Africa Senior Athletics Championships, which have drawn complaints over food, accommodation and other logistics. The Ghana competition, which has attracted athletes from the continent's 54 nations, began on Tuesday this week and runs until Sunday.

However, the start of the Championships, already missing top athletes, was marred by complaints of poor organisation.

Botswana has sent 25 athletes and seven officials to the competition being held at the University of Ghana Stadium. A team official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told MmegiSport that conditions in the West African country are deplorable.

Editor's Comment
Let the courts follow the money

“Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.”– B.R. AmbedkarThe amount of money at play threatens to test the integrity of the country’s financial system, giving more reason to why the courts must be fully given leeway to lean on the matter and reach a conclusion.Botswana has spent decades building her reputation as a stable and credible financial jurisdiction.The...

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