The ninth edition of the All-Africa Games closed on July 23. (COJA)All Africa Games Flag Passes to Zambia
The ninth All-Africa Games finish in Algiers, and the games flag is now in the hands of 2011 hosts Lusaka, Zambia.
"Africa has proven, during these games, its capacity to achieve at the highest level," said Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem.
Algeria sat at the top of the medal count during most of the games, but a last minute surge by Egypt dethroned the hosts. Egypt passed Algeria and South Africa thanks to chess, wrestling, gymnastics and taekwondo in the last days of the games.
Two athletes were kicked out for doping, one each from Angola and Nigeria.
The athletics competitions came at the end of the games, at the 5 July Stadium. (Getty Images)
Jacques Rogge Makes Algiers Visit
IOC President Jacques Rogge toured the All-Africa venues and took insome athletics competitions and theclosing ceremony as well as a meeting with Algeria's president.
Abdelaziz Bouteflika awarded Rogge Algeria's National Order of Merit and also bestowed other honors on Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa president Lassana Palenfo and African Football Confederation president Issa Hayatou.
Palenfo then gave Bouteflika the Olympic Order of Merit.
"You have always exceeded our expectations," Palenfo said as he presented the award.
Games Director in Final Precis
The All-Africa Games do not have the real status that they deserve and they have become a load that is too heavy for the host, in contrast to the self-financing Asian Games and the Pan Americans, according to games director general Games director Djaffer Yefsah proposed major changes for All-Africa Games management and promotion. (COJA)Djaffer Yefsah.
The games must achieve the quality of the Olympic Games to attract the interest of athletes and sponsors, he added, speaking to the press on the eve of the closing ceremony.
Only two companies signed as major sponsors. Samsung joined just two months before the games, and Algeria Telecom in January 2007.
Ninety percent of the games budget came from the Algerian state, Yefsah said.
He proposed that the games should come under the control of ANOCA, rather than the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa, an agency of the African Union recognized by the IOC.
ANOCA 12th General Assembly Cancels Afro-Asian Games
Thesecond edition of the Afro-Asian Games, previously scheduled for July 25 to August 3 in Algiers, will not go forward, due to lack of interest, says ANOCA president Lassana Palenfo.
"None of the sports are full," he is quoted in Algerian media.
"We were prepared to welcome 500 athletes, but less than 150 are ready to go."
Africa was ready but the Asian NOCs did not line up their Asian Games medalists, Palenfo said.
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