(Reuters) - One of six African nations will bid to host the 2025 World Athletics Championships as the continent hopes to stage the global meet for a first time, the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) president Hamad Kalkaba Malboum has said. African countries have previously held several major sporting events with South Africa hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup and Morocco staging an IAAF Diamond League event this year. Malboum believes that the continent's previous hosting record indicated that the biennial championships could also be held successfully in Africa. "People said that Africa could not host the World Cup in football, but we did it very successfully." "President Coe is supporting the fact that Africa could host the World Championships," the 66-year-old added.

Source: The Star August 24, 2017 10:30 UTC