Egypt joins India as several countries signal interest to host 2036 Olympics

Egypt will bid to host the 2036 and 2040 Summer Olympics, with the country's improving infrastructure and sports facilities key for a successful African bid, said the head of the African national Olympic committees association (ANOCA) on Sunday.

The continent has never staged the Olympic Games. Cairo last made an unsuccessful bid for the 2008 Olympics. The most populous country in the Arab world, Egypt has spent billions of dollars building facilities, stadiums and



sports complexes in recent years as part of its plans to modernise the country.

The Egypt International Olympic City complex in the new administrative capital the country has been building east of Cairo since 2015 is expected to have a 93,900-capacity national stadium and 21 other sports facilities.

"Egypt will bid for 2036 and 2040," Mustapha Berraf, head of ANOCA told a press conference on the day of the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics.