Dakar 2026

Organisers of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games have detailed what to expect at the ceremony venues along the Flame Tour, the relay taking the Olympic flame through host sites ahead of the Games. The tour will spotlight the venues set to host opening and closing ceremonies as Senegal prepares to become the first African country to stage an Olympic event of this kind.

Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge has been appointed a Global Ambassador for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. The Kenyan distance-running great says he is ready to "give back to the next generation," using the role to inspire young athletes as the Games come to Africa for the first time, with Senegal hosting in Dakar.