How poverty, travel cost keep spectators away from stadiums in Africa

The huge turnout of fans at the ongoing Euro 2024 Championship holding in Germany and the Copa America has shown the contrast in game viewership between Europe, the Americas and Africa, where matches are played in near-empty stadiums. In this report, CHRISTIAN OKPARA writes that several factors, including poor economy and difficulty in traveling from one country to another, account for the poor attendance in African championships. Spectators, they say, are the lifeblood of successful sporting events. The large number of spectators that come to watch sporting events gives life to such championships, pushing the athletes to reach for theThe post How poverty, travel cost keep spectators away from stadiums in Africa appeared first on Guardian Nigeria News.

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