
Just months after hosting the 2019 UFAK Junior and Senior Championships in Gaborone, Botswana Karate Association(BoKA) is contemplating on bidding for the 2024 Commonwealth Karate Championships. According to the available information the association is currently working on a smooth proposal which they are to submit to the mother body, Botswana National Sports Commission(BNSC) for endorsement .Should BNSC okay the bidding, BoKA will then throw in their name in when bidding process is opened in June 2020.The winning host nation is expected to be announced three months later in September 2020. As it stands Botswana ‘s only competitors are Sri Lanka and Malaysia who also want to take the biennial tournament to the Asian continent . However the main question that remains is, does Botswana meet the requirements to host the tournament of this magnitude considering that the Commonwealth Federation consists of great membership from across the world. However from the look of things it seems like Botswana meet all the requirements which have been set aside for a country to host the competition. The requirement set include that the bidding nation should be a member in good standing , have enough hotels to accommodate all the 53 member countries, have…