Rabat, Morocco | AFP | Morocco will not be a candidate to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after Cameroon was stripped of the tournament, the country’s sports minister Rachid Talbi Alami said on Wednesday. “Morocco does not intend to run for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and …
Read More »Taking 2021 Cup of Nations from Ivory Coast ‘stupid’, says Aurier
Abidjan, Ivory Coast | AFP | Ivory Coast defender Serge Aurier on Monday slammed the “stupid” decision of CAF to strip his country of the right to host the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) finally announced their long-anticipated decision to take the 2019 finals …
Read More »Ivorian fury after Cameroon mooted as 2021 Cup of Nations hosts
Abidjan, Ivory Coast | AFP | Ivory Coast has reacted angrily to the possibility that they could be replaced as 2021 Africa Cup of Nations hosts by Cameroon. After ditching Cameroon last week as 2019 hosts due to delays with preparations and security concerns, CAF president Ahmad Ahmad said on …
Read More »D-day for 2019 Africa Cup of Nations hosts Cameroon
Cairo, Egypt | AFP | The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will discuss Friday in Accra the staging of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations following reports that host nation Cameroon’s preparations were in difficulties. The executive committee meets in the Ghanaian capital Accra on the sidelines of the Africa …
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