Morocco Misses Deadline For Africa Cup Of Nations

Written by Ann Brown

From BBC

Morocco have failed to meet the deadline to confirm it will host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in January.

The North Africans had requested a postponement because of fears over the Ebola outbreak.

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) refused the request and set a deadline of 8 November for Morocco to confirm they would host the tournament.

The deadline was also given to any countries who may want to step in as replacement hosts.

A statement from Morocco’s sports ministry said: “The decision is dictated by health reasons because of the serious threat of Ebola and the risk of its spreading.”

A judgement on the future of the 2015 tournament is set to be made on 11 November when Caf has an executive committee meeting in Cairo.

 

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