Togo Asks CAF to Relocate Match away
from Guinea.
Togo wants its next month's Africa Cup
of Nations game in Guinea to be moved
because of fears about the Ebola virus.
The match, the responsibility of the
Confederation of African Football, is
scheduled for 5 or 6 September and is in
the first group round of qualifiers.
More than 300 people have died from
Ebola in Guinea, the origin of the
outbreak which is also now centred on
neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone.
"We are scared by the situation," the
Togo Football Federation (TFF) officials
said yesterday.
The TFF said it would follow advice from
its government, which would likely
prevent the party travelling to Guinea.
In recent weeks, countries around the
world have advised their citizens not to
travel to the affected countries and on
Friday the World Health Organization
(WHO) said the spread of the virus was
a global health emergency.
Nations Cup qualifiers involving Sierra
Leone are already under scrutiny after
the country said it would not host any
football matches until further notice
because of Ebola.
BBC Sport learnt that Sierra Leone
wants to play its home matches in
Ghana and has made a request to the
country's football association.
Ghana FA Spokesman, Ibrahim Sane,
told BBC Sport: "We have asked the
Sierra Leone Football Association to use
the government to contact our foreign
ministry and ministry of health for
clearances."
The Confederation of African Football
(CAF) has yet to rule on requests from
Togo and Sierra Leone to move
qualifying games away from Ebola-
affected areas.
Even away games involving the Sierra
Leone and Guinea teams could be
problematic after the Seychelles
prevented the Sierra Leone squad from
entering its country last month because
of fears they could bring in the virus,
which has a mortality rate of around 60
per cent.
After Seychelles authorities refused to
let the Sierra Leone party in, the
Seychelles Football Federation was
forced to forfeit the game and its place
in qualifying.
Sierra Leone are due to play Ivory Coast
and Cameroun, as well as Congo, in the
last round of qualifying, which runs from
early September to mid-November.
Guinea has been drawn in a group with
Ghana, Togo and Uganda.
The qualifying competition will decide
the 15 teams to join host Morocco at the
Nations Cup finals in January and
February.

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This is just pathetic. Ebola has brought more inconveniences than we thought