CAF Bans Morocco For Seeking AFCON Postponement Over Ebola - Sports - Nairaland
Nairaland Forum / Entertainment / Sports / CAF Bans Morocco For Seeking AFCON Postponement Over Ebola (873 Views)
BREAKING: CAF Suspends Morocco For Refusing To Host 2015 AFCON Tournament / Nigeria Vs Sudan: Afcon Qualifiers (3 - 1) On 15th October 2014 / Nigeria Withdraws Team From Youth Olympics Over Ebola Discrimination (2) (3) (4)
(1) (Reply)
| CAF Bans Morocco For Seeking AFCON Postponement Over Ebola by chibyksveejay(m): 12:23am On Nov 12, 2014 |
Morocco will not host the 2015 AFCON and will not participate in the tournament due to a CAF ban announced today. Photo: Filed Morocco has been banned and disqualified from participating at the 2015 African Cup of Nations after requesting a postponement of the tournament over the fears of Ebola outbreak in the country. The announcement of the North African country;s ban was made by the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) executive committee today, November 11, 2014, in Cairo, Egypt after Morocco sought for the tournament to be postponed to 2016. A CAF statement reads: ‘Having firmly and unanimously notified its decision to keep the competition on the dates indicated, the executive committee confirmed that the Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2015 will not take place in Morocco. ‘Accordingly, and following the refusal of the Moroccan party, the executive committee has decided that the national team of Morocco is automatically disqualified and will not take part in the 30th edition of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations in 2015.’ The 29th edition was hosted in South Africa, were the Super Eagles of Nigeria were crowned champions in 2013 and CAF will take a decision on the hosting nation in due course.
|
| Re: CAF Bans Morocco For Seeking AFCON Postponement Over Ebola by chaberry(m): 12:34am On Nov 12, 2014 |
They should bring it to Nigeria if we didn't qualify |
| Re: CAF Bans Morocco For Seeking AFCON Postponement Over Ebola by jonesloaded(m): 5:06am On Nov 12, 2014 |
Nigeria won’t host 2015 Nations Cup http://jonesloaded.com/archives/2048 Visis www.jonesloaded.com for more news and music promo and hype |
(1) (Reply)
Ronaldo: My Girlfriend Steals My Boxers! / Happy Republic Day Sms 2015 | 66th 26 January Sms 2015 Hindi / DESERVED OR NOT? Mikel Wins December Premiership African Award
(Go Up)
| Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 6 |