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Africa: 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Postponed Until 2022 Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
RFI, 1 July 2020
African football bosses have announced the postponement of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »
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Africa: CAF Postpones Africa Cup of Nations to 2022
Premium Times, 30 June 2020
The Confederation of African Football has moved the Africa Cup of Nations originally meant to take place between January and February 2021 to 2022. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: CAF Draft Guidelines for Football Resumption
The Herald, 23 June 2020
A ray of light filtered through the dark clouds which have been hovering over football on the continent after Confederation of African Football laid out guidelines for the… Read more »
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Africa: CAF Considering Postponing 2021 Afcon
Nairobi News, 14 June 2020
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) says it will consider postponing the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations competition by a year in the wake of the current challenges occasioned… Read more »
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Rwanda: COVID-19 - CAF Reaches Out With Financial Support to African FAs
New Times, 30 May 2020
The ravaging Covid-19 pandemic has severely affected the world and football was not spared as the sport has been disrupted with lockdown restrictions employed almost everywhere to… Read more »
AFCON, Jewel in African Soccer Crown, Postponed to 2022
The Confederation of African Football has decided to postpone the AFCON 2021 tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With just two of the six qualifying rounds played, CAF said it is "unrealistic" given the current situation to have the remaining qualification phase and the biennial tournament in January 2021. There has been a suggestion made in the past by FIFA President Gianni Infantino that the AFCON be held "less frequently".
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A statement published on the Confederation of African Football's website said organisers had asked for the dates to be changed because of "the unfavourable weather conditions ... Read more »
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FIFA, the world's biggest footballing body, took over the running of the Confederation of African Football, CAF, in June 2019, following allegations of corruption and general ... Read more »
