CAF (Confederation of African Football)

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) today (Thursday) today upheld a significant proportion of an appeal lodged by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) against sanctions handed out by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) related to its non-staging of the 2015 Cup of Nations.

Guinea has dismissed the prospect of hosting the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in June to accommodate a November-December staging of the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar.

Egypt’s Sports Minister Khaled Abdel-Aziz has confirmed that the country has withdrawn its bid to stage the 2017 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations.

Morocco has lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against sanctions imposed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after the country withdrew from hosting this year's Africa Cup of Nations national team tournament.

Issa Hayatou, president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), is seeking to change the organisation’s rules to allow him to remain at the helm, while the Royal Federation of Moroccan Football (FRMF) has rejected sanctions imposed on it by the governing body for not hosting the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has fined the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) $1m (€880,000) and banned its national team from the next two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations following its withdrawal as host of the 2015 tournament, which concluded on Sunday.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has narrowed the list of contenders to replace Libya as host of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations by dropping bids from Kenya, Zimbabwe and Sudan.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has named 2012 Africa Cup of Nations co-host Equatorial Guinea as the new destination for the 2015 edition of the national team tournament.

Qatar Football Association (QFA) president Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed al-Thani has said his country is “ready” to help in organising the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after the national team tournament was removed from Morocco earlier this week.

Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Issa Hayatou has said the governing body will announce a replacement host for its 2015 Africa Cup of Nations by the end of the week, adding that postponing the event would have damaged its long-term credibility.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has stripped the hosting rights for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations from Morocco, and ejected its national team from the tournament, following the refusal of the country’s government to stage the event in its specified dates due to the Ebola crisis.

The Moroccan government has maintained its stance over the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations to leave the Confederation of African Football (CAF) with the prospect of either accepting the request to postpone the tournament or finding a new host nation.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed it will not change the dates of its 2015 Africa Cup of Nations tournament despite the outbreak of Ebola across the continent and has called on host nation Morocco to make a final decision about staging the event by November 8.

The South African Football Association (SAFA) has moved to clear up the confusion surrounding the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations by stating that it, along with six other African countries, has been approached to stage the tournament should Morocco withdraw its hosting rights.

Morocco has withdrawn from hosting the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations national team football tournament due to fears over the Ebola crisis, according to Sub-Saharan Africa pay-television broadcaster SuperSport.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has insisted that the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations will go ahead as planned despite a request from host nation Morocco to postpone the event due to the deadly Ebola outbreak.