The Confederation of African Football (CAF) president, Ahmad, says Cameroon still needs “to convince CAF of its ability to host” the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n
Speaking on a trip to Burkina Faso, the CAF President gave his clearest indication yet that Cameroon could be stripped of hosting rights for the newly extended event.<\/p>\n
The 2019 Nations Cup will feature 24 teams instead of 16 and president Ahmad confirmed an inspection team will visit Cameroon later this month.<\/p>\n
“Cameroon will have to work to convince CAF on its ability to host the event,”\u00a0Ahmad said.<\/i><\/p>\n
“We will send the experts and we will decide at the end of their inspection mission” he added.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Cameroon government spokesman\u00a0Issa Tchiroma Bakary revealed details of the eight-day inspection visit\u00a0which will begin on 20 August and played down fears of sanctions if preparations were deemed to be behind schedule.<\/p>\n
But Ahmad says CAF will put much weight behind the inspection team’s report.<\/p>\n
“We have decided that it is no longer the CAF Executive Committee who will inspect the countries selected for the organization of the AFCON.<\/p>\n
“It is now experts who will do it and CAF will decide based on their report,” Ahmad said.<\/p>\n
President Ahmad also announced that a symposium for women’s football will take place in Morocco in 2018.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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