Morocco have been banned from the next two Africa Cup of Nations after failing to host this year’s tournament.<\/p>\n
The country’s football federation was also fined US$1m (\u00a3650,000) and ordered to pay 8m euros (\u00a35.9m) in damages.<\/p>\n
Morocco had expressed concerns about hosting this year’s event following the outbreak of the Ebola virus in Africa.<\/p>\n
They asked for the tournament to be delayed until 2016, but the Confederation of African Football (Caf) rejected the request.<\/p>\n
Equatorial Guinea were named as replacement host for the 16-team event, while Morocco, who had qualified as hosts, were expelled.<\/p>\n
Caf also fined hosts Equatorial Guinea US$100,000 (\u00a365,000) for crowd trouble during Thursday’s Africa Cup of Nations semi-final loss to Ghana.<\/p>\n
Tunisian Football Association president Wadie Jary was also banned from all activities by Caf after his organisation failed to apologise for accusing African football’s governing body of cheating.<\/p>\n
Tunisia made the allegations after being beaten by quarter-final opponents Equatorial Guinea in controversial circumstances.<\/p>\n
The 2014 Africa Cup of Nations finishes on Sunday, when Ghana and Ivory Coast meet in the final in Bata.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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