News: Nations Cup decision over Ebola could come today, Monday

A decision on whether the African Nations Cup finals will go ahead in January or be postponed because of fears over the Ebola virus is expected on Monday after the Moroccan government meets with Confederation of African Football leaders.

The meeting in Rabat was fixed last month when Morocco wrote to CAF asking it to postpone the tournament after being advised by its own health ministry that hosting the 16-team tournament posed a risk of the spread of the deadly virus.
CAF immediately rejected the notion, insisting the three-week tournament go ahead as scheduled from Jan.17-Feb.8.
Anticipating the possibility Morocco’s government would stand firm, CAF have since asked seven countries if they might be able to step in as emergency hosts at short notice but not received a positive response, adding to the importance of Monday’s discourse.
But the meeting has been pre-empted in part by discussions last week when a Moroccan delegation flew to Cameroon to meet CAF president Issa Hayatou to “explain” its position, Morocco’s state news agency said.
Other Moroccan press reports said a decision had been made to move the finals to June but CAF moved quickly to deny them.
A meeting of the executive committee of African football’s governing body in Algiers on Sunday was to decide CAF’s position for Monday’s talks and officials said a possible statement on the outcome could come as early as Monday.
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