CAF has dismissed Nations Cup move rumours.
Newsonline reports that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has dismissed rumours that next month’s Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) could be moved away from Cameroon following the recent discovery of the new Omicron variant of Covid-19.
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This online newspaper understands that the new covid-19 omicron variant has led to travel restrictions being introduced by some countries for several African nations, with Nigeria, which neighbours Cameroon, the latest to be added to the United Kingdom’s ‘red list’.
In recent days, some media organisations not NewsOnline Nigeria have suggested the dates of the 24-team tournament could change or even the location be moved, possibly to Qatar.
Caf’s director of communications Alex Siewe says neither his organisation nor leading Cameroon officials have discussed such events.
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“We can’t keep spending time dealing with rumours,” he told BBC Sport Africa.
“We did not receive any other message or information from our leaders – nothing such as changing of dates or countries. We did not discuss such during all our last meetings.”
“We are on site. We are working.”
Africa’s football showpiece, which has already been delayed because of the global pandemic, is due to kick off on 9 January in Yaounde with the final on 6 February.
