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Ebola Football Ban For West African Countries To Continue

Ebola Football Ban For West African Countries To Continue

From BBC

Bans on Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone hosting any international football because of fears of spreading Ebola were kept in place by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) on Saturday.

The three west African countries – at the epicentre of the outbreak of the highly contagious disease – had originally been banned from hosting all games until mid-September.

Caf’s executive committee decided that the ban should now be extended indefinitely.

It means Guinea and Sierra Leone must again move their scheduled African Nations Cup qualifiers to alternate venues next month.

Guinea had to play their opening group game against Togo in Morocco earlier this month. Last weekend they staged an under-17 qualifying tie in Casablanca.

Sierra Leone could not find an alternate venue for their qualifier against the Democratic Republic of Congo 10 days ago and instead relinquished home advantage to their opponents.

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