Issa Hayatou, the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), did not give in. Inflexible despite the Ebola epidemic, on Monday, November 3, rejected Morocco's request to postpone CAN 2015, scheduled for January 17 to February 8, leaving five days for the organizing country to confirm its holding or throw in the towel. If Morocco were to withdraw and CAF could not find any replacement solution, the tournament could then be canceled altogether. A disaster scenario that the supreme body of African football is currently refusing to consider. She has already “confirmed the dates of the competition”, from January 17 to February 8, the media director of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Junior Binyam, told the press.
— Published on November 3, 2014
