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Coronavirus: Africa Cup of Nations 2021 dates remain intact - Caf

The continent’s football ruling body has disclosed that the tournament billed for Cameroon will go on as planned despite the spread of the pandemic

Africa Cup of Nations 2021 will not be postponed amid the coronavirus outbreak, which is fast spreading across the world, the Confederation of African Football (Caf) has confirmed.

Football activities across the globe have been on hold as a result of the pandemic which has taken nearly 20,000 lives worldwide.

Recently, Caf announced the postponement of 2020 African Nations Championship (Chan) indefinitely, after hosts Cameroon had requested the rescheduling of the biennial tournament.