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Next year's Africa Cup of Nations finals could be postponed

Captain Harambee Stars Musa Mohamed (2nd left) with part of his team mates during International match at Kasarani stadium. May 28, 2018. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

The Cup of Nations is set for Cameroon from Jan 9-Feb 6 but appears increasingly under threat as time begins to run out. Qualifying is still far from complete and national team football on the continent is not due to resume before October in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

CAF’s executive committee will meet in an online conference on Tuesday to decide what to do, and also set out a possible process for completing this season’s two continental club competitions.

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