CAF bans Morocco for seeking AFCON postponement over Ebola...

Morocco has been banned and disqualified from participating at the 2015 African Cup of Nations after requesting a postponement of the tournament over the fears of Ebola outbreak in the country.

The announcement of the North African country;s ban was made by the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) executive committee today, November 11, 2014, in Cairo, Egypt after Morocco sought for the tournament to be postponed to 2016. A CAF statement reads: ‘Having firmly and unanimously notified its decision to keep the competition on the dates indicated, the executive committee confirmed that the Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2015 will not take place in Morocco.

 ‘Accordingly, and following the refusal of the Moroccan party, the executive committee has decided that the national team of Morocco is automatically disqualified and will not take part in the 30th edition of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations in 2015.’ The 29th edition was hosted in South Africa, were the Super Eagles of Nigeria were crowned champions in 2013 and CAF will take a decision on the hosting nation in due course....

- TheNetNG