Togo want next months Africa Cup of Nations game in Guinea to be moved because of fears about the Ebola virus. The match, the responsibility of the Confederation of African Football, is scheduled for 5 or 6 September and is in the first group round of qualifiers. More than 300 people have died from Ebola in Guinea, the origin of the outbreak which is also now centered on neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone.The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has yet to rule on requests from Togo and Sierra Leone to move qualifying games away from Ebola-affected areas. Even away games involving the Sierra Leone and Guinea teams could be problematic after the Seychelles prevented the Sierra Leone squad from entering its country last month because of fears they could bring in the virus, which has a mortality rate of around 60%. After Seychelles authorities refused to let the Sierra Leone party in, the Seychelles Football Federation was forced to forfeit the gam e and its place in qualifying. Sierra Leone are due to play Ivory Coast and Cameroon, as well as Congo, in the last round of qualifying, which runs from early September to mid-November. Guinea have been drawn in a group with Ghana, Togo and Uganda. The qualifying competition will decide the 15 teams to join host Morocco at the Nations Cup finals in January and February.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:43:41 +0000