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


FILE PHOTO: Libyans watch the African Nations Championship final soccer match between Libya and Ghana at a cafe in Benghazi February 1, 2014. Libya beat Ghana to win the final of the African Nations Championship in South Africa's Cape Town on Saturday. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori/FilePhoto

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - A postponement of January's Africa Cup of Nations finals could be on the cards when the Confederation of African Football (CAF) meet next week in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

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