The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has denied speculation that the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations may be moved from Cameroon due to the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
Cases of the Omicron variant are expected to be higher in the coming weeks and that has led to the United Kingdom placing several African countries on their travel red list.
And speculation in the media claimed that the biennial football showpiece could be shifted, or at worst moved to 2022 Fifa World Cup hosts Qatar.
However, CAF’s director of communications Alex Siewe denied it on the premise that CAF never discussed such possibilities.
“We can’t keep spending time dealing with rumours,” Siewe told BBC Sport Africa.
“We did not receive any other message or information from our leaders – nothing such as changing of dates or countries. We did not discuss such during all our last meetings.
Initially, Cameroon 2021 was originally billed to take place between June and July 2021, but that plan never materialised because of the disapproving climatic conditions during that time.
In June 2021, the tournament was shifted the second time due to the effect of the coronavirus pandemic that crippled football-related activities across the globe.
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