Africa, Algeria, Morocco
CAF again postpones announcement of CAN 2025 host nation

Patrice Motsepe, President of CAF on 1 October 2022.
Patrice Motsepe, President of CAF on 1 October 2022. © Billel Bensalem/APP/MaxPPP
The Confederation of African Football was due to reveal which country would host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on 10 February. But the decision, in which Morocco and Algeria are currently favourites, has been put off for diplomatic and logistical reasons. [...]
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