Tuesday, 12 August 2014

Sierra Leone pleads to play African Cup qualifiers in Ghana due to Ebola outbreak

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Sierra Leone has made an appeal to CAF to play some of its African Cup qualifiers in Ghana because of the Ebola outbreak at home.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) said in a statement on Tuesday that Sierra Leone indicated it wanted to move its home ties in the final qualifying round to Ghana.
CAF said the request has been forward to Ghanaian authorities and ‘necessary reviews are being undertaken.’   Continue....



Sierra Leone’s government cancelled all football games there because of the deadly virus, which is thought to have killed over 1,000 people in Sierra  Leone, Guinea and Liberia, and now have spread to Nigeria.

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