The Confederation of African Football has cancelled the 2021 U-17 African Cup Of Nations billed to kick-off on Friday in Rabat, Morocco.
There
was no official reason given by CAF for the cancellation, but reports claimed
that the tournament was cancelled as a result of the closure of the Moroccan
airspace until March 21, due to COVID-19.
Algeria’s
U-17 national team was expected to arrive in Morocco on Saturday but they are
yet to be granted entry visa into Morocco.
It was learnt that only five countries have arrived the North African country
for the tournament.
The
countries are Senegal, Ivory Coast, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia.
The
Golden Eaglets, who finished second at the U-17 WAFU tournament, were scheduled
to depart the country on Tuesday for Morocco.
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