Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in doubt less than 2 weeks before start

Doubts over Morocco’s willingness to host the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in less than two weeks have prompted the Confederation of African Football to say it will clarify the matter in the coming days. CAF’s communications chief Luxolo September says, “There has been several discussions for weeks. The matter is receiving urgent and high level attention.” Morocco is due to host the tournament for the third time straight from March 17 to April 3. But reports that the country will withdraw have persisted despite CAF president Patrice Motsepe saying on Feb. 13 that the 16th edition of the tournament was to go ahead in the kingdom as planned. South Africa has offered to step in as host.