According to reports reaching us just now, The Confedration of African Football (CAF) have announced Egypt as the new host for the 2019 African Cup of Nations after Cameroon was stripped of the hosting rights. Egypt submitted their bid alongside South Africa to host the finals after the rights were taken away from Cameroon late last year.
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According to Caf, Cameroon was not ready to host a successful and expanded 24-team tournament. Caf was expected to make an official announcement on Wednesday, but this was brought forward to Tuesday.
While South African football fans were divided as to whether or not the country should bid for the tournament, the South African Football Association (Safa) never got the backing from the government which reportedly made it difficult for Caf to accept their bid.
