CAF picks Kenya to host 2018 CHAN

Kenya will be hosting the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decided.
This was one of the decisions arrived at during the continental football governing body’s Executive Committee meeting held in Cairo, Egypt on Feb. 21.
According to a statement on the confederation’s website, the decision followed the receipt of necessary government guarantees and complete dossier, including the required infrastructure and security.
Also, at the meeting, a five-member committee was constituted to inspect the six

candidate-countries for the 2019 and the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
The six teams bidding for the hosting are Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Algeria, Cameroon, DR Congo and Zambia.
The committee members include CAF Executive members Amadou Diakite from Mali and Adoum Djibrine from Chad, as well as FIFA expert Walter Gagg from Switzerland.
The others are Nigeria’s Paul Bassey who is a CAF expert and Amr Fahmy who is the Tournament Director of Africa Cup of Nations.
According to the statement, the group of experts will be in Cote d’Ivoire and Guinea in April, Algeria and Cameroon in May, and DR Congo and Zambia in July 2014.
It added that the voting to select the host countries for the 2019 & 2021 Africa Cup of Nations will be conducted during its Executive Committee meeting in September 2014

Burkina Faso protest Algeria win over 'ineligible' player

The Burkina Faso football federation (FBF) have complained to FIFA over what they say was the ineligible participation of Algerian defender Madjid Bougherra in Tuesday's World Cup play-off defeat.

The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations runners-up claim Bougherra - who scored the only goal in Blida which pulled Algeria level 3-3 on aggregate and took them to Brazil on away goals - should have been suspended, while they also appealed against the performance of Senegalese referee Badara Diatta.

According to FBF president Sita Sangare, Bougherra picked up a yellow card during the group stage of qualifying against Mali and also went into the book during Burkina Faso's 3-2 win in the first leg of their play-off, which should have ruled him out of the second leg.

The federation have also argued that Diatta failed to play out the full four minutes of injury time, depriving them the chance of a late equaliser which would have qualified them for next year's finals in Brazil.

Burkina Faso have never appeared at a World Cup finals.


Information from mtnfootball.com was used in this report.