Ebola virus: CAF relocates Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone home fixtures

"CAF (Confederation of African Football) has decided to ask the three federations (Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone) to relocate to a neutral country the matches of their teams participating in CAF competitions, for a period up to mid-September 2014,” announced the CAF, on 12/08/2014, due to the outbreak of the Ebola virus.

"CAF will maintain its schedule of matches on the entire continent, except for 3 countries: Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, which have recorded a great number of cases," said the African confederation.
1,963 people were infected by the virus in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria, indicated the WHO (World Health Organisation), on 11/08/2014. 1,066 people died from Ebola.

The group stage fixture of the qualifying round of the CAN (Africa Cup of Nations) Guinea - Togo (Group E, first match-day) will be played in the Mohamed-V stadium in Casablanca (Morocco), on 05/09/2014. At the moment, Sierra Leone, which will host the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 10/09/2014 (Group D, first match-day), does not have an alternative stadium, said the CAF on…