AFCON To Take Place In Cameroon As Planned - General Secretary

AFCON To Take Place In Cameroon As Planned - General Secretary By Sampson Adedeji African soccer governing body Secretary General Veron Mosengo-Omba has confirmed that 2021 African Cup of Nations will take place in Cameroon as planned, BSNSports.com.ng can reports. Many debates and talks are presently ongoing across the continent on whether Cameroon will be able to stage a 24-team tournament. During a 48-hour visit to the Central African country, CAF Secretary General veron Mosengo-Omba dismissed rumours that stating Cameroon could once more be stripped of hosting the continent's biggest sporting competition by the Confederation of African Football, as it was the case in 2019. "The African Cup of Nations will be organised in this beautiful country in January 2022. That is clear. We have to be clear about that," Veron Mosengo-Omba said during a press conference. "Cameroon is a football country like no other. It is a great football country and Cameroon deserves to celebrate Africa at a very important level. But I am speaking on behalf of and under the control of the Secretary General to say and affirm, I repeat here: there is no alternative," Cameroon Football Federation President Seidou Mbombo Njoya added. The African Cup of Nations will begin on January 9 and conclude on February 6 with the final in capital city Yaounde.