AFCON joint bid in jeopardy

Friday, September 26, 2014

A reported deal between the Botswana Football Association (BFA) and their Zimbabwean counterparts on the joint bid for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals may be in jeopardy.

It has since emerged that the government of Botswana has not been officially informed of the alleged deal struck between the BFA and Zimbabwe Football Association. Even if the Botswana government is taken on board now, the Tuesday deadline may prove a deal breaker.

Without speaking to the existence or lack of an agreement, the BFA president Tebogo Sebego told Mmegi Sport last night that the association would, today, clear the air.

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