⚽AFCON to Be Played in June to July

Dramatic changes to the continent’s top competition, are on the cards after recommendations made at a symposium on the future of the sport, in the continent in Morocco on Wednesday.

The African Nations Cup finals is to be expanded and its contentious timing changed but its frequency will remain every two years while the African Champions League and African Confederation Cup will now run from August to May.

Moving the Nations Cup in January ends the club versus country dilemma facing African players based at clubs in Europe.

The tournament is to be moved to June and July when all major leagues are on a break.

It will now have 24 teams‚ almost half the membership of CAF in a bid to increase marketing and TV revenue‚ taking a leaf out of the book of UEFA who did the same with last year’s European Championship in France.

UCJ, UNILORIN.