{"id":80432,"date":"2023-01-15T15:14:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T15:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/six-nations-bid-to-replace-guinea-as-2025-africa-cup-hosts"},"modified":"2023-01-15T15:53:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T15:53:16","slug":"six-nations-bid-to-replace-guinea-as-2025-africa-cup-hosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/six-nations-bid-to-replace-guinea-as-2025-africa-cup-hosts","title":{"rendered":"Six nations bid to replace Guinea as 2025 Africa Cup hosts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Algeria, Morocco, South Africa, Zambia and Benin-Nigeria want to replace Guinea as hosts of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, CAF president Patrice Motsepe confirmed on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Guinea, chosen in 2014 to stage the premier African national team tournament, withdrew last year after little progress had been made in preparing for the biennial event.<\/p>\n<p>CAF officials will do inspection tours of all the candidates this month with the winners to be announced on February 10. 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