{"id":2167,"date":"2025-12-22T19:54:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T19:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2167"},"modified":"2025-12-22T19:54:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T19:54:40","slug":"afcon-moves-to-4-year-cycle-as-new-africa-nations-league-created","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2167","title":{"rendered":"AFCON moves to 4-year cycle as new Africa Nations League created"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>African football is getting a major shake-up with the creation of the African Nations League and conversion of the biennial Africa Cup of Nations to a four-year cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patrice Motsepe, the president of the Confederation of African Football, announced the changes Saturday during his news conference before\u00a0the 2025 Africa Cup\u00a0hosted by Morocco..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tems - Love Me JeJe (Official Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y_NTooezadU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Motsepe said that the 2027 Africa Cup, to be hosted by Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, will go ahead as planned and that the following edition \u2013 originally scheduled for 2029 \u2013 will be moved forward to take place in 2028. 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