The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has overturned the ban of Morocco from participating in the Africa Cup of Nations tournaments into monetary fine only.
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Earlier this year, the CAF executive committee suspended the national team of Morocco from participating in the next two editions of AFCON and fined their federation US$ 1 million for their failure to host this year's prestigious tournament.
Morocco were initially scheduled to host this year's AFCON, but they later requested for the tournament's postponement by a year, citing health risk because of the Ebola virus on the continent.
CAF refused, with the tournament having already been staged in Equatorial Guinea between January 17 and February 8 this year. CAS have since revealed that the ban of Morocco has been nullified and the monetary fine reduced.
"The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision concerning the appeals procedure initiated by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) against the Confederation of African Football (CAF) following the non-organization by the FRMF of the African Cup of Nations in January 2015.
"The CAS Panel has upheld the appeal in a large proportion. The sanctions imposed by the CAF on the FRMF have been set aside, with the exception of the fine, which is however reduced to USD 50'000. The disqualification of the Moroccan team from the CAN 2015 is final.
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"The question related to the compensation of the possible damage caused by the FRMF to the CAF may still be examined by another jurisdiction," CAS revealed on their official website.
