The Confederation of African Football, CAF, Disciplinary Board has imposed a fine of one hundred thousand dollars, with fifty thousand dollars suspended, on the Egypt Football Association, EFA, for breaching CAF Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, Cameroon 2021 media protocols and directives. This is after Egypt FA failed to honour a media press conference on January 29, 2022 ahead of their match against Morocco in the AFCON quarterfinals in Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium which is part of the obligations for all the participating teams.
In a statement from CAF, it was disclosed that media and CAF Rights Holders waited almost two hours for Egypt to arrive for the scheduled press conference. The statement further revealed that Egypt FA have 60 days to pay the fifty thousand dollars fine. However, the other fifty thousand dollars is suspended on the condition that Egypt FA are not found guilty with a similar offence during the Cameroon 2021 AFCON as a result of the team failing to observe CAF’s Decisions and Directives as agreed at the pre-tournament teams’ associations media and marketing meeting and further amplified by the documentation and Directives given to them upon their arrival to Cameroun.
Chidozie Chima | August 16, 2024
