{"id":11949,"date":"2022-06-02T06:29:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T06:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=11949"},"modified":"2022-06-02T06:29:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T06:29:26","slug":"afcon-2023-qualifiers-super-eagles-to-play-sao-tome-in-morocco-as-mauritius-finally-loses-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=11949","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2023 Qualifiers: Super Eagles to play S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 in Morocco   \u2022As Mauritius finally loses out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">AFCON 2023 Qualifiers: Super Eagles to play S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 in Morocco<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022As Mauritius finally loses out<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">By Bunmi Ogunyale<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles will battle Sao Tome and Principe as one of their Group A opponents in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Sao Tome and Principe were restored into the qualifiers after CAF Appeals Board threw out Mauritius from the pool following the successful appeal of the former.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The case has done a yo-yo with S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe winning on the field of play, Mauritius winning their case at the Disciplinary Board against the former for fielding a player who tested positive for COVID-19, and the Appeals Board now restoring S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe to the race and ejecting Mauritius.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Mauritius had protested to CAF that S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe player, Luis Leal Dos Anjos did not undergo the obligatory PCR test during their match on 24th March, 2022 in the frame of the AFCON 2023 qualifiers, but the Appeal Board ruled that \u201cgiven that neither the CAF Disciplinary Code nor CAF\u2019s COVID-19 protocols provide any sanctions for missing an obligatory PCR test, it is legally baseless to consider the player in question to be ineligible.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Source: The Sun<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFCON 2023 Qualifiers: Super Eagles to play S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 in Morocco \u2022As Mauritius finally loses out By Bunmi Ogunyale Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles will battle Sao Tome and Principe as one of their Group A opponents in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series. 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