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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) today (Thursday) today upheld a significant proportion of an appeal lodged by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) against sanctions handed out by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) related to its non-staging of the 2015 Cup of Nations.

The International Canoe Federation (ICF) has awarded hosting rights for 10 world championship events and has revealed reform plans to tie into the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Agenda 2020 efforts.

Morocco has lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against sanctions imposed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after the country withdrew from hosting this year's Africa Cup of Nations national team tournament.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has fined the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) $1m (€880,000) and banned its national team from the next two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations following its withdrawal as host of the 2015 tournament, which concluded on Sunday.

Kevin Roberts travelled to Marrakech for the FIH (International Hockey Federation) Congress.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has stripped the hosting rights for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations from Morocco, and ejected its national team from the tournament, following the refusal of the country’s government to stage the event in its specified dates due to the Ebola crisis.

The Moroccan government has maintained its stance over the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations to leave the Confederation of African Football (CAF) with the prospect of either accepting the request to postpone the tournament or finding a new host nation.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed it will not change the dates of its 2015 Africa Cup of Nations tournament despite the outbreak of Ebola across the continent and has called on host nation Morocco to make a final decision about staging the event by November 8.

Fifa has said that preparations for the 2014 Club World Cup in Morocco remain on course, but world football’s governing body is monitoring the situation concerning the Ebola crisis in Africa.

South Africa’s Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has said the country is “not ready” to host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations if organisers opt to move the national team football tournament from Morocco due to the Ebola epidemic.

Morocco has withdrawn from hosting the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations national team football tournament due to fears over the Ebola crisis, according to Sub-Saharan Africa pay-television broadcaster SuperSport.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has insisted that the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations will go ahead as planned despite a request from host nation Morocco to postpone the event due to the deadly Ebola outbreak.

FIFA has insisted that the Club World Cup will go ahead as planned in Morocco next month even though it has refused to recognise the new president of the country’s football association.

Organisers of this year’s FIFA Club World Cup – to be held in Morocco – have confirmed that goal-line technology will be used throughout the competition.