By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
The Confederation of African Football ,CAF, is now banking on Egypt to the 2025 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, Prompt News reports.
Cote d’Ivoire, who are the designated hosts pulled out of staging the biennial competition on Wednesday.
Egypt, it would be recalled also hosted the 2023 edition of the U-20 AFCON.
The competition is billed to kick-off on Saturday, April 26.
CAF may now be forced to shift the kick-off date to allow Egypt come to the rescue.
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles are among the teams that will feature in the tournament.
Aliyu Zubairu’s side are drawn in Group B with Egypt, Morocco and South Africa.
