South Africa loses 2019 AFCON hosting race to Egypt

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South Africa loses 2019 AFCON hosting race to Egypt

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Egypt has been awarded the right to stage the 2019 African Nations Cup finals after beating South Africa in a straight shoot-out between the only two bidders to replace original hosts Cameroon.
Egypt won the support of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) executive committee after they voted in favour of the North African nation at a meeting in Dakar‚ Senegal on Tuesday.

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