Africa Cup of Nations: Caf to choose 2019 hosts in January

The Confederation of African Football is looking for a new host for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations

The Confederation of African Football's (Caf) executive committee will hold an extraordinary meeting on 9 January to choose new hosts for the 2019 Nations Cup.

Caf is looking for a new venue for the continental tournament after it stripped Cameroon of the hosting rights due to a lack of progress with preparations.

Countries have until 2200GMT on 14 December to submit official bids to host the 24-team tournament which begins in June next year.

Despite reports of interest from Morocco and Congo-Brazzaville no-one has made an official declaration of interest to host the event.

The South Africa Football Association (Safa) is planning a meeting with country's sports minister Tokozile Xasa on Tuesday in order to make a decision on making a bid.

Xasa has expressed an interest in South Africa hosting the event for a third time but admitted she needed more details from Safa before finalising the offer.

Meanwhile, the Ivory Coast captain Serge Aurier has criticised Caf's apparent decision to offer the 2021 event to Cameroon at the expense of his country.

Caf President Ahmad revealed the move last week, saying Ivory Coast would instead host 2023 - but the plan has not been confirmed by the governing body.

Aurier told French television that it was a "stupid" decision, motivated by politics.