All international sporting activities scheduled to take place in Cote D’Ivoire have been suspended due to fear of the ebola virus getting into the West African nation from neighbouring infected countries.
The suspension comes as a result of 1,300 deaths recorded so far in ebola-hit nations Liberia and Guinea, which share land borders with Cote D’Ivoire, as well as Sierra Leone.
The Ivorian were scheduled to face Sierra Leone in a Cup of African Nations qualifying match on September 6 in Abidjan, the Ivorian capital.
As a result, that match however looks set to be played at a neutral venue, with a city in 2015 Nations Cup host nation Morocco a rumoured venue, despite African football governing body CAF and the World Health Organisation approving movement between the nations.
A spokesman of the Ivorian federation however stated the federation is still trying to have the match played in Abidjan.