A quick summary of action around the CAF second round on the weekend of FRI 06-SUN 08 JUN 2008. more...

The Confédération Africaine de Football decided to disqualify Chad from the 2010 African Nations Cup. But FIFA have not disqualified Chad from the World Cup qualifiers, even though the two are one and the same. The decision stems from Chad’s away match against Sudan SAT 31 MAY 2008 in second round Group 10. FIFA permitted the match to be postponed, but this week, CAF ruled that Chad had refused to travel to Sudan despite receiving appropriate guarantees of safety from the Sudan Football Association. It will be up to FIFA and CAF to resolve thir contradictory decisions.

In the CAF second round, the Sudan-Chad and Gabon-Lesotho matches scheduled for SAT 31 MAY 2008 have both been postponed. Sudan and Chad are in the midst of a diplomatic dispute that forced the cancellation of the Group 10 match. Meanwhile, the lingering effects of an air traffic controllers’ strike in Gabon earlier in the week meant that the Crocodiles could not travel to Libreville for their Group 5 encounter. FIFA and CAF will make a decision on the state of these matches.