10月9日：非洲足联主席帕特里斯·莫特塞佩表示，该组织正在讨论是否恢复每两年举办一次非洲国家杯的惯例。
Oct 9 : Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Patrice Motsepe said the organisation was discussing reverting to hosting the Africa Cup of Nations every two years.
莫特塞佩是在周五于佛得角举行的非洲足联战略会议上作出上述表态的。
Motsepe made the remarks at a CAF strategy conference in Cape Verde on Friday.
- 此前非洲足联决定将赛事改为每四年举办一次，但这一决定遭到了多方反对。
• CAF's decision to stage the continental championship every four years had proved unpopular in many quarters.
- 莫特塞佩说道：“过去几天我们进行了深入讨论，目前正在全面评估各项方案，其中就包括恢复每两年举办一次非洲国家杯的安排。”
• "We have discussed things over the last few days and are looking at everything, including having the AFCON come back every two years," Motsepe said.
- 去年12月他曾宣布，2027年和2028年将分别举办非洲国家杯决赛圈赛事，此后每四年才举办一次，下一次赛事定于2032年。
• He announced in December that there would be Cup of Nations finals in 2027 and 2028, with the next one after that in 2032 and a four-year gap between tournaments to follow.
- 做出这一安排是为了配合全新推出的年度国家联赛体系，该赛事将填补赛程空白，莫特塞佩当时还指出这一新赛事能带来更多收益。
• This was to accommodate a new annual Nations League format that would fill up the calendar, which Motsepe said at the time would be more lucrative.
- 非洲国家杯自1957年创办以来，通常都是每两年举办一次。
• The African continental championship, first staged in 1957, has usually been played every two years.