The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) have ruled that Morocco can play the next AFCON. They were originally banned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for refusing to host.
The nation pulled out of hosting the tournament mere months before the start date. The reason of this being the Ebola virus outbreak in Africa.
As the prestigious tournament attracts large numbers of tourists and travelling supporters, political leaders feared they would not be able to contain the spread of the virus to the locals.
As a result, the CAF came down heavily on the Moroccan football authorities. The Royal Moroccan Football Federation were banned from taking part in the 2017 and 2019 AFCON qualifiers, and were slapped with a $9M fine in damages.
The Moroccan Football Federation appealed to CAS, however, and fair to say they were happy with the results. Morocco won the legal battle, and as a result are now allowed to play in the next two AFCON qualifiers and the hefty fine was reduced to a mere $50,000.