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There will be no change to the dates for next years African Cup of Nations despite the Ebola outbreak, the Confederation of African Football said Monday.CAF also said host country Morocco has until Saturday to agree to the schedule or lose the tournament.CAF maintained its position on Africas top football tournament after a meeting of its executive committee in Algeria over the weekend and then meetings with Moroccan officials — who want the cup postponed — in Rabat, Morocco on Monday.In a statement, CAF said Moroccos football federation should now clarify its final position on the tournament by Saturday. CAF will meet next Tuesday to make a final decision on Moroccos hosting, it said.There was no immediate comment from Moroccan officials, who had maintained before the meetings with CAF President Issa Hayatou that they would stand by their decision not to host on the planned dates of Jan. 17-Feb. 8.CAF will talk to other countries willing to host if Morocco doesnt agree to hold the tournament on those dates, although its unclear if anyone wants to step in.Possible stand-in hosts South Africa, Egypt and Sudan have all said they wont stage the tournament. Ghana and Nigeria are believed to be considering if they want to act as short-notice hosts.Last month, Morocco asked for the 16-team competition to be delayed because of the threat of fans arriving in numbers from Ebola-affected countries. The virus has killed about 5,000 people in West Africa in the worst recorded outbreak. The deaths have almost all occurred in the three worst-affected countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.In its statement, CAF listed reasons why the cup should go ahead in January and February, saying the numbers of travelling fans would be low, Morocco has no reported Ebola cases, and the dates cant be moved because they fit in with FIFAs calendar.CAF also cited its commitments to its commercial partners, with the African Cup of Nations the organizations most important and valuable tournament.CAF has kept the qualifying competition for the African Cup going by banning all games in Guinea and Sierra Leone and ordering their teams to play home games in neutral countries. Liberia isnt involved in the final qualifiers.___Gerald Imray is on Twitter at www.twitter.com/GeraldImrayAP Julian Edelman Womens Jersey . Western and the second-ranked Laval Rouge et Or (7-0) once again received 20 and 10 first-place votes from the Football Reporters of Canada panel, respectively. 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Yet Chelsea mostly coasted through the game at Pride Park, with the Premier League leaders victory marred by injuries to centre back Kurt Zouma and striker Didier Drogba.We played in a very professional way and controlled the game for most of the time, said Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, who fielded a strong lineup as he chases a first trophy in his second spell at the London club.Southamptons meltdown after a brilliant start to the Premier League season continued with a 1-0 loss at United, which emulated its achievement of last season when the team reached the semifinals of the FA Cup.Second in the Premier League only three weeks ago, Southampton has now lost five straight matches — four in the league and this deserved defeat at Bramall Lane.Marc McNulty scored a 63rd-minute winner for United, while defender Florin Gardos was shown a straight reed card for Southampton in the 90th.ddddddddddddOn Wednesday, Liverpool visits second-tier Bournemouth and Tottenham hosts Newcastle.The League Cup is bottom of Chelseas priorities this season, with the team top of the Premier League and one of the favourites for the Champions League as the competition enters the last 16.Mourinho is treating it seriously, though, and one of his star players put Chelsea ahead in the 23rd when Hazard forced a defensive error before collecting a short pass from Cesc Fabregas, cutting inside and shooting low inside the near post for his ninth goal of season.Zouma was carried off on a stretcher after a seven-minute delay toward the end of the first half, after being taken out by Petr Cech as Chelsea goalkeeper punched away a cross.Luis doubled Chelseas lead in the 56th with a curling free kick from 25 metres — the left backs first goal since joining from Atletico Madrid.Craig Bryson reduced Derbys deficit before the hosts had Jake Buxton sent off for impeding Loic Remy, who came on as a replacement for Drogba, as the striker attempted to latch onto a through-ball.Schuerrle tapped in a rebound to seal the win in the 83rd.Asked if Chelsea was capable of winning four trophies this season, Fabregas said: We definitely have the talent, the discipline and the courage to do it from what Ive seen so far from my short time here. 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