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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 Wholesale Kobe Bryant Shoes . 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Woakes (3-31) struck twice in his four overs to trigger a heavy Sri Lanka collapse which saw the tourists tumble from their overnight 162-1 to 288 all out and England claim a first-innings advantage of 128.Hales then stayed composed as Nick Compton (19) - opening the batting after Alastair Cook was hit on the knee while fielding - Joe Root (4) and James Vince (0) were dismissed within the space of 10 balls.The Nottinghamshire star shared a stand of 51 with the in-form Jonny Bairstow (32) before the Yorkshireman became the third player to be bowled by Nuwan Pradeep (3-25) as England closed on 109-4. Alex Hales is unbeaten on 41 Angelo Mathews charges had negated their opponents bowling unit on day two but could not follow suit under cloud-riddled skies on Saturday morning, losing three batsmen for seven runs.Woakes started the slide by pinning Kusal Mendis (25) lbw with his first ball and backed that up with the scalp of Mathews (3), the Sri Lanka skipper fending a rising delivery to Joe Root at slip. Alastair Cook and Stuart Broad spoke to Nasser Hussain about being awarded a CBE and MBE for their services to cricket Stuart Broad, fresh from being awarded an MBE in the Queens Birthday Honours List, pocketed the wicket in-between when he forced Kaushal Silva (79) to snick through to Bairstow, the right-hander failing to add to his overnight score and spurning the chance to become the fifth Sri Lankan opener to hit a ton at Lords.Dinesh Chandimal (19) and Lahiru Thirmanne (17) stopped the rot with a stand of 33 but both were banished shortly before lunch by Steve Finn, Chandimal trapped leg before and Thirimanne caught by Root in the cordon following a loose drive.England captain Cook, given a CBE on Friday night, headed for an x-ray after being clattered on the knee by Kusal Perera fielding at silly mid-off, leaving Root to temporarily stand-in as skippper.dddddddddddd Watch as England captain Cook takes a nasty blow to the knee during the third day of the third Test against Sri Lanka. The 25-year-old had had to wait a while for the first wicket on his watch as Perera and Rangana Herath (31) added 71 for the seventh wicket, Broad ending that enterprising stand when Herath, who made 61 in Durham, chopped on moments after afternoon drinks.But Sri Lankas innings tail mopped up pretty quickly, Anderson taking himself and Broad to a combined 495 wickets when opening the bowling together - above previous record holders Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis (493) - and Woakes dismissing Shaminda Eranga (1).Compton then strode out at the position from which he has notched his two Test tons and looked in decent fettle before he snicked Eranga behind with the score on 45, the Middlesex man trudging off for potentially the last time in an England flannel having notched just 117 runs in 10 innings. Nick Compton howls after nicking off for 19 Root and Vince soon followed their under-the-pump team-mate back into the dressing room, the former bowled by a low delivery from Pradeep and the latter castled shouldering arms next ball as the hosts shipped three wickets for five runs.Englands lead was just 178 at that stage but Hales - dropped on 19 by Dimuth Karunaratne at second slip - and Bairstow steadied matters, before the hosts wicketkeeper inside-edged onto his wicket towards the close.Chandimal then shelled Hales one-handed down the leg side with the opener on 39 and night-watchman Finn (6no) glanced between keeper and cordon during a frantic end to the day, but there were no further breakthroughs and England will be boosted by the fact Cook should be fit to bat on Sunday if needed.Watch highlights of day three from 8pm on Sky Sports 2 and then stick around at 9pm for The Verdict with Charles Colvile, Bob Willis, Jonathan Trott and Russel Arnold.Our build-up to day four starts at 10.30am on Sunday on Sky Sports 2, directly after the latest episode of Cricket Writers on TV with Paul Allott, Lawrence Booth and Dean Wilson. 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