Caf announces inspection dates

The hosts of the 2010 Nations Cup will be announced in September

Caf will begin inspecting facilities of countries bidding to host the 2010 African Nations Cup later this month.

The inspection team is led by South Africa's Danny Jordan, head of the 2010 World Cup Organising Committee.

Other members of the panel are Walter Gagg (Fifa), Dr Adan El Guindy(Caf), Abel Mbengue (Cameroon) and Denis Mumble (South Africa).

The panel will start a 20-day tour from 23 July to 10 August with Angola the first port of call.

The inspectors will spend three days in each candidate country to assess stadia, hotels, transport, hospitals, telecommunications and security.

They will be in Angola from 23 July before moving on to Gabon on 27 July.

Equatorial Guinea comes under the spotlight on 29 July after which the inspectors head to Nigeria on 1 August.

The inspectors' final stop is Libya on 7 August.

At the end of their inspection, the committee will submit its findings to the 13-member Caf executive committee which will choose the winner in September.