FILE - Senegal's Sadio Mane walks past the Cup after the African Cup of Nations final soccer match between Algeria and Senegal in Cairo International stadium in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, July 19, 2019. Algeria won 1-0. The African Cup of Nations soccer tournament will finally open in Cameroon on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 after two delays. The Central African country was stripped of the 2019 tournament because of its own faulty preparations and then its hosting in 2021 was delayed a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. African soccer's biggest tournament has come around with the virus surging again because of the new omicron variant and organizers have resisted calls that it should be postponed once more or even canceled. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)