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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) confirms receipt of a protest from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over the gender status of a player of the Equatorial Guinea national women's team at the recent final match of the 7th Africa Women's Championship.

The player in question featured for the Equatorial Guinean team at the tournament held from October 31 to November 14 in South Africa.

The protest has been registered and submitted to the competent committee, CAF Sports Medicine Committee, for inquiries and follow up.

CAF will provide further information on this case as soon as some other details emerge.