Fox Sports nets Cup of Nations rights in Netherlands

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Netherlands has agreed a deal for rights to national team football competition the Africa Cup of Nations.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but other recent agreements have covered the next two editions of the tournament, in 2017 and 2019.

Fox Sports said it will broadcast live coverage of the 2017 Cup of Nations, which will be played in Gabon from January 14 to February 5, in addition to highlights and analysis of the tournament.

The 2019 Cup of Nations is scheduled to be hosted by Cameroon.