With under nine months to go, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are finishing and testing stadiums, training grounds and transport links for the Africa Cup of Nations (the continent's top national-team football tournament), running from June 19 to July 17, 2027. It is the first edition shared by three hosts and the first in East Africa since Ethiopia in 1976. Organisers say main venues should be handed over between December and January, though Confederation of African Football inspectors and fans have flagged unfinished training sites and works at venues such as Kenya's Kasarani Stadium, making the coming months a test of whether construction can become a working 24-team tournament.