Chelsea duo Mamadou Sarr and Nicolas Jackson have both been included in the Senegal squad for the upcoming 2026 World Cup, underlining their growing importance at international level.
Morocco record impressive win over Paraguay, Ivory Coast beat Scotland and Zambia are undone by Argentina, in international friendly matches on Tuesday.
Just hours before fielding a call from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Patrice Motsepe, the President of the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF), Abdoulaye Fall, revealed that the federation had instructed its lawyers to lodge an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
CAF President Patrice Motsepe has reiterated the independence of the organisation’s judicial bodies and says their decisions ought to be respected.
Senegal has called for an independent corruption investigation after the Confederation of African Football stripped the country of its Africa Cup of Nations title and awarded it to Morocco, a decision it has strongly rejected.
One of Africa’s leading sports law experts, Pius Ndubuokwu, says the latest decision by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Appeals Board to reverse the result of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final between Senegal and Morocco is putting the spotlight on CAF to review how its judicial bodies are constituted.