US EditionSadio Mane’s Senegal Rage After Losing AFCON Title with Furious Reaction
CAF Appeals Board ruled Senegal forfeited the 2025 AFCON final due to procedural breaches, awarding Morocco a 3-0 win; Senegal plans to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
- On Tuesday, the Confederation of African Football Appeals Board overturned the 2025 AFCON final result, awarding the championship to host Morocco after the Royal Moroccan Football Federation's appeal was declared "admissible in form."
- The controversy stems from the January 18 final in Rabat, where Senegal's team walked off the pitch after a disputed VAR penalty, prompting the FRMF to file a formal complaint.
- Officials determined the Senegalese Football Federation violated Articles 82 and 84 of the Africa Cup of Nations Regulations by leaving the field, resulting in a 3-0 forfeit loss to Morocco.
- Denouncing the ruling as "unfair, unprecedented and unacceptable," the FSF announced it will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne to defend its interests.
- Morocco is now credited as champion while the FSF pursues its legal challenge, marking a dramatic reversal from the tournament where Senegal originally clinched the title 1-0 on January 18.
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Legal experts weigh in on Senegal having AFCON title stripped
Reactions have poured in from all official, sporting, and legal levels following the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) decision to declare Senegal the loser of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final against Morocco (3-0). This decision has reignited a larger question: who holds the authority to make such decisions, the referee or the committees? The decision issued by the Appeals Committee has sparked widespread division within foo…
Senegal counter-attacks on all levels, legal and diplomatic, to contest the withdrawal of its title of champion of Africa to the benefit of Morocco. An appeal jury of the African Confederation
Morocco is to win the Africa Cup, although Senegal won the final. The decision of the CAF to take Senegal's title expresses a contempt for all football players in Africa.
The day after the decision of the CAF, which deprives them of their title for the benefit of the Moroccan team, the Senegalese announced their intention to refer the matter to the Arbitral Tribunal for Sport. How did this happen, and are there still some twists?
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