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3 Senegal FA Officials Denied US Visas for World Cup

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Kane is the FSF’s fourth vice-president. Mbaye sits on the finance committee. Fall manages AS Pikine. Their visa applications were submitted with other Comex members and guests to the US Embassy as part of formalities for the tournament, co-hosted by the United States, Mexico, and Canada. L’Observateur, which broke the story, warned the situation could worsen. “The situation could become even more complicated for other officials whose cases are …
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In the context of the 2026 world, the Embassy of the United States in Dakar refused to grant visas to six officials of the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF), according to information relayed by the daily L-Observer in its publication of Wednesday, May 6, 2026, causing misunderstanding and concern within the body.

(wiwsport) - According to information relayed by the newspaper L的Observer, the Embassy of the United States in Dakar rejected the visa applications of several members of the Executive Committee (Comex) of the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF), in preparation for the World Cup 2026. According to the source, the Federation had recently submitted a list of members [...] This article was originally published on wiwsport: site #1 of the sports new…

The Embassy of the United States in Dakar rejected the visa applications of several members of the Executive Committee (Comex) of the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) for the 2026 World Cup. According to information from the Observer, other officials were invited to provide additional documents for the examination of their files. The road to the World Cup thus began under tension for Senegal. Some members of the FSF Comex might be forced to …

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senenews.com broke the news on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
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