Senegal government calls for inquiry into removal of its Africa Cup of Nations titleSenegal’s government on Wednesday called for an international investigation into what it said was suspected corruption within the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after the country was stripped of its 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title. However, CAF’s Appeal Board said that by walking off, Senegal contravened tournament regulations and forfeited the game. “The Senegalese Football Federation denounces this unfair, unprecedented, and unacceptable decision, which casts a shadow over African football,” it said in a statement on Wednesday. Esperance took the matter to CAS and were declared champions, with CAF embarrassingly rebuked for attempting to override the referee’s decision. “No one could have imagined such a statement two months after the final,” said veteran coach Claude Le Roy, who managed Senegal between 1988 and 1992.

Source: Daily Nation March 19, 2026 01:04 UTC