Senegal given October date by CAS for enchantment to regain AFCON title received in chaotic closing in opposition to Morocco in January.
Printed On 24 Jul 2026
Senegal’s enchantment to regain the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title it received in a chaotic closing in opposition to host nation Morocco in January will likely be heard at sport’s highest courtroom on October 8.
The Court docket of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) mentioned on Friday the listening to will likely be held behind closed doorways at its headquarters in Lausanne, with no goal date set for a verdict.
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CAS judges can usually take a number of months to announce their resolution.
Making ready the enchantment listening to was in course of all through the World Cup, the place Morocco reached the quarterfinals and Senegal misplaced within the spherical of 32 in opposition to Belgium.
Senegal beat Morocco 1-0 after further time in a unprecedented AFCON closing in Rabat. Senegal gamers walked off the sphere and delayed play for quarter-hour when Morocco was awarded a stoppage-time penalty kick that was finally saved.
Morocco was awarded the title a number of weeks later when enchantment judges for the Confederation of African Soccer dominated Senegal had defaulted the sport by leaving the sphere.
That ruling appeared to disregard the legal guidelines of soccer, which state the referee’s resolution on the sphere of play is closing.
