Category: Senegal
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AFCON 2023: Aliou Cissé tackles CAF on match timing
Present at a press conference to unveil his list of players for the first two days of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, Aliou Cissé was asked about the upcoming AFCON in Côte d’Ivoire and in particular certain decisions taken by the Confederation of African Football. Cissé deplored the scheduling of matches at 2pm. Aliou Cissé…
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Football – Senegal: At the heart of local football’s ills
Senegal has always had an antagonism, even a paradox, between its national team, which has always performed well, and its league, which, with the exception of JA’s 1998 and 2004 campaigns, has been a shambles in African competitions. The local league is struggling to develop for a number of reasons. Senegal is emerging from a…
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Senegal – Edouard Mendy: “Everyone’s waiting for us at AFCON”
Following Senegal’s friendly win over Cameroon, Edouard Mendy spoke about the clash with the Indomitable Lions, and also about the big event that is the AFCON 2023. For the Senegalese goalkeeper, the defending champions will be the team to beat, but they’ll be going to Côte d’Ivoire full of confidence. Having beaten Cameroon with Senegal…
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Kalidou Koulibaly: “Even if I’m captain, my place isn’t reserved”
This summer, Kalidou Koulibaly made an important choice when he left Chelsea for Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia. It’s a decision that has raised eyebrows in Senegal. Some are concerned about his competitiveness in the run-up to the 2023 African Cup of Nations in January. The captain of the Lions of Teranga talks about this…
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Génération Foot and Diambars: The locomotives of Senegalese international soccer
Senegal is coming off a 2023 season in which it won the senior, cadet and junior AFCONs, as well as the CHAN. What all these teams have in common is that their backbone is made up of players trained mainly in training centers or other academies. The bulk of the squad is trained at Génération…
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Glasgow Rangers: Sima on fire in Scotland
Abdallah Sima, who arrived in Scotland on July 1, is like a fish in water in the Glasgow Rangers squad. The team’s directors may even make an offer to Brighton, his home club. Abdallah Sima performs with every game for Rangers He certainly didn’t expect such a debut in the Scottish Premier League. On leaving…
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AFCON 2023 – Senegal: Mory Diaw vs Edouard Mendy is there really a match?
FIFA Best Goalkeeper 2021, Edouard Mendy has been experiencing a real setback over the last year and a half. Transferred this summer to Al Ahli in Saudi Arabia, the former Chelsea goalkeeper now has to contend with the rise of Mory Diaw in the Senegal national team. Can the Clermont goalkeeper push Aliou Cissé to…
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Football – Senegal: League firmly tackles mystical practices
The Ligue sénégalaise de soccer professionnel (Senegalese Professional Football League) has carried out the draw to determine the Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 fixtures for the 2023-2024 season. To mark the occasion, the authority revealed the strong measures taken against mystical practices, with sanctions ranging from the withdrawal of points to defeat on the green…
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Senegal vs Algeria -Sadio Mané: “I was angry because I wanted to win”
Angry throughout the match against Algeria (0-1), Sadio Mané admits to our microphone his nervousness, justifying it by his love of winning. Senegal lost their first home match since 2012 on Tuesday, September 12. The loss to Algeria (0-1) was hard to digest for the national team players, especially star player Sadio Mané. During the…
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CAF Interclub: Why Senegalese clubs don’t win competitions
The 2nd qualifying round of the African Club Cup kicks off on September 15. After the elimination of Génération Foot in the Champions League and Casa Sports in the CAF Cup, there will be no Senegalese clubs taking part. This umpteenth failure on the part of Senegalese clubs is the result of a precarious environment…