Overview
- CAF provisionally suspended coach Pape Thiaw for allegedly inciting a 15-minute walkoff, barring him from pre-World Cup friendlies pending a disciplinary ruling.
- Senegal secured its second Africa Cup of Nations crown by beating host Morocco in Rabat on an extra-time winner from Pape Gueye.
- The final descended into disorder after a stoppage-time penalty for Morocco prompted Senegal’s temporary withdrawal before play resumed.
- FIFA president Gianni Infantino condemned the walkoff as unacceptable, a position echoed by the African confederation.
- Tens of thousands welcomed the team home in Dakar, where President Bassirou Diomaye Faye praised the players during a celebratory parade.