US EditionCAF slams Senegal and Morocco with suspensions and multi-million rand fines
- On Thursday, CAF's disciplinary board suspended coach Pape Thiaw for five matches and fined him $100,000, while imposing two-match bans on forwards Iliman Ndiaye and Ismaila Sarr.
- Earlier this month, chaotic scenes in the Africa Cup of Nations final against hosts Morocco included a coach-led walk-off after a disallowed goal, causing a 14-minute stoppage.
- Following the incidents, the governing body fined Senegalese Football Federation $615,000 and said the coach's conduct was `unsporting` and brought `the game into disrepute`.
- The bans apply only to CAF matches and will not impact World Cup preparations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, while Morocco's bid to overturn the match result was dismissed by the disciplinary committee.
- Senegal said it plans to appeal the ruling before a CAF commission or the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and Senegal's sports minister vowed to mitigate the sanction after their stoppage-time win.
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After the final of the CAN 2025 very tense between Morocco and Senegal on 18 January 2026, the CAF announced numerous sanctions against the two federations. On Saturday 31 January, the Senegalese Federation announced that it would not appeal "the sports and financial sanctions imposed against it" and against Pope Thiaw, Ismaïla Sarr and Illiman Ndiaye.
Breeder Pape Thiaw and players Ismaïla Sarr and Iliman Ndiaye were all punished, as were the Senegalese Federation, which has to pay a fine of 513,000 euros.
The sanction imposed by the African Football Conference on Moroccan authorities, hosting the largest African sporting event, invites us to consider whether Pedro Sanchez was right to add Morocco to the candidacy of Spain and Portugal.
Senegal and Morocco fined after chaotic AFCON final
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has handed down fines and suspensions to both Senegal and Morocco following chaotic scenes during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final in Rabat, where Senegal defeated hosts Morocco 1–0 in extra time. The match was disrupted late in regulation after a disputed penalty for Morocco sparked protests from Senegal’s players and coach, who briefly led his team off the pitch, with further tension involving su…
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