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Senegal Criticises Cup Organisers as Pre-Final Tensions Mount

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RABAT, Jan 17 : Tensions mounted on the eve of the Africa Cup of Nations final as Senegal’s coach Pape Bouna Thiaw criticised a lack of security for his players when they arrived in Rabat ahead of Sunday’s decider and were mobbed at the city’s train station. The players had no security escort as they got off the train after a 90-minute trip on Friday from Tangier, where they had been based through their first six games of the tournament. His rem…
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At a few hours before the finale of the African Cup of Nations, the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) released a statement expressing its "severe concern" about several shortcomings in the preparation of Senegal's national team. In this document, dated 16 January 2026 in Tangier, the Senegalese football governing body said it was acting "in the interests of transparency and the defence of the interests of the national team", while calling on …

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senenews.com broke the news in on Friday, January 16, 2026.
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