Senegal head coach Aliou Cisse has dedicated the Teranga Lions' 2-1 win over Ecuador at the 2022 FIFA World Cup to injured Bayern Munich talisman Sadio Mane. The West African giants have had to do without their all-time top scorer who is recovering from a knee injury he sustained just before the mundial in Qatar. Despite doubts about Senegal's display in Mane's absence, the reigning African...
Any doubts about a World Cup played in the winter and in the middle of the club football season being a spectacle, have surely been put to bed in Qatar. The 2022 World Cup has offered nothing but thrill, shock, excitement and all-around action. African countries at the Mundial started on a poor note with all five representatives in Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco, Cameroon and Ghana failing...
Tunisia lost to Australia by a lone goal in the early kick-off fixture at the Al Janoub Stadium in their second Group D match. The Carthage Eagles were hoping to get Africa's second win at the ongoing FIFA World Cup tournament, following Senegal’s triumphant 3-1 battling of the hosts Qatar. Attacking midfielder Naim Sliti replaced Brondby IF's Anis Ben Slimane in the starting line-up for the...
Ghana-born Mohammed Muntari became the first player to score for Qatar on the World Cup stage after netting a consolation goal in their 3-1 defeat to Senegal on Friday. Muntari was introduced as a 74th-minute substitute and four minutes later, he turned Ismaeel Mohammad's cross to the back of the net with his header. Muntari was born in the city of Kumasi in the early 90s...
Senegal recorded their first win and Africa's first as well at the 2022 World Cup, defeating hosts Qatar 2-0 at the Al Thumama Stadium on Friday afternoon. The Teranga Lions lost their opening match 2-0 to the Netherlands while the Qataris lost to Ecuador in their own opener. This match was therefore an important one in both sides quest to make it to the Round of...
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