Teranga Lions

AFCON 2023: Kouyate leaves Senegal camp after family tragedy

AFCON 2023: Kouyate leaves Senegal camp after family tragedy

Senegal midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate has temporarily left the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations to mourn the death of his father in Dakar. The Nottingham Forest star was an unused substitute in Senegal's 3-0 defeat of the Gambia on Monday and he is rated as one of the veterans in Aliou Cisse's squad. Kouyate got the news of his father's passage at the Teranga Lions' camp in...

AFCON 2023: Senegal begin title defence with comfortable win over 10-man Gambia

AFCON 2023: Senegal begin title defence with comfortable win over 10-man Gambia

Reigning Africa Cup of Nations champions Senegal began their title defence with a 3-0 win over neighbours the Gambia who finished with 10 men in Monday afternoon’s Group C encounter at Charles Konan Banny Stadium in Yamoussoukro. The Teranga Lions began the game brilliantly with star player Sadio Mane teeing up Marseille midfielder Pape Gueye nicely to slot in a lot shot in the bottom right...