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‘Morocco’s Guardiola’ leads way for African coaches at Qatar World Cup

All African team coaches in Qatar will be homegrown, for the first time, including a familiar face in Cameroon’s Rigobert Song

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2022

FIFA World Cup 2022: Your Guide to the 8 groups and 32 teams

At last, the Qatar World Cup nearly has its final shape. Six days before the opening game of a tournament 12 years in the making, the final names were selected; the final, difficult phone calls to the disappointed were made; and the last few rosters were submitted.

The Times of India · Nov 20, 2022

How Senegal’s ‘crazy bunch’ stunned France in World Cup upset for the ages

In an extract from a new book Philippe Auclair revisits the day Roger Lemerre’s all-conquering side fell to earth in 2002

The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2022

African play-offs remain finely poised in hunt for place at 2022 Qatar World Cup

The second instalment of the trilogy featuring Egypt and Senegal dominated the narrative for the African play-offs for places at the 2022 World Cup fin Qatar.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 27, 2022

Salah and Mané fight for World Cup ticket in Egypt v Senegal rematch

The two nations go head-to-head in a play-off to reach Qatar, just 47 days after Senegal won a dramatic Afcon final

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2022

Salah and Mané vie for glory as Egypt and Senegal target Cup of Nations trophy

Perhaps it was prescience. Just after Liverpool striker Sadio Mané had inspired his Senegal side to a 3-1 victory over Burkina Faso to reach a second successive Cup of Nations final, coach Aliou Cissé cited the Liverpool anthem You’ll Never Walk Alone to highlight the extent of the solidarity supporting…

Radio France Internationale · Feb 6, 2022

Burkina Faso 1-3 Senegal: Africa Cup of Nations semi-final – as it happened

Sadio Mané capped a Senegalese win to send his team into their second Afcon final in two tournaments

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2022

Cissé salutes players at Cup of Nations for enhancing Senegal's reputation

Senegal coach Aliou Cissé hailed his team’s progress from continental laughing stock to feared heavyweights ahead of their semi-final clash against Burkina Faso at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 2, 2022