{"id":246728,"date":"2026-04-07T04:06:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T04:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsworldghana.com\/?p=246728"},"modified":"2026-04-07T04:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T04:06:36","slug":"caf-president-to-pay-working-visit-to-senegal-over-afcon-title-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/2026\/04\/07\/caf-president-to-pay-working-visit-to-senegal-over-afcon-title-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF President to pay working visit to Senegal over AFCON title drama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration Africaine de Football (\u201cCAF\u201d) president <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Dr. Patrice Motsepe<\/strong><\/span> is set to visit Senegal on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, his office has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cafonline.com\/inside-caf\/news\/caf-president-dr-patrice-motsepe-to-visit-senegal-on-wednesday-and-meet-senegalese-head-of-state-he-bassirou-diomaye-faye-and-federation-senegalaise-de-football-mr-abdoulaye-fall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Motsepe will meet Senegalese Head of State HE Bassirou Diomaye Faye, and F\u00e9d\u00e9ration S\u00e9n\u00e9galaise de Football, Mr Abdoulaye Fall, on the working visit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the purpose and details of the visit are yet to be confirmed by CAF, it is expected to be linked to the recent Appeals Jury decision to strip Senegal of the AFCON 2025 title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CAF decision<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On March 17, CAF awarded a 3-0 victory to Morocco following a decision by its Appeal Jury concerning the AFCON final involving Senegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CAF upheld an appeal filed by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF) in relation to the match, which saw the Teranga Lions claim a 1-0 victory over the Atlas Lions to claim the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Appeal Jury declared Morocco\u2019s appeal admissible and overturned an earlier decision by CAF\u2019s Disciplinary Jury. According to the statement by CAF, the reversal was on procedural grounds, with the governing body noting that Morocco\u2019s right to be heard had not been respected during the initial proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senegal has since filed an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sports over the decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration Africaine de Football (\u201cCAF\u201d) president Dr. Patrice Motsepe is set to visit Senegal on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, his&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[151,152,44,153],"class_list":["post-246728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-stories","tag-caf","tag-dr-patrice-motsepe","tag-morocco","tag-senegal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}