Senegal manager fined after AFCON final chaos

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Senegal manager fined after AFCON final chaos

The manager of the Senegalese national football team Pape Thiaw has been given a five-game ban and a £72,000 fine after he took his players off the pitch in the African Cup of Nations.

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Hosts Morrocco had just been awarded stoppage-time penalty which sparked the chaotic protest. Morocco lost the final after missing the penalty but they failed to get the result overturned.

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Date: January 29, 2026