Ruthless England defeated Senegal 3-0 to set up a quarter-final with defending champions France at the Qatar World Cup. Senegal had started the game well and had the better of the first 30 minutes, creating a couple of good opportunities and limiting England to very little in attack. In the 31st minute Senegal had a […]
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Egypt beat tournament hosts Cameroon 3-1 on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes to set up an Africa Cup of Nations final showdown against Senegal. Cameroon had dominated the first half – Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui hitting the post in the pick of the chances – but let the game run away from them as Egypt took […]
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Nigeria’s D’Tigress have emerged champions of the 2019 FIBA Afrobasket Championships in Dakar, Senegal. D’Tigress edged hosts Senegal 60-55 points in the final to retain the title they won in 2017 and their fourth overall. D’Tigress began the enthralling encounter on a bright note winning the first quarter 14-10 points; second quarter 18-14 points and […]
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Baghdad Bounedjah’s early goal propelled Algeria to a first Africa Cup of Nations title in 29 years after a fiery 1-0 victory over Sadio Mane’s Senegal in Friday’s final in Cairo. Bounedjah gave Algeria a dream start in the second minute when his deflected shot looped over Senegal goalkeeper Alfred Gomis, and it proved enough […]
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Sadio Mane became the leading scorer in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Friday when he scored the goal that gave Senegal a 1-0 win over Uganda in a feisty last-16 clash. The Liverpool star struck on 15 minutes with a close-range shot after a passing move carved open the Ugandan defence in Cairo. Mane […]
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Senegal, the last African team that radiated hope of reaching the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup crashed out today, after losing 0-1 to Colombia in the last Group H match. A powerful header from Barcelona’s Yerry Mina did the damage, firing Colombia into the last 16. But Japan who also lost to Poland […]
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Senegal recorded the first African win at the 2018 World Cup when they beat Poland 2-1 on Tuesday thanks to a deflected Thiago Cionek own goal and a terrible error by Polish ‘keeper Wojciech Szczesny. West Bromwich Albion midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak got Poland back in the game with an 86th-minute header but Senegal hung on […]
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