As the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) prepares for the appeal by Senegal Football Federation, appealing the CAF Appeals Committee ruling of granting Morocco the 2025 AFCON title, there several twists and turns.
Day after day, fresh revelations continue to unearth in the aftermath of the heated AFCON 2025 final this January in Rabat city.
Famous sports journalist Romain Molina insistently claims that interference took place against Morocco during the first-instance judgment of a case handled by Confederation of African Football (CAF).
The French journalist refutes accusations of “anti-Moroccan” sentiment toward him, explaining that behind-the-scenes facts in this instance support a position unfavorable to Moroccan interests.
Molina reveals the existence of a message sent by Augustin Senghor (President of the Senegalese Federation and member of the CAF Executive Committee) to Patrice Motsepe before the appeals committee’s verdict.
In this text, Senghor expressed concern over a “secret meeting” aimed at favoring Morocco at the expense of Senegal.
The author highlights a major contradiction: while Senghor denounces these maneuvers in private, he remains publicly silent on the exact content of this meeting, while Motsepe can no longer claim to be unaware of the internal tensions within the Executive Committee.
The entire world now eagerly awaits to see how this high profile case unfolds.
