Senegal has beaten Morocco to win the Africa Cup of Nations for a second time - but only after the final was overshadowed when they temporarily refused to play when the hosts were awarded a controversial stoppage time-penalty with the match goalless.
Senegal head coach Pape Thiaw tried to usher his team off the field in the 98th-minute when the hosts were awarded a spot-kick when defender El Hadji Malick Diouf brought down Brahim Diaz.
The Real Madrid forward stepped up to take the penalty when the players returned to the field, but had his attempted panenka penalty saved.
Thiaw was irritated with referee Jean Jacques Ndala - who awarded the penalty after reviewing the incident on the VAR monitor - for ruling out a goal for his side moments earlier.
Crystal Palace forward Ismaila Sarr had bundled home from close-range, but his effort was chalked off after a foul from Abdoulaye Seck on Achraf Hakimi.
Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy went to the dressing room, but returned to the field with Sadio Mane trying to encourage his players to finish the game.
Ndala blew the full-time whistle immediately after and Senegal opened the scoring through Pape Gueye four minutes into extra time.
The Fiji National University is being reassigned under the Prime Minister's Office Ministerial Portfolio via the Ministry of Strategic Planning, Natio...
3 hours ago
Anare Vuli Cilicewa, who has been charged with the murder of his 28-year-old defacto parnter in October last year has been further remanded in ...
36 minutes ago
The National Referendum Bill risks undermining democracy by criminalising political expression, enabling state overreach and excluding young people ...
2 hours ago
Roger Allers, a longtime Disney writer and the co-director of the 1994 animated classic “The Lion King,” has died. He was 76.Allers’ death was ...
2 hours ago
Only together can we protect our youth from drugs.That was the powerful message from former drug user and Drug Free World Fiji representative ...
3 hours ago
Energy Fiji Limited says they filed a defamation case against Construction, Energy and Timber Workers Union of Fiji and its National Secretary John ...
3 hours ago
There is an increase in the electricity tariff rate for consumers using more than 100 units from 1 January next year.Fijian Competition and Consumer ...
17 days ago
The United States remains deeply concerned about indicators of trans-national organised crime and human trafficking in Fiji associated with the Grace ...
28 days ago
With over 80 percent of deaths in Fiji caused by cardiovascular disease based on the 2011 report, naturopath and nutritionist Barbara O’Neill is ...
28 days ago
