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Morocco, Senegal
PR teams and lawyers clash in standoff to decide AFCON winners

 Fouzi Lekjaâ (right) shakes hands with Moroccan team captain Achraf Hakimi, as FIFA President Giovanni Infantino looks on, 18 January 2026.
Fouzi Lekjaâ (right) shakes hands with Moroccan team captain Achraf Hakimi, as FIFA President Giovanni Infantino looks on, 18 January 2026. © Jalal Morchidi / EPA / MaxPPP
To announce its appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the Senegalese Football Federation has hired a Paris PR agency. Meanwhile, Morocco's equivalent has appointed a law firm to represent it in this latest development concerning who is the rightful winner of this year's Africa Cup of Nations. [...]
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