{"id":1819,"date":"2026-01-19T19:29:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2026-01-19T19:29:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:29:43","slug":"senegals-afcon-celebrations-overshadowed-by-threat-of-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/19\/senegals-afcon-celebrations-overshadowed-by-threat-of-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Senegal&#8217;s Afcon celebrations overshadowed by threat of sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>RABAT, Jan 19 (Reuters) &#8211; Senegal might be celebrating their Africa Cup of Nations victory but will anxiously await possible sanctions for their walk-off during Sunday\u2019s final against Morocco.<br>Senegal staged a lengthy protest after a penalty awarded in the dying stages of the game to hosts Morocco after a VAR review, walking off the pitch before returning to continue.<br>The Reuters Daily Briefing newsletter provides all the news you need to start your day. Sign up here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_20260119-202658_Chrome.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_20260119-202658_Chrome.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_20260119-202658_Chrome-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_20260119-202658_Chrome-768x452.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Morocco squandered the penalty, taking the match to extra time where Senegal scored to win 1-0 and emerge victorious for a second time in the last three Cup of Nations editions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1194\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_20260119-202647_Chrome.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_20260119-202647_Chrome.jpg 1194w, https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_20260119-202647_Chrome-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_20260119-202647_Chrome-768x443.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1194px) 100vw, 1194px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RABAT, Jan 19 (Reuters) &#8211; Senegal might be celebrating their Africa Cup of Nations victory but will anxiously await possible sanctions for their walk-off during Sunday\u2019s final against Morocco.Senegal staged a lengthy protest after a penalty awarded in the dying stages of the game to hosts Morocco after a VAR review, walking off the pitch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1822,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819\/revisions\/1822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}