The Latest Breaking News from Senegal

The Senegal winger has been ruled out with a knee injury picked up while playing for Bayern Munich

The Senegal forward wasn’t able to recover in time from a leg injury he suffered in Bayern Munich’s last game before the World Cup break.

Sadio Mane was named in Aliou Cisse's 26-man squad despite picking up a leg injury for Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich striker Sadio Mane has been officially ruled out of the World Cup by Senegal after he failed to recover from a leg injury he sustained earlier this month

Doha (AFP) - Sadio Mane is still in Munich recovering from injury while Senegal prepare for their opening match of the World Cup, a source from the country's football association told AFP on Thursday.

Many football lovers hope an African team will finally win the men’s 2022 Fifa World Cup. The world has been waiting for this since the great Brazilian player Pelé predicted (in the 1970s) that an African country would win before the year 2000. That didn’t happen, but it didn’t stop…

The French language was introduced into Senegal through colonisation. According to Papa Alioune Ndao, professor of linguistics at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar:

The champions of Africa have the chance to add to a historic year and emulate the side of 20 years ago

Louis van Gaal’s Netherlands remain the favourites to win Group A as they prepare to battle Africa Cup of Nations champions Senegal, hosts Qatar and Ecuador

A number of former Liverpool players will be competing at this year's World Cup in Qatar

In tonight's edition: As jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah breaks his seven-month-long hunger strike, Egypt's human rights record comes into the spotlight as the COP27 climate summit continues. Also, Senegal recently imposed a price cap on various items from food to rent, as inflation continues to bite, but not…