By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday confirmed the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) has lodged an appeal against the decision to strip them of their Africa Cup of Nations title after the final result was overturned.
The Terangha Lions were recently stripped of the title by the Confederation of African Football, CAF, because they walked off the pitch in protest at a potentially decisive penalty awarded to opponents Morocco.
They returned after 14 minutes to win the match 1-0.
CAF last week replaced the result with a 3-0 victory for Morocco.
“The FSF appeal seeks to set aside the CAF decision and declare the FSF winners of AFCON. It also requests an immediate suspension of the time limit to submit an appeal brief until the CAF decision is notified with full grounds,” the CAS said in a statement.
“A CAS Arbitral Panel will be appointed to consider this matter. Following this, a procedural calendar will be established.”
The Senegalese government earlier called for an inquiry into the removal of the title.
The FSF’s lawyers will address a press conference in Paris on Thursday.
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