{"id":589457,"date":"2026-04-06T16:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/589457\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:37:09","slug":"president-of-the-senegalese-football-federation-moroccos-action-is-a-dangerous-and-painful-precedent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/589457\/","title":{"rendered":"President of the Senegalese Football Federation: Morocco\u2019s action is a \u201cdangerous and painful precedent\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The president of the Senegalese Football Federation, Abdoulaye Fall, has called for a measured approach to facilitate the resolution of the case involving 18 Senegalese fans detained in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>The Moroccan courts have handed down prison sentences ranging from three months to a full year to the 18 supporters for misconduct and rioting during the Africa Cup of Nations final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must take a step back to find solutions to this situation,\u201d Fall said in an interview with the Senegalese news agency.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cIt is a painful situation that affects everyone. I believe that sporting disputes should be resolved within sporting bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Falle emphasised, \u201cI am against taking sporting disputes to court; this sets a dangerous precedent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read also<\/p>\n<p>Moussa Wahbi surprises Morocco duo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The president of the Senegalese Football Federation, Abdoulaye Fall, has called for a measured approach to facilitate the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[189929,64,63,596,24604,129796,287992,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-589457","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-africa-cup-of-nations","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-morocco","13":"tag-senegal","14":"tag-senegal-vs-morocco","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}