{"id":7815,"date":"2026-07-22T11:44:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1307007.us31.myftpupload.com\/?p=7815"},"modified":"2026-07-22T11:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:44:51","slug":"procedure-remains-ongoing-cas-debunks-social-media-ruling-declaring-senegal-afcon-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/procedure-remains-ongoing-cas-debunks-social-media-ruling-declaring-senegal-afcon-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Procedure remains ongoing\u2019 &#8211; CAS debunks social media &#8216;ruling\u2019 declaring Senegal AFCON winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Claim: Senegal has been affirmed 2025 AFCON winners by CAS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Social media (X and Instagram)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verdict: False<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Researched by Gifty Danso<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the Confederation of African Football (CAF) stripped Senegal of the 2025 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) title and handed it to Morocco earlier this year, the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) appealed against CAF\u2019s decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, almost four months later, viral posts on social media (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/zHgX1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/CsiTQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/hzvy5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/mcVAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>) claim the appeal has been decided and the Court had declared Senegal winners of the AfCON. The claim was circulated with a legal notice supposedly issued by CAS.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This report found the claim to be False by writing to CAS and also reviewing their recent rulings as contained on their website. We also trace a series of misinformation that has been peddled on social media after the tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read our full report: <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ghanafact.com\/no-official-decision-court-of-arbitration-for-sport-debunks-social-media-ruling-declaring-senegal-2025-afcon-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CAS debunks viral claim about 2025 AFCON final case<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe height=\"578\" width=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/player\/v1\/7621510925710937364?embed_from=oembed&#038;music_info=1&#038;description=1&#038;autoplay=1&#038;muted=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claim: Senegal has been affirmed 2025 AFCON winners by CAS Source: Social media (X and Instagram) Verdict: False&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":7816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"coauthors":[480],"class_list":["post-7815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":41,"label":"Featured"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/CAS-TAS.jpeg",800,386,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Gifty Danso","author_link":"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/author\/gifty-danso\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":41,"name":"Featured","slug":"featured","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":41,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Featured posts","parent":0,"count":144,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":41,"category_count":144,"category_description":"Featured posts","cat_name":"Featured","category_nicename":"featured","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7818,"href":"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7815\/revisions\/7818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7815"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=7815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}