Nigeria, April 7 -- Tensions from the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final have resurfaced, with Senegal warning that recent legal actions linked to the match could set a troubling precedent for African football.



Head of the Senegal Football Association Abdoulaye Fall has advised caution in light of the sentencing of 18 Senegalese supporters in Morocco. After being found guilty of violence during the contentious final in Rabat, the supporters were given prison terms of up to one year.



Expressing anxiety over the growing legal dimension of the conflict, Fall emphasized that football-related conflicts should ideally be resolved within athletic organizations rather than in courts.

He said the events were terrible and urged discussion t...