HIBAPRESS – Sports
Egyptian journalist Mohamed Saeed, known for his proximity to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) inner circles, revealed new developments related to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final, which brought together the Moroccan national team and its Senegalese counterpart and witnessed controversial events.
The source explained that Ousmane Kane, the head of the CAF Disciplinary Committee, has been temporarily relieved of considering the case, given that his country is a party to the conflict. The task of overseeing the file will be assigned to his Kenyan deputy, Gian Onyango, with the possibility of expanding the committee to include four other members, given the sensitivity and complexity of the case. The journalist added that the names proposed to join the Disciplinary Committee include South African Norman Arndsee, Egyptian Mohamed El-Mashta, Chadian Ibrahima Issaka, and Nigerian Felix Gulpacia, in a step aimed at ensuring balance and neutrality in handling the file. The source indicated that the investigation will focus on all the circumstances of the final match, including the withdrawal of the Senegalese national team players from the field, the events that the match witnessed, in addition to the facts related to the course of the match inside the stadium. Mohamed Saeed confirmed that the Disciplinary Committee will rely on three main reports: the report of Congolese referee Jean-Jacques Ndala, the report of Egyptian match observer Ahmed Mujahid, in addition to the reports of the Algerian security coordinators Emad El-Din Mahmoudi and the Malagasy Sirendra Raka, in order to determine responsibilities before taking any official decisions. The Egyptian journalist stressed that resolving this file may take longer than expected, due to the intertwined events and the multiple parties involved, confirming that CAF seeks to address the case in accordance with the principles of justice and transparency before issuing the final judgments.
