The trial, held in a court in the religious capital of the country, concluded on Monday night with a 20-year prison sentence for the doctor, after the victims presented a detailed account of the horrors they endured. It began as a story of jealousy. The psychiatrist S.I. had declined to accompany his wife on a trip to France that they had arranged the previous year.
After a hearing that lasted more than five hours, the presiding judge ruled that the fans -- 18 Senegalese and a French national -- were guilty of more than half a dozen charges, including damaging sporting facilities and committing violence during a sporting event. Eleven people were sentenced to one year in prison and handed a $550 fine. Four were sentenced to six months and given a $218 fine. The remaining four were sentenced to three months and a $130 fine, lawyer Naima El Guellaf told The Associated Press.
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Both sides of the Old Firm are reportedly interested in Dundee's Luke Graham while Kilmarnock's David Watson is ignoring speculation about his future. Celtic and Rangers are both eyeing respective summer moves for highly-rated 22-year-old Dundee centre-half Luke Graham. (Football Insider), external Kilmarnock midfielder David Watson, the 21-year-old who has been linked with Aberdeen, Bolton Wanderers and Celtic and is out of contract this summer, says he is leaving his future to his agent and concentrating on his football. (The Herald), external
The clash between hosts Morocco and Senegal was approaching the end of normal time with the two sides goalless, when a disallowed Senegal goal was followed by the awarding of a stoppage time Morocco penalty by referee Jean Jacques when El Hadji Malick Diouf felled Brahim Diaz. Still angry at seeing a goal for his side chalked off, Senegal boss Pape Thiaw told his team to leave the pitch.
Nicolas Jackson 's Senegal beat Morocco 1-0 after extra-time in the final to win the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday night. The Bayern striker started and played until added time of the regular 90 minutes. Pape Gueye scored the only goal for the Lions of Teranga in the fourth minute of extra-time to give Senegal their second continental title after 2021's edition.
