Senegal officially appeal to CAS against removal of Africa Cup of Nations crown

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/senegal/hOIsJLJr/"]Senegal[/a] ‌were ruled to have forfeited the ‌game in Rabat on January 18th because they walked off the ‌pitch in protest at a ⁠potentially decisive ‌penalty awarded to opponents [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/morocco/IDKYO3R8/"]Morocco[/a].[/p][p]They returned after ​14 minutes to win the match 1-0, but the ​appeal board of African soccer's governing body (CAF) last week replaced that result ⁠with a ​3-0 victory for Morocco.[/p][embed guid="94c7646c-07bd-4dbb-98fd-997feeab7b3f" url="https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/2036835221178286398" social-type="twitter" /][p]"[b]The FSF appeal seeks to set aside the CAF decision and declare the FSF ‌winners of AFCON. It also requests an immediate suspension of the time limit to submit an appeal brief until the CAF decision is notified with full grounds[/b]," the CAS said in a statement.[/p][p]"[b]A CAS Arbitral Panel will be appointed ‌to consider this matter. Following ​this, a procedural calendar will ‌be established[/b]."[/p][p]The Senegalese government earlier called for an inquiry into the removal of the title.[/p][p]The FSF's lawyers will address a press conference ⁠in Paris ⁠on Thursday.[/p]