File photo of players of Senegal celebratingA double from midfielder Pape Gueye saw Senegal come from behind to ease past Sudan 3-1 on Saturday and become the first side to book a place in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals. Senegal, the 2021 Cup of Nations winners, are the second-ranked team in Africa and, despite conceding early, showed their quality and strength to win in comfortable fashion. Ismailia Sarr was brought down in the area five minutes later, but the penalty award was overturned when VAR showed Sarr was offside in the build-up. "We needed to dig deep to come from a goal down to be able to win the match," said Senegal coach Pape Bouna Thiaw. "I give credit to my players for the way they focused on the game and recovered to win the match.

Source: GhanaWeb January 04, 2026 20:35 UTC