A document presented as a supposed “arbitral award” from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) continues to circulate on social media, fueling confusion around the appeal filed by the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) against the Confederation of African Football (CAF). However, official publications from CAS show that no decision has yet been made in this case. Available information confirms that the procedure is still ongoing and that the viral document does not correspond to any official decision from the Lausanne-based court.
On March 25, 2026, CAS announced that it had registered the FSF’s appeal against CAF’s decision to award the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations victory to Morocco by default. In its statement, the institution clarified that an arbitration panel would be formed before setting the schedule for the proceedings. This announcement only concerned the opening of the case and did not constitute any judgment on the merits of the issue.
Since this announcement, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has not issued any statement announcing a ruling regarding this appeal. On the contrary, the latest decisions published on its official site exclusively concern other sports disputes, with no connection to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations or the Senegalese Football Federation.
Among the most recent decisions is the case TAS 2025/A/11610, involving the Moroccan club Ittihad Riadhi de Tanger and player Reda Jaadi in a dispute over the termination of an employment contract. This ruling does not concern either CAF, FSF, or the continental competition.
CAS also published its decision in the case TAS 2025/A/11580, filed by Senegalese wrestler Moustapha Senghor. He contested a two-year suspension imposed by the Regional Anti-Doping Organization Africa Zones II and III. Again, this is a completely separate case from the appeal regarding the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
Another recently publicized ruling concerns the case TAS 2025/A/11445, which deals with an institutional dispute between the African Confederation of Boules Sports and the International Federation of Petanque and Provençal Game (FIPJP). This procedure has no relation to African football.
Finally, the Tribunal published the decision in the case TAS 2025/A/11225, involving former player Walid Hanifi and the Algerian club Aïn M’lila ASAM in a contractual dispute. Once again, this case is unrelated to the appeal filed by the Senegalese Federation.
The absence of a decision regarding the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations is particularly telling. If CAS had indeed annulled CAF’s decision and officially awarded the title to Senegal, such a ruling would have been a major event for African football. A decision of this significance would have necessarily been accompanied by an official statement from the Tribunal, just like when the FSF’s appeal was registered.
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Another element demonstrates the misleading nature of the viral document. It refers to the case CAS 2026/A/10857, while the officially registered appeal by the Court of Arbitration for Sport bears the number CAS 2026/A/12295, according to the statement published on March 25, 2026. This discrepancy is a major inconsistency that calls into question the authenticity of the document shared on social media.
At this stage, nothing indicates that CAS has made its decision in the case opposing the Senegalese Football Federation to CAF. Available official information shows that the procedure is still ongoing. Consequently, the document presented as an “arbitral award” cannot be considered authentic and is not based on any decision officially published by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
