FIFA Bars Senegal From Wearing AFCON Star at 2026 World Cup, Compounding a Crisis Already Written Into the Kit (opens in new tab)

FIFA has ruled that Senegal cannot display their Africa Cup of Nations star on their kit at the 2026 World Cup, applying the same equipment regulation that stripped Egypt of seven AFCON stars — a blow that lands on a team already fighting CAF over whether they won the title the star commemorates.