Soccer-Sudan team hopes Cup of Nations success can end war


Soccer Football - CAF Africa Cup of Nations - Morocco 2025 - Sudan Press Conference - Tangier Grand Stadium, Tangier, Morocco - January 2, 2026 Sudan coach James Kwesi Appiah during the press conference REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

TANGIER, Morocco, Jan 2 (Reuters) - ‌Sudan hopes an upset win over Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday could ‌prove a catalyst for a cessation of hostilities in their country, or even a longer ‌peace, coach Kwesi Appiah said on Friday.

Sudan’s team has reached the knockout stage of the competition for only the second time since they won the tournament in 1970, overcoming the immense difficulties of being exiled from their country because of the war.

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