Soccer-Senegal coach discharged from hospital as injured player sent home


Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Round of 16 - England v Senegal - Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, Qatar - December 4, 2022 Senegal coach Aliou Cisse after the match as Senegal are eliminated from the World Cup REUTERS/Paul Childs/File Photo

YAMOUSSOUKRO (Reuters) -Senegal coach Aliou Cisse was discharged from hospital in Yamoussoukro on Saturday but striker Abdallah Sima has returned to Scottish club Rangers after he was injured and ruled out of the rest of the Africa Cup of Nations, a team statement said.

Cisse was admitted on Friday following his team's 3-1 victory over Cameroon at the tournament in the Ivory Coast but is now back with the squad at their hotel in the Ivorian capital.

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