In Senegal, the 2002 World Cup team remains a source of national pride. This year's squad is eager to create some new memories. The run to the quarterfinals in Senegal's World Cup debut in Japan and ...

An exhaustive, longform history of Senegal's march to history at the World Cup under the late, great Bruno Metsu. Under Bruno Metsu, the Teranga Lions captured the imagination with their speed, ...

LILLE, France – Bruno Metsu, a Frenchman who coached Senegal in a remarkable run to the 2002 World Cup quarterfinals, has died. He was 59. His death was announced by the French club Lille, for whom ...

West African football had made an impact on the international scene thanks to Cameroon and Nigeria, but in the new millennium, it was time for a new face. Senegal had been simmering in the early 1990s ...

DAKAR, Senegal -- When the World Cup trophy tour reached Senegal, President Macky Sall got the taste of being a champion. It's an experience he hopes is real in Senegal one day. Sall optimistically ...

It’s been no secret during the course of the Africa Cup of Nations that this current Senegal team were walking in the footsteps of giants and living in the shadow of ghosts. 2022 marks the 20-year ...

Senegal has booked a place in the 2018 World Cup for the first time since its debut in 2002, when it beat defending champion France on the way to the quarterfinals. Back then, Senegal was only the ...

Reigning African Cup of Nations champions Senegal travel to the 2022 World Cup with an entire continent’s expectations on its shoulders. The Lions of Teranga are being touted as the tournament’s dark ...

FILE - In this June 6, 2002 file photo Senegal's Salif Diao reacts after he beat Denmark's goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen, left, to score the equalizer during their 2002 World Cup Group A soccer match at ...