Senegal claimtheir first AFCON title

Senegal lived up to their pre-event billing as favourites and took a first Africa Cup of Nations title although it was by no means a convincing triumph for the continent’s top-ranked team.

But the Lions of Teranga’s success will forever have the stain of the deadly stadium stampede that overshadowed the tournament and condemned Cameroon to one of the worst continental championships in decades.

The deaths of eight people, with a further seven seriously injured, came as a result of poor organisation, lax security controls and general dereliction of duty.

This was an event that came close to being cancelled less