Mane forced to skip his prize parade
Liverpool star Sadio Mane’s triumphant homecoming to Senegal after winning Africa’s top football prize was scuppered Wednesday when problems with overflight permission in Tunisia grounded his jet.
Senegal’s capital Dakar had readied celebrations for the 27-year old, who was crowned Africa’s 2019 Player of the Year in Egypt on Tuesday.
The first Senegalese player to win the prize since 2002, Mane was meant to land to crowds of supporters in Dakar, followed by a parade and a ceremony with the president.
But the festivities were called off on Wednesday after a delay in receiving overflight permission from Tunisian authorities, said Bakary Cisse, an official in Mane’s entourage.
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