AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoSenegal Football: Goalkeeper Édouard Mendy has officially retired from international duty, ending an eight-year run with 59 caps and a key role in Senegal’s 2021 AFCON triumph—while the wider AFCON title dispute still heads to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on October 8. Senegal Sports Spotlight: Saly Sarr shone at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, winning women’s triple jump with 15.06m, as the event crowned sprint doubles for Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Kenny Bednarek. Senegal Youth Olympics Build-Up: The Olympic flame arrived in Dakar for Africa’s first Olympic sporting event on the continent, with a women-led procession and Senegalese basketball legend Mame Maty Mbengue lighting the cauldron ahead of the Youth Games. Senegal Arts & Culture: KanKouran Dance Company staged “SUNU GAAL” (“our boat”) at Cramton Auditorium, celebrating West African dance traditions with a full ensemble from toddlers to elders. Senegal in Global Media: Filmmaker Alice Diop was named Miu Miu’s 2026 Art Basel Paris commission artist, bringing her work on Black women’s representation to major art and runway stages.
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