By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
Abdoulaye Diouf won the bronze medal in beach wrestling, in the under-90 kg category, at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar. The Senegalese wrestler defeated Brazilian Allan Smith to add to Senegal's beach wrestling medal tally, according to Senego citing wiwsport.
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The Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games flame arrives in Senegal and is celebrated in several countries, while Dakar prepares for the Games.
8 NovYouth Olympics beach wrestling: Diatta wins gold for Senegal
8 Nov3x3 basketball: Lionceaux beat Mongolia 20-11 at Youth Olympics
8 NovDakar 2026 YOG: four Senegalese wrestlers seek medalsSenegalese young athletes won two gold medals in beach wrestling and a bronze in judo at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. Élisabeth Diatta, Maguette Diop and Matar Diop were congratulated by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, according to Senego.
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Élisabeth Diatta won the under-55kg beach wrestling final 4-1 against Japan’s Kojima Reisa in Saly, giving Senegal its first gold medal at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics and the first youth Olympic title in its history, according to France 24. Maguette Diop then won gold in the under-80kg category, taking Senegal’s total to three medals.
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Élisabeth Diatta, in the -50 kg category, and Maguette Diop, in the -80 kg category, have qualified for the wrestling finals at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. Senegal is thus guaranteed at least two silver medals, according to Le Soleil.
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Senegal's Lioncelles beat France 18-12 in their opening match of the women's 3×3 basketball tournament at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. They are next due to face Poland at 17:15, with qualification for the quarter-finals at stake, according to Senego.
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Bassirou Diomaye Faye mobilises state resources after Lompoul boat sinkingBassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye offered condolences to families after a pirogue capsized off Lompoul, in the commune of Léona, and announced the mobilisation of state resources. The Senegalese president also called for searches to be strengthened and for networks organising irregular crossings to be tackled, according to Le Soleil.
Women’s U17 football: Gehgeh compares Nigerian triumph with senior failuresGehgeh, a Nigerian social media personality, congratulated the Nigerian women’s under-17 team on their title and compared it with the results of the senior men’s team. In a video posted online, he questioned the senior players’ persistent difficulties, according to Daily Post Nigeria.The week in Africa
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