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Football: Senegal beat the Emirates 4-2 in Dubai

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The Senegal football team beat the United Arab Emirates 4-2 in a friendly in Dubai. The second match scheduled for Thursday was cancelled following the death of an official, according to Senego.

The Senegal beach soccer team beat the United Arab Emirates 4-2 in Dubai in its first warm-up match for the Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations. Mamadou Sylla, Mamour Diagne, goalkeeper Al Seyni Ndiaye and Pape Sidy Fall scored Senegal’s four goals, according to wiwsport.

The second match, scheduled for Thursday, was cancelled following the death of the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates. The programme for the rest of the training camp could be adjusted, with the continental competition scheduled to take place in November in Senegal.

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