🇸🇳 Senegal Sports31 October 2026

Senegal beat Cape Verde 2-0 in YOG women’s beach volleyball

By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Soleil

Senegalese duo Aminata Tine and Rokhoya Niang beat Cape Verde 2-0, winning both sets 21-9, in the women’s beach volleyball tournament at the Youth Olympic Games in Saly. China also beat Gambia 2-0, according to Le Soleil, on the first day of the tournament.

Senegal beat Cape Verde 2-0 on Saturday, 31 October, in the women’s beach volleyball tournament at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Saly. The Senegalese duo of Aminata Tine and Rokhoya Niang won 21-9, 21-9, according to Le Soleil.

China also won its first women’s match, beating Gambia 21-5, 21-5. The two results marked the opening of the beach volleyball tournament at the Dakar 2026 YOG.

Senegal had prepared four representatives for the YOG beach volleyball events, as reported on 22 October in Senegalese beach volleyball players prepare for the YOG. On the same day, the Senegalese men’s pair also beat Cape Verde in their opening match.

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Senegal’s pair Mouhamed M. Sidibé and Souleymane Seck Cissé Thiam beat Cape Verde in straight sets, 21-13 and 21-15, in their opening match in the men’s beach volleyball tournament at YOG Dakar 2026. The victory puts Senegal in a strong position in Pool F, according to Le Soleil, as the competition continues until 4 November.

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