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Senegal stripped of AFCON two months later. Some numbers on how odd this is

Quick recap from the GONOM post. CAF's appeal board ruled on 17 March that Senegal forfeited the January final by walking off, and replaced their 1-0 extra-time win with a 3-0 default win for Morocco.

What makes it strange: an earlier disciplinary hearing had already fined and banned players and officials from both sides and left the result alone. So the result stood for about two months, then didn't. Senegal's government is calling it unprecedented and wants an independent investigation into suspected corruption within CAF. There's also a CAS appeal coming.

And my favourite detail: some bookmakers are paying out on Morocco anyway. So technically a lot of people won twice. Thoughts?