AFCON final: Senegal vs Egypt – Live

Live updates from the Africa Cup of Nations final taking place between Senegal and Egypt in Cameroon.

• Kickoff 8pm (19:00 GMT)
• Egypt looking for record-extending eighth AFCON title
• Senegal have been losing finalists twice (2002, 2019)

Hello and welcome to the final of the Africa Cup of Nations.

I’m Faras Ghani and I’ll bring you live updates from the final taking place in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde where we have Oluwashina Okeleji inside Olembe Stadium and Daniel Ekonde among the fans.

8 mins ago (17:48 GMT)

Oluwashina chips in with this: “Stadium erupts into a wild applause as Cameroon’s President Paul Biya arrives with his wife.”

Imagine the scenes if the home side was still in the tournament.

[Oluwashina Okeleji/Al Jazeera]

13 mins ago (17:43 GMT)