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| Adama Niane |
Mali has expelled striker Adama Niane from their squad for indiscipline, the third player to be turfed out by his team at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations.
โAdama Niane was excluded from the Eagles group for non-respect,โ said the teamโs media officer Ibrahim Coulibaly.
Reports said the 26-year-old Belgium-based player had slapped a teammate in an altercation over queuing.
The decision came on the eve of Fridayโs Group E match against Tunisia in Suez.
Earlier, Burundi had sent home 32-year-old midfielder Selemani Ndikumana for ill-discipline before their first game without offering any further details.
On Wednesday Egypt sent Amr Warda packing for what the Egypt Football Association described as โdisciplinary reasonsโ.
Warda, who plays for Greek club Atromitos on loan from PAOK, has been widely accused of trolling women on social media.
He has been the subject of a previous complaint, filed with Egyptโs Attorney General, of harassing a fashion model on Instagram.
Warda has since posted a video on Facebook in which he apologised and was recalled back to the team.
He apologised to his family, his teammates, to the EFA and to โanyone who is upset at me or anyone I have upsetโ as his teammates rallied around him.
Among them was Mohamed Salah who said: โWomen must be treated with the utmost respect.
โBut I also believe that many who make mistakes can change for the better and shouldnโt be sent straight to the guillotine, which is the easiest way out.
โWe need to believe in second chancesโฆ we need to guide and educate. Shunning is not the answer.โ
