Senegal’s football federation (FSF) moved on Tuesday to explain social media footage showing their World Cup squad undergoing security \u200bchecks on an airport tarmac, after the images prompted \u200caccusations of discriminatory treatment.<\/p>\n
Videos circulated online showed Senegal players being screened by airport security before travelling from Raleigh, North Carolina to San \u200bAntonio, Texas for a warm-up friendly against Saudi Arabia \u200bahead of the tournament.<\/p>\n
In response to outrage over \u2060the players’ treatment, the FSF stressed that all checks were \u200bcarried out in compliance with “applicable airport security regulations” and were \u200bpart of an arrangement to expedite travel.<\/p>\n
“As part of the logistical arrangements for the trip, the bus transporting the national team left the \u200bhotel in Raleigh to go directly to the airport \u200btarmac,” the federation said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“This procedure allowed the players and \u200cstaff \u2060members to complete all security and police checks directly at the foot of the aircraft, without having to pass through the usual airport terminal areas and boarding lounges.<\/p>\n
“This arrangement was \u200bprimarily intended to \u200boptimize the \u2060delegation\u2019s travel time and to facilitate boarding onto the private flight bound for San Antonio.”<\/p>\n
A \u200b10-man Senegal were held to a\u00a0goalless draw\u00a0by \u200bSaudi \u2060Arabia in the friendly on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Senegal open their World Cup campaign against France on June 16 in New Jersey. They also \u2060take \u200bon Norway at the same venue \u200bon June 22 and Iraq in Toronto on June 26 in Group I \u200bmatches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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