Senegal’s Mane ruled out of World Cup

Senegal star Sadio Mane has lost his race to be fit for the 2022 World Cup and has been withdrawn from their squad, the country’s football federation announced yesterday. Mane was voted second in the Ballon d’Or last month behind Karim Benzema and the 30-yearold Bayern Munich forward will be sorely missed by the African champions. Mane picked up his shin injury playing for Bayern earlier this month but was named in the World Cup squad in the hope he could regain fitness.