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African soccer still trying to fulfil promise at World Cup

FILE - Patrice Motsepe, the President of the Confederation of African Football, arrives for the 2022 soccer World Cup draw at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha, Qatar, on April 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File) FILE- A man painted in the colours of the Cameroon flag, chants, prior to the African Cup of Nations Group D soccer match between Cameroon and Ivory Coast, at Estadio De Malabo, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on Jan. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File) Senegal's players celebrate with Senegal's head coach Aliou Cisse after winning the African Cup of Nations 2022 final soccer match between Senegal and Egypt at the Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon, on Feb. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File) FILE - A soccer fan during the World Cup 2022 group G qualifying soccer match between South Africa and Zimbabwe at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Nov. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File) FILE - The official soccer ball for the World Cup 2022 group G qualifying soccer match between South Africa and Ethiopia at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Oct. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File) FILE - Senegal's players celebrate with the trophy after winning the African Cup of Nations 2022 final soccer match between Senegal and Egypt at the Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon, on Feb. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File) FILE- A man painted in the colours of the Cameroon flag, chants, prior to the African Cup of Nations Group D soccer match between Cameroon and Ivory Coast, at Estadio De Malabo, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on Jan. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File) FILE- CAF President Patrice Motsepe, left, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino hold the African Cup of Nations 2022 trophy after the final soccer match between Senegal and Egypt at the Olembe stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon, on Feb. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)
African soccer still trying to fulfil promise at World Cup