Brighton’s Bissouma back for Mali after three-year standoff

Mali's midfielder Yves Bissouma (C) celebrates with Mali's defenders Hamari Traore (L) and Mahamadou N'Diaye (R) after scoring a goal during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group D football match between Uganda and Mali in Oyem on January 25, 2017. [AFP, Issouf Sanogo]

Brighton’s Yves Bissouma has agreed to turn out for Mali at next month’s Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon, ending an impasse over his failure to respond to call-ups over the last three years, his country’s football federation said on Saturday.

He was named in a 28-man squad for the tournament, ending a standoff with coach Mohamed Magassouba.