Egypt reached the AFCON final after beating hosts Cameroon 3-1 in the semi-final to book a spot in the final against Senegal. The Teranga Lions, on the other hand, had to beat Burkina Faso 3-1 to reach their third ever final.
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“He’s doing well,” Senegal coach Aliou Cisse said Saturday, suggesting the Liverpool forward would be available despite taking a heavy blow to the head in a 2-0 win over Cape Verde in the last 16.
The goal came on 63 minutes after the islanders had goalkeeper Josimar ‘Vozinha’ Dias and midfielder Patrick Andrade sent off.
The draw ceremony for the final round qualifier of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Douala, Cameroon on Saturday.
Senegal won the group with five points, despite scoring only once in their three matches via a late Sadio Mane penalty against Zimbabwe in their opening game.
According to a Confederation of African Football statement on Monday, the 10 qualified teams will be divided into two.
Liverpool teammates Sadio Mane and Naby Keita were playing on opposite ends, with both players were captaining.
The Liverpool star blasted home from the spot after a handball from Kelvin Madzongwe deep into stoppage-time.
In today’s (Monday) schedule under Group B, Senegal will tackle Zimbabwe at 2 p.m while Guinea will lock horns with Malawi, by 5 p.m.
Aliou Cisse’s side, who are 9/2 favourites to lift the trophy in February, were due to leave Dakar for their base in Cameroon on Tuesday, but it has been confirmed that the journey has now been delayed in the wake of the positive tests.
The 45-year-old tasted defeat in a final first as captain in 2002 where he missed a penalty kick in the shootout defeat to Cameroon, and then as coach in 2019.
Senegal national team manager, Aliou Cissé, announced his 27-man squad set to compete in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.…
In the third round matches on Saturday, Ghana saw off Zambia with a narrow 1-0 win in Cape Coast, as Burundi and Tanzania played out a 1-1 draw in Ngozi, while Senegal suffered a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Guinea in Conakry.
The Nigerian side remained fifth best ranked the team on the continent behind Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria.
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The Nigerian lads defeated the Malians by 11-22, 13 -9, 14 -28 and 21 -11.
With 1492.37 points, the Nigerian side retained her 34th position globally and fifth in Africa.
The ceremony billed for Yaounde Conference Centre will see the 24 participating teams zoned into six groups of four teams each as the competition gets underway in January 2022.
With 1487.16 points, the Nigerian side are ranked 32rd in the world and third best team in Africa behind Senegal and Tunisia who are placed first and second on the continent.
The hard-as-nails defender, a member of the Super Eagles squad that won bronze medal at the 1992 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Senegal, suffered a heart attack and lost the battle at a private hospital in Ibadan.