Morocco cruise to a 6-0 win over Congo in qualifying for the 2026 World Cup but Cameroon and Ivory Coast have to settle for away draws.
Ayoub El Kaabi scored a hat-trick as Morocco thrashed Congo-Brazzaville 6-0 in African qualifying for the 2026 Fifa World Cup, while Cameroon and Ivory Coast both had to settle for draws away from home.
Elsewhere, Ivory Coast’s perfect start came to an end as the continental champions were held to a goalless draw away against Kenya and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang helped Gabon come from behind to beat The Gambia. African qualifiers for the finals in the United States, Mexico and Canada will resume in March 2025, with preliminaries for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations scheduled in September, October and November.
Walieldin Khidir, Yasir Mozamil and Mohamed Abdelrahman netted the goals which gave the visitors a 3-0 win and Sudan have now picked up three wins and a draw from their opening four qualifiers despite a conflict which began in April last year and hashad won their first three qualifiers by an aggregate score of 12-0 but were perhaps fortunate to come away with a point from their match againstElephants goalkeeper Yahia Fofana saved from Kenya forward Timothy Ouma late in the second half and Evan...
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