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Africa Cup of Nations: Morocco win takes Ivory Coast into AFCON last-16 amid coach sackings
•Hakim Ziyech scored the only goal of the game late in the first half and Morocco will stay in San-Pedro for a last-16 clash with South Africa
Africa Cup of Nations: Mauritania stun Algeria to send them packing, Cameroon qualify for last-16
•Mauritania, who had lost their opening two matches at AFCON and had never won in eight previous attempts in competition history, ran out 1-0 winners
Mohamed Salah injury worse 'than first thought', to return to Liverpool for treatment
•After initially ruling Salah out for two games, Egypt said the hope was that the 31-year-old would return for the AFCON semi-finals, should the team make it
Africa Cup of Nations 2023: Equatorial Guinea crush Ivory Coast in huge shock, Salah-less Egypt through
•Ranked 39 places lower than their rivals in the world, Equatorial Guinea ripped the Ivory Coast defence apart in 4-0 mauling
Africa Cup of Nations: Mohamed Salah to leave Egypt squad and return to Liverpool for injury rehab
•The Egyptian FA had initially hoped Salah would be back for an eventual quarter-final, but now appear resigned to being without him
Africa Cup of Nations: Mohamed Salah rescues Egypt as Nigeria draw and Ghana lose
•Three nations - Egypt, Nigeria and Ghana - with 14 AFCON titles between them all failed to get off to winning starts at this year's tournament
Africa Cup of Nations: Seko Fofana sets hosts Ivory Coast on way to victory in opener
•Ivory Coast were the better team, albeit against one of the tournament's minnows Guinea, as they look to make the most of home advantage to win a third AFCON crown
Sadio Mané scores on return to action with Senegal
•Mané darted behind the defence to poke home a pass by Youssouf Sabaly with his left foot for the reigning African champion's second goal in Dakar
African Cup 2025: Guinea removed as event host owing to inadequate infrastructure
•Guinea's hosting of the African Cup had been under scrutiny for weeks after an inspection committee made a visit in early September and determined that Guinea wouldn't be ready.
AFCON 2021: Senegal awards $87,000 cash, land to Cup of Nations-winning squad
•In a ceremony, Senegal president also appointed team members to the West African country's prestigious Order of the Lion, as thousands of fans cheered outside the gates.