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Ivory Coast booked their place in the group stage of the 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifiers after seeing off Liberia 4-0 on aggregate. Following their 1-0 victory in Monrovia in the first leg, the Elephants enjoyed a convincing 3-0 win over the Lone Star in Abidjan on Tuesday afternoon. A first-half brace from Stade Rennais striker Giovanni Sio saw the ...

Britain’s Andy Murray says he is not afraid to play in the Davis Cup final despite security concerns in Belgium. Next week’s final takes place in Ghent. The city is 35 miles from Molenbeek, the focus of a manhunt for one of the suspects involved in the Paris attacks. “I don’t want to live in fear each time I step ...

Zambia goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene says the hard work on the road to the Moscow 2018 World Cup has just began. Mweene on Sunday captained Zambia to a 2-0 home win over Sudan in a 2018 second round, final leg qualifier played at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola. Zambia advanced to the group stage 3-0 on aggregate following a 1-0 first ...

England’s match against France at Wembley on Tuesday will not be a “normal friendly” following the attacks in Paris, says coach Roy Hodgson. A total of 129 people were killed in attacks across the French capital on Friday. “I can’t deny there’s something hanging over which is far, far greater than a football match,” said Hodgson. “That will be lingering ...

Midfielder Farouk Miya bagged a brace to help Uganda trounce Togo 3-0 on Sunday and advance to the group stage of 2018 World Cup qualifying in Africa. Captain Geoffrey Massa scored the other goal in Kampala as Uganda qualified 4-0 on aggregate after matching their record home victory margin in a qualifier for the global football showpiece. Zambia also advanced ...

Angola’s coach Romeu Filemon has admitted South Africa were “much smarter” on Friday in the first leg of their World Cup qualifier but promised a new strategy to try and turn around the situation in Tuesday’s second leg in Durban. “You have to give credit to South Africa because they were a much smarter team,” he told reporters on Saturday ...

Goals from Lubambo Musonda and Winston Kalengo guided Zambia to a 2-0 (3-0 on aggregate) win over Sudan at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola on Sunday. The duo found the back of the net in the second half as George Lwandamina’s men successfully booked their place in the third round of 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifying, alongside Gabon and Uganda. ...

Chipolopolo captain Rainford Kalaba and defender Dauti Musekwa have both been ruled out of Sunday’s 2018 Fifa World Cup second round, second leg qualification match against Sudan. National team physician Dr. Joseph Kabungo told fazfootball.com on Saturday that Kalaba had developed a fever and had been given seven days’ rest. “Kalaba had a fever yesterday (Friday) and he is still ...

Chad shocked Egypt 1-0 and Algeria came from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Tanzania on Saturday in African 2018 World Cup first-leg qualifiers. Congo Brazzaville won 4-3 in Ethiopia and Botswana used home advantage to beat Mali 2-1 in a game that completed the 20 first-leg fixtures in the second round of qualifying for Russia. The Chadians triumphed ...

George Lwandamina is wary of a wounded Sudan in this Sunday’s home leg of their 2018 World Cup second round, final leg qualifier. Zambia host Sudan at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola armed with a 1-0 away first leg win picked up on November 11 in Karima. The victory was picked up in harsh conditions on a dusty patch at ...