Football : First round results of the African Nations Championship qualifiers


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Nigeria’s home-based Super Eagles Sunday beat their visiting counterparts from Burkina Faso 2-0 in their first leg, first round qualifiers of the African Nations Championship for locally-based players. The goals were scored by Bello Kofarmata in the 28th and Uche Otorogu in the 50th. The Nigerians were not impressive in the match, watched by a capacity crowd at the U.J. Esuene stadium in the South-eastern city of Calabar. Nigeria coach Okey Emordi said the Stallions of Burkina Faso had a better game plan that his wards, hence the second leg in a fortnight will be a tough affair. Here are the results of the other qualifying matches played across Africa at the weekend:

Algeria 1-1 Morocco

Libya v Egypt (withdrew)

Senegal 0-0 Mali

Mauritania 2-2 Guinea

Ghana 2-0 Togo

Cameroon 1-2 Gabon

DR Congo 3-0 Congo

Sudan 4-0 Rwanda

Tanzania 2-0 Uganda

Mozambique 1-1 Angola

Botswana 1-0 Zambia

Zimbabwe 0-0 Namibia

South Africa v Mauritius (withdrew)

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