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Champ Ivory Coast to face Morocco in Afcon thriller

Sports 07 Jan, 2026 Follow News

Mohamed Salah wants another Afcon title

Defending champions Ivory Coast eased past Burkina Faso, winning 3-0, and into the quarter-finals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Morocco.

They will now face record seven-time champions Mohamed Salah’s Egypt, who beat Benin 3-1 after extra time on Monday, in a heavyweight last-eight clash in Agadir on Saturday.

Mali face Senegal and hosts Morocco battle with Cameroon on Friday in the other quarter-finals.

Algeria beat DR Congo 1-0 in extra time in a hard-fought last 16 game. The 2019 Afcon champions now fancy their chances against free-scoring quarter-final opponents Nigeria in Marrakesh on Saturday.


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