FOOTBALL – Egypt sauntered into the World Cup finals with a 3-0 win over Djibouti yesterday, becoming the third African side to book their place, while the Cape Verde Islands and Ghana both took a step closer to joining them.
Mohamed Salah scored twice after Ibrahim Adel opened the scoring as Egypt beat the small Red Sea nation in Casablanca to take top place in Group A, ahead of Burkina Faso who won 1-0 away over Sierra Leone.
Egypt, who have been to three previous World Cups, have an unassailable 23 points in an unbeaten campaign and join the already qualified Morocco and Tunisia at next year’s tournament in North America.
Tiny Cape Verde will have to wait five more days, however, before getting a last chance to secure a first-ever World Cup spot after they drew 3-3 away in a thrilling Group D encounter in Libya yesterday.
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