Cape Verde beat Mauritius 3-0 in World Cup qualification

Tiny Cape Verde Islands held the top in the World Cup qualifying group when they won on Thursday, while Algeria and Tunisia came closer to the qualification qualification for the final of next year with their own victories.

But Ghana suffered a setback when they dropped unexpected points after giving up a last-minute equalizer in Chad.

Cape Verde, which attracts the majority of his side of migrant communities throughout Europe, scored a goal in both half to beat Mauritius 2-0 with Jovane Cabral and Diney to ensure that they stayed top of group D with 16 points, a first for camera, with a 3-0 win in Yaoundé.

Cameroon, which has been eight earlier world cups to an African record, ran a lead of three goals in the first 28 minutes, but turned out to be no longer added.

Libies’s 1-0 away victory in Angola, where Ezzedine El Mariamy scored early in the second half, keeps it in third place in group D with 11 points.

The aim of the fifth minute of Hazem Mastori, followed by the second half of the efforts of Ferjani Sassi and Elias Saad, saw Tunesia beat 3-0 3-0 to open a seven-point lead in Group H while Algerije is clearly in group G after the start of Botswana.

Ghana led in Ndjamena through the 17th minute Tap-in by Captain Jordan Ayew by Mohamed Kudus’ Cross, but was sloppy in the game and allowed Chad Bottom-Placed Chad to take their first point in group I.

Thanks to the draw, Madagascar was able to move within three points from Ghana after the Central African Republic to beat 2-0 in Casablanca. The Malagasy, up to 13 points, belong to the 13 African countries that are forced to organize their home games on neutral territory because their own stadiums do not meet the international standard.

The 3-0 victory of Mali over Berkane over Comoros Islands means that they are four points behind the leaders and have to beat Ghana on Monday to hope to come back to win the group when the last two qualifications rounds are played in October.

The 41-year-old striker Kei Kamara, a long-term Major League Soccer Stalwart, opened the score for Sierra Leone in their group A collision against hosts Guinea-Bissau, but it ended with 1-1 when Mama Baldared in the 74th minute.

Sao Tome E Principe had lost nine consecutive World Cup qualifications that had their home game against Equatorial Guinea in Oudja, Morocco, and would have had high expectations to break that streak when two goals from Ronaldo Lumungo had them at rest, but they lost 3-2.

On Friday, another 14 qualifications will see on the continent, with Morocco that will be the first African side to book their berths at the 2026 final in North America.

The winner of the nine qualifying groups automatically goes to the World Cup with the four best second-year student to a play-off in November, with the potential of a further place at the final.

Published on 05 September 2025