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Last Updated: November 21, 2023, 00:30 IST
HARARE, Zimbabwe: Ivory Coast beat Gambia 2-0 to record consecutive wins in its first World Cup qualifying games on Monday.
Forward Christian Kouamé and midfielder Seko Fofana scored at Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Tanzania capital city Dar es Salaam, Gambia’s adopted home.
The Ivorians followed their impressive 9-0 win against the Seychelles in Abidjan on Friday, Africa’s record winning margin in World Cup qualifiers.
Ivory Coast’s third and last appearance at the World Cup was in 2014 in Brazil. It leads Group F with maximum points on goal difference from Gabon, which also has two wins.
Meanwhile, Djibouti hosted Guinea-Bissau in Cairo and lost 1-0, four days after losing to Egypt 6-0 at the same venue.
Liberia suffered back-to-back home defeats in its first two qualifiers after it was edged by Equatorial Guinea 1-0 in Monrovia. Liberia was also beaten by Malawi by the same scoreline on Friday.
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(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – Associated Press)
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