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OUAGADOUGOU (Burkina Faso), Jan 30 — Thrilled crowds celebrated in Burkina Faso’s capital yesterday after their national team beat Tunisia in a regional football cup, providing welcome respite after a military coup in the country. Supporters in Ouagadougou pounded their car horns and blew...

Egypt will take on Morocco in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals as both sides look to land a semi-final clash against the host nation Cameroon. Follow the build up and the 3pm action here.

They enjoyed a 3-1 win over Equatorial Guinea in the last eight.

The Egypt captain scored the equaliser before setting up the extra-time winner.

Days after suffering a head knock that saw him taken to hospital, Sadio Mane has been declared fit for Senegals quarter-final clash with Equatorial Guinea.

The hosts had to come through a tricky last-16 tie against Comoros and faced another unfancied side in Tom Saintfiets outfit, but displayed composure in a dominant performance throughout.

It was the hosts’ first game at the tournament since the deadly crush in Yaounde.

Burkina Faso held on to repeat 1998 and 2017 last-eight triumphs over Tunisia.

Following recent reports that brothers Andre and Jordan Ayew had decided to quit the Ghana national team, a representative of the duo's family has now shed some light on the matter.

Concern grew for the Liverpool attacker following a nasty collision with Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha during the last-16 of the Africa Cup of Nations.