2027 AFCON Qualifiers: Top guns Senegal, Cameroon, Ivory Coast deliver

Home Shows Sports Video content Program Sport To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: SPORTS © Patrick Meinhardt, AFP 05:09 Issued on: 13/11/2026 - 07:59Modified: 13/11/2026 - 08:00 From the show Africa's heavyweights are delivering in the 2027 AFCON qualifiers. Senegal marked Patrick Vieira's first home game with an emphatic win over Sudan, while Cameroon and Ivory Coast took further steps towards qualification. Elsewhere, Morocco could also seal their place against Niger, as Egypt begin a new era under Ali Maher. In the Nations League, Zinedine Zidane suffered his first defeat as France manager. Despite Michael Olise's early opener, Les Bleus fell to Italy and must now secure qualification against Turkey on Sunday. England, meanwhile, booked their place in the quarter-finals thanks to Ballon d'Or winner Harry Kane. Spain extended their remarkable unbeaten run. And finally, major managerial upheaval in the Premier League. Pierre Sage has left Crystal Palace, while Manchester United have sacked Michael Carrick.