AFCON 2017: Senegal end dismal run by reaching last eight
By AFP
20 January 2017 |
7:57 am
Senegal put a string of disastrous Africa Cup of Nations campaigns behind them Thursday by beating Zimbabwe 2-0 and becoming the first qualifiers for the 2017 quarter-finals.
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