A moment of wizardry from Salomon Kalou settled the clash of the heavyweights in Cote d’Ivoire’s favour on Monday as they beat Nigeria in Sekondi in a winning start to Group B at the MTN Africa Cup of Nations Cup finals in Ghana.

Chelsea’s Kalou netted on 66 minutes against the run of play to give the Elephants a dream start at the new Essipon stadium.

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A hat trick inside 30 minutes from Soufiane Alloudi ensured a easy 5-1 win for Morocco over Namibia in their MTN Africa Cup of Nations Cup Group A match in Accra on Monday.


The rising star of Moroccan football netted two goals inside the first five minutes in a desperate start for minnows Namibia, making only their only Nations Cup appearance a decade after the first.


Alloudi completed his hat trick with a rare headed goal in the 28th minute after Tarek Sektioui had teased the porous Namibia defence to provide the prefect cross.


Alloudi set was set for the opening gola in the second minute by Marouane Chamakh whose initial effort had hit the post.

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Defending champions Ahli jumped to the top of the Egyptian League table after crushing Aluminum 3-0 at Military Academy on Thursday.


Mohamed Abou-Treika opened the scoring from the spot midway through the first-half.


Emad Meteb doubled the lead 11 minutes before the break and Abou-Treika scored again in the 72nd minute to seal the victory.

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Substitute Gamal Hamza converted a late penalty to lead Zamalek to a precious 1-0 home victory over Arab Contractors in the Egyptian League on Wednesday.


The 26-year-old notched the winner 11 minutes from time after his shirt was tugged by a Contractors defender.


The victory put Zamalek in fourth spot of the league table with 20 points, five adrift of leaders Petrojet, who have a game in hand.

Mahmoud Abdul-Razeq 'Shikabala' had the first chance for Zamalek after six minutes when his powerful shot from inside the area narrowly missed the target.

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Egypt won the gold medal in the Pan Arab Games' football tournament after securing an easy 2-1 victory over 10-man Saudi Arabia at Cairo Stadium on Sunday.


Hossam Ghaly opened the scoring six minutes before the break and Emad Meteb doubled the advantage just before halftime.


Saudi Arabia, who played the majority of the game with ten men after Red Tukar was handed a straight red card, pulled one back through Yasser Al-Qahtani's penalty.

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