The  Black Meteors of  Ghana, will be jostling with Egypt, Senegal, Nigeria, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso and host Congo-Brazzaville for the gold medal of this year’s All-Africa Games’ men’s football event.

A brace by striker Taiwo Awoniyi qualified Nigeria  as they beat hosts Zambia 2-1.Both teams played out a 0-0 draw in Abuja three weeks ago for Nigeria’s Dream Team VI to go through 2-1 on aggregate. 

The Young Pharaohs conquered Burundi with 2-0 wins in each leg, making it 4-0 on aggregate, while Senegal reached the games on the away goals rule at the expense of Mali, following a 2-2 draw in Bamako and 1-1 draw in Dakar.

Ghana edged out Mozambique 2-1 on aggregate after a 2-0 win in Accra on Sunday. They lost 0-1 to the Mozambicans in the first leg. Meanwhile, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Burkina Faso also edged South Africa, Cameroon and Cote d’Ivoire respectively by the same aggregate score line.

Cameroon drew 1-1 with Zimbabwe in Yaounde on Sunday after losing the first leg 1-0 in Harare; South Africa failed to qualify after they could only beat Sudan 1-0 following 2-0 defeat in Khartoum and; Burkina Faso forced Cote d’Ivoire to a 0-0 draw in Abidjan after winning the first leg 2-1.

In the women’s event, Ghana’s Black Queens will battle with familiar foes Nigeria, South Africa, Cote d’Ivoire and Cameroon, as well as Tanzania, Egypt and hosts Congo-Brazzaville for the gold medal.

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