A stoppage-time equaliser from
Nnamdi Oduamadi spared Nigeria's
blushes as the African Nations
Cup winners struggled to 1-1
draw with Kenya in World Cup
qualifying Group F. Francis Kahata gave the
Harambee Stars a shock lead in
the 36th minute and, after nearly
an hour of fruitless toiling, Nigeria
forced a point through Oduamadi
three minutes into time added on. Malawi then took their share of
first place with Stephen Keshi's
team by beating Namibia 1-0 in
Windhoek thanks to Gabadin
Mhango's 69th-minute winner. Cameroon claimed top spot in
Group I from Libya, who play DR
Congo, as Samuel Eto'o scored a
brace in a 2-1 win over Togo. The Anzhi Makhachkala striker's
42nd-minute penalty was
cancelled out by Dove Wome in
first-half stoppage time, but Eto'o
managed to turn home a winner
eight minutes from full-time. Christopher Samba scored the
only goal as Congo extended
their lead at the top of Group E
to six points with a 1-0 victory
against Gabon. Niger instead slipped to third
after suffering a comprehensive
4-0 defeat to Burkina Faso in
Ouagadougou. The Menas were up against it
from the third minute when
Jonathan Pitroipa notched and
further strikes from Aristide
Bance (36), Charles Kabore (78)
and Prejuce Nakoulma (86) fired Burkina Faso into second place,
where they lie six points shy of
Congo. In the other games, Ivory Coast
threw down the gauntlet to
Group C rivals Tanzania with a
comprehensive 3-0 win over
Gambia. Second half goals from Wilfried
Bony (49), Yaya Toure (59) and
Salamon Kalou (70) pushed the
Elephants four points clear at the
top with Tanzania hosting
Morocco on Sunday. Senegal, however, can be caught
by Uganda in Group J after being
held to a 1-1 draw at the Stade
du 28 Septembre. Moussa Sow (39) put the 2002
World Cup quarter-finalists on
track for a five-point lead but
Amaro's 75th-minute equaliser
gives Uganda the chance to catch
up should they take any points from Liberia. And, buoyed by a superb opener
from Thabo Matlaba, South Africa
closed out a 2-0 win over the
Central African Republic to
replace Ethiopia at the top of
Group A. The Orlando Pirates left-back
thundered the ball home from 40
yards in the 34th minute and the
shellshocked Wild Beasts were
helpless to resist when Bernard
Parker made the points safe 20 minutes from time. Elsewhere, substitute Wahbi
Khazri scored the winner as
Tunisia resisted a Sierra Leone
rally to win 2-1. Oussama Darragi's 57th-minute
opener was cancelled out by
Alhassan Kamara in the 74th
minute but Khazri ensured Nabil
Maaloul's men a five-point lead in
Group B.

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