AFCON Qualifiers: Mohamed Salah scores in Egypt rout, Nigeria ...

Egypt were firing on all cylinders with talisman Mohamed Salah on target, as they routed Botswana 4-0 in their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Tuesday.

Trezeguet was at the double to send Egypt into the interval 2-0 up, and Salah was on hand to continue his emphatic start to the season to net his country's third, 11 minutes after half-time.

Substitute Mostafa Fathi scored a stoppage-time goal to complete the thrashing, as Egypt retained their spot at the top of Group C.

Meanwhile, the firepower of Ademola Lookman, Victor Boniface and Victor Osimhen could not help Nigeria avoid a 0-0 stalemate with Rwanda.

Nigeria remain top of the Group D, but could be overtaken by Libya who face Benin later on Tuesday.

Elsewhere in the AFCON qualifiers, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a penalty to help Gabon to a 2-0 victory over Central African Republic, while an Oswin Appollis brace inspired South Africa to an entertaining 3-2 victory over South Sudan.

Algeria continued their perfect record in qualifying with a 3-0 win over Liberia, topping Group E after Togo and Equatorial Guinea played out a 2-2 draw.

In Group I, Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Yves Bissouma scored the winner for Mali as they beat Eswatini 1-0, but Mozambique still top the group with their 2-1 victory over Guinea-Bissau.

Meanwhile, Kenya remained unbeaten with a 2-1 triumph over Namibia, while Zimbabwe and Cameroon played out a goalless draw.

In the later matches, Ivory Coast made it two wins from two matches with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Chad.

Jean-Philippe Krasso and Oumar Diakite scored either side of half-time as Ivory Coast remained top of Group G, yet to concede a goal in the qualifiers.

Elsewhere, Lassina Traore's brace helped Burkina Faso to secure a 3-1 win over Malawi, while Benin picked up their first victory of the qualifying campaign - beating Libya 2-1.

In the remaining AFCON qualifiers on Tuesday, Cape Verde defeated Mauritania 2-0 as Zambia edged an entertaining 3-2 duel with Sierra Leone.

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