The tiny Comoros Islands face a tense 48-hour wait to find out whether their shock win over Ghana in the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday will prove enough to get them into the next round. Cape Verde and Malawi have already finished third in Groups A and B with four points, putting them ahead of the Comoros in the qualification stakes. That means Comoros need results to go their way on Wednesday and Thursday, when the last three groups complete their matches, to secure one of the last two third-place qualification spots. “What we have done is already historic, brilliant,” said Ali Athoumane, president of the Comoros Football Federation, told reporters. The island nation, which declared independence from France in 1975, has a population of just under a million.

Source: Daily Nation January 19, 2022 13:47 UTC