Tunisia opened their Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifying campaign with a convincing victory over visitors Equatorial Guinea as former Manchester City attacker Kelechi Iheanacho scored twice to help Nigeria beat Liberia in their respective on Friday.

Group B Tunisia 3-0 Equatorial Guinea

Carthage Eagles of Tunisia proved too strong in their opening Group B World Cup campaign with a resounding 3-0 home win over Equatorial Guinea to top Group B. Goals from Bronn, Ellyes Skhiri and skipper Khazri was enough to ensure a convincing victory.

Mauritania 1-2 Zambia

Zambia standing second in their group after they registered a 2-1 win over hosts Mauritania at the Olympic Stadium in Nouakchott.

Matchday two will see Tunisia will travel to Zambia next, while Equatorial Guinea hosts Mauritania.

Group C Nigeria 2-0 Liberia

Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho scored a brace for three-time African Champions Nigeria as they overcame Liberia 2-0 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos on Friday.

The former Manchester City attacker’s goals came in the 23rd and 45th minutes as the Eagles go top of Group C after the match-day one fixture, following Cape Verde’s 1-1 draw with the Central Africa Republic on Wednesday.

Gernot Rohr’s side was comfortable throughout their opening game of the FIFA World Cup, Qatar 2022 Qualifiers.

Group D Cameroon 2-0 Malawi

African Cup of Nations hosts Cameroon scored two first-half goals to defeat visitors Malawi 2-0 In Yaoundé to go top of Group D.

Al-Nassr Vincent Abubakar gave the Indomitable Lions the lead in the opening ten minutes before Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui doubled their lead in the 22 minutes.

Elsewhere in the group, Mozambique and Ivory Coast played to a barren draw at Estadio Nacional de Zimpeto.

The Elephant will host Cameroon on Monday 6th September in their matchday two in the race to Qatar while Mozambique travels to Malawi.

Group G Ghana 1-0 Ethiopia

Mubarak Wakaso scored the only goal of the day in the 35th minute to help Ghana started their campaign with a home 1-0 win over Ethiopia in the Cape Coast stadium on Friday.

In the same group, Zimbabwe shared spoils with South Africa.

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African champions Algeria hammered lowly rated 10-men Djibouti 8-0 as they kick off the World Cup Group A qualifying campaign of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup in style. Morocco defeated visitors Sudan 2-0 in Rabat to top Group I.

Lyon striker Islam Slimani recorded four goals in helping the Les Fennecs to their big triumph at the Mustapha Tchaker stadium in Blida.

Four more goals from Ramy Bensebaini, Baghdad Bounedjah, Riyad Mahrez and Ramiz Zerrouki as Algeria extended their unbeaten run to 28 matches.

In the same group, Burkina Faso launched their campaign with a 2-0 win over Niger at the Grand Stade in Marrakech, Morocco.

Niger was staging their match in Morocco as their home stadium in Niamey is yet to be approved to host international matches.

In Rabat, Morocco scored in each half in their 2-0 over Sudan at the Prince Moulay Abdellah stadium.

As a result, they top Group I on three points and will face Guinea, who earlier had a 1-1 draw with Guinea-Bissau on September 6.

Elsewhere in Group J, the Squirrels of Benin defeated Madagascar 1-0 At the Municipal Stadium of Mahamasina with striker Steve Mounie accounted for the game’s only goal.

The other two teams in the group Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania shared spoil in their Group J opener in Lubumbashi.

Group H Namibia 1 – 1 Congo

Johannesburg’s Orlando Stadium hosted Namibia tie against visitors Congo as both teams played to a 1-1 draw.

In the day’s early Kickoff, East African rivals Kenya and Uganda played to a goalless draw in Nairobi in their Group E contest.

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Africa’s second-round race to Qatar 2022 kickoff with some interesting second round first leg results on Wednesday. Forty national teams vying for ten third-round places with only group winners will qualify for the final round.

Liverpool attacker Sadio Mane scored Senegal’s first goal in their opening Group H 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier 2-0 victory over Togo at the Stade Lat Dior in Thies on Wednesday.

The Lions of Teranga made an early statement of intent as they eased to a 2-0 win over Togo with goals from Sadio Mane and Abdou Diallo.

In Group F, the Pharaohs of Egypt opened their qualification campaign with a 1-0 win over Angola at home. They are in the group against Angola, Libya, and Gabon.

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah was absent for duty due to United Kingdom coronavirus travel restrictions to travel ‘red list countries.

Group E, Adama Traoré scored the game only goal in their group opener as host Mali registered their opening 1-0 win over Rwanda at Grand Stade d’Agadir in Morocco.

In Group I, Joseph Mendes’ late equaliser denied Guinea an opening win away from home at Stade Olympique, Nouakchott.

Guinea took the lead through Francois Kamano, but host Guinea-Bissau rallied late on to restore parity through Joseph Mendes.

Elsewhere, the Central African Republic played 1-1 against Cape Verde in their Group C opening contest at the Reunification Stadium in Douala, Cameroon.

The qualification will continue with big nations like Algeria, Nigeria, Cameroon, Tunisia and Ivory Coast are all in action on Thursday and Friday.

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