Soccer - A goal three minutes into stoppage time handed Malawi a surprise 1-0 win over African champions Egypt in their World Cup qualifier in Blantyre.
Substitute Chiukepo Msowoya took advantage of a defensive error to volley home and set up a three-way tie at the head of the African zone Group 12 standings.
Egypt, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, who beat Djibouti 6-0 away on Friday, all have six points at the halfway point of the opening group phase of the qualifiers.
Soccer - French-based striker Moumouni Dagano scored a hat-trick as Burkina Faso kept up their winning run in the World Cup qualifiers with a 3-2 victory over Seychelles.
Dagano opened the scoring and got two more in the second half as Burkina Faso fought back from a 2-1 deficit against their Indian Ocean island hosts. The result kept up their 100 percent record in the African qualifying zoned Group Nine.
Soccer - Gabon and Lesotho will play their postponed World Cup qualifier in Libreville on June 28, FIFA said.
The match had originally been scheduled for May 31 but was postponed after Lesotho were prevented from arriving in the Gabonse capital because of flight problems.
The two teams compete in the African zone qualifying Group Five, along with Ghana and Libya.
Saturday 14 June 2008
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