Algeria

Five-time winners Cameroon and 2019 champions Algeria both booked their places at next year's Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco after victories in qualifying on Monday, bringing the number of qualified teams to four.

Mohamed Salah was on target to help Egypt maintain their 100% record in 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying with a comfortable 2-0 home win over Mauritania, but Tunisia slipped to a shock 1-0 home defeat to Comoros in their fixture on Friday.

Wasteful Ghana were held to a 0-0 home draw by Sudan in Africa Cup of Nations qualification on Thursday to leave them in a perilous position midway through the campaign, but several sides edged closer to the finals in Morocco late next year.

Algeria and Senegal both suffered disappointing results in Africa's qualification for the 2026 World Cup on Thursday.

Africa's national teams returned to action after the Africa Cup of Nations with no shortage of headlines.

Seriously, who'd be an AFCON manager?! The past week has seen a glut of firings as big teams have fallen by the wayside, and six teams need new managers. Zidane to Algeria, perhaps? Jurgen Klopp would do well with Ghana...

Algeria coach Djamel Belmadi has agreed to stand down after they were eliminated from the Africa Cup of Nations finals on Tuesday, the country's football federation said on Wednesday.

Mauritania served up another shock result at this year's Africa Cup of Nations finals to dump 2019 winners Algeria out of the tournament with a 1-0 victory and seal a historic place in the last-16 at the Stade de la Paix on Tuesday.

The Algerian Football Federation have lodged an official complaint with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to complain about the performance of the Video Assistant Referee during Algeria's Africa Cup of Nations draw with Burkina Faso on Saturday.

Algeria netted a stoppage-time equaliser to escape defeat at the Africa Cup of Nations finals on Saturday in an exciting 2-2 draw with Burkina Faso in Group D in Bouake that spared the 2019 champions yet another disappointing result at the tournament.