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Infantino
and Putin took turns to hold the World Cup in their hands before it started its
123-day, 26,000 km journey. (Source: Reuters)
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There are three places
for African nations at the 2018 World Cup still available.
BBC
Africa Sport report continues:
The
final round of matches to compete for the remaining three slots for Africa
ahead of next year's football World Cup in Russia, will kick off later today.
Egypt
and Nigeria have already qualified, while Tunisia and Senegal are almost there.
Senegal
could be the first to qualify if they win away against South Africa to
guarantee top spot in Group D.
The
match in Polokwane is a replay of last year's 2-1 win for South Africa at the
same venue.
Football's
world governing body, FIFA,
ordered a repeat of the game after it found the result was manipulated
by Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey, who has since been handed a life ban.
It
means Senegal and South Africa play each other twice in the
space of four days with a return encounter next Tuesday in Dakar.
Senegal
need one point from the two games and South Africa coach Stuart Baxter admits
that he and his side are underdogs to qualify for Russia.
Here's
a list of other matches to look out for:
Friday:
Group
D - South Africa v Senegal - 1700GMT
Group
B - Algeria v Nigeria - 1930GMT
Saturday:
Group
B: Zambia v Cameroon - 1300GMT
Group
C - Gabon v Mali - 1430GMT
Group
A - Tunisia v Libya - 1730GMT
Group A -
DR Congo v Guinea - 1730GMT
Group
C - Ivory Coast v Morocco - 1730GMT -
Sunday:
Group
E - Congo v Uganda - 1430GMT
Group
E - Ghana v Egypt - 1530GMT
Tuesday:
Group
D - Senegal v South Africa - 1930GMT
Group D - Burkina
Faso v Cape Verde - 1930GMT
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