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Clinical Mali triumph after South Africa miss penalty

By AFP Hamari Traore and Lassine Sinayoko scored within six second-half minutes to give Mali a 2-0 Africa Cup of Nations Group E victory on Tuesday over South Africa, who missed a penalty. Percy Tau fired a spot-kick wide in the opening half in Korhogo and it proved a costly miss as the clinical Eagles were never in danger after netting twice. Victory took Mali to the top of the group on goal difference from Namibia, who shocked Tunisia 1-0 in the first match of a double-header. Mali are a bogey team for South Africa, having twice eliminated them in the quarter-finals in previous Cup of Nations meetings. The Malians came closest to winning the African showpiece in their 1972 […]

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