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AFCON: Pharoahs Of Egypt Tame Indomitable Lions Of Cameroon, To Face Senegal In Sunday’s Final

The Terenga Lions of Senegal will battle Pharaohs of Egypt in the final of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON in Cameroon after the Egyptians defeated hosts Cameroon 3-1 in the penalty shootout on Thursday night.

Cameroon and Egypt semi-final match on Thursday were settled via penalty shootout after regulation and extra time ended scoreless.

In the ensuing penalty kick, Cameroon lost three of their four spotkicks while Egypt scored all of their three kicks.

Egypt will meet Senegal who defeated Burkina Faso 3-1 on Wednesday, in the final on Sunday, with kick-off at 8pm at the 60, 000 capacity Olembe Stadium.

Meanwhile, Cameroon will battle Burkina Faso in the third place match on Saturday night.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.