was overshadowed by news from outside the stadium in yaounde before kick off. at least eight people were killed in a stampede there with many more injured. the crush happened when fans tried to join those inside by rushing through the stadium gates. the confederation of african football, which organises the tournament, released this statement to say it was investigating the situation and trying to get more details about what had happened. it went on to say that caf s general secretary, veron mosengo 0mba, was sent to visit injured supporters in hospital. in the game itself, which was watched by thousands of fans outside, as well as inside the ground, cameroon progressed to the quarterfinals beating comoros 2 1. 0ur sports reporter piers edwards was commentating on the game and so was inside the stadium, but gave us this update.
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at a perimeter gate where spectators were pushed against the fences by the sheer number of those trying to get in. shoes and clothing were amongst the debris that littered the site. some 50 wounded have been taken to a nearby hospital where there were harrowing scenes of those mourning their loved ones. a nurse there has told reporters that some of the wounded will need to be taken to more specialised hospitals. cameroon, which is hosting africa s greatest sporting event for the first time in half a century, has been beset by organisational problems in its staging of these finals. they should have first been played in 2019 only for late preparations to cause the delay. african football s ruling body, caf, has sent a delegation to visit victims in hospital. now, games here should have a limit and a maximum capacity of 80% for matches involving the host nation, cameroon, but there appeared to be more than that number inside the 0lembe stadium during a victory which was ultimately oversha
senegal have won the african cup of nations for the first time. they ve beaten egypt on penalities after the game finished goaless. in a match billed as being a battle between two liverpool stars mo salah from egypt and sadio mane from senegal, it was mane who provided the games most pivotal moments, as piers edwards reports from cameroon. this is where they won their first ever africa cup of nations title, their first ever major title of any note. this was billed as a match between mane and his liverpool team mate salah. and it was next likely going the way that mane had hoped it would. he and the egyptian keeper blocking, and that really pleaded to the egyptian hands. they don t like to come out of their shell and they wanted to hit senegal on they wanted to hit senegal on the break and just rely on the defence which got them through