Cameroon was on fire this weekend with Samuel Eto’o and Achille Emana scoring the winning goals against Gabon in Libreville this weekend.

Achille Emana and Samuel Eto'o

Egypt was able to hold its own against Rwanda and moved closer to it’s World Cup aspirations. It now has the same number of points that Algeria has.

Malawi beat Guinea 2-1 in Blantyre and Didier Drogba helped his Cote D’Ivoire team whip Burkina Faso by a humiliating 5-1, putting the Elephants in a wonderful position of being able to qualify with a draw in any of their final two games. Yaya Toure  and Abdulkader Keita helped to solidify the trouncing with a goal each for the mighty Elephants.

Algeria beat Zambia 1-0 to remain in the running for the World Cup in 2010.  The win puts them on top in Group C. Michael Essien was equally happy to help Ghana beat Sudan (with help from Sulley Muntari), placing the Black Stars firmly in a spot on the roster of teams that will be playing in the 2010 World Cup.  Ghana is the first African team to qualify.

ALREADY QUALIFIED

Hosts – South Africa
From Europe/UEFA – Netherlands
From South America – Brazil
From Africa – Ghana
From Asia/AFC – Australia
From Asia/AFC – Japan
From Asia/AFC - South Korea
From Asia/AFC – Korea DPR

For detailed stats, visit the FIFA website.

On September 9 2009, Cameroon will play Gabon. In October 10 2009, Nigeria will play Mozambique, Tunisia will play Kenya, Egypt will play Zambia, Sudan will play Mali, Cote d’Ivoire will play Malawi, Gabon will play Morocco, and Cameroon will play Togo.