The remaining teams at the African Cup of Nations were trying to focus on the quarterfinals on Thursday, a day after the sport was left reeling by mass deaths at a game in Egypt. Gabon coach Gernot Rohr said it was "very sad, very bad" after at least 74 people were killed in violent clashes between rival supporters at a league match on Wednesday.

Mali set up a quarterfinal clash with co-host Gabon after coming from behind to win 2-1 against Botswana in the African Cup of Nations on Wednesday. Mogakolodi Ngele gave Botswana the lead in the 50th minute, but Garra Dembele equalized in the 56th and Seydou Keita curled home the winner in the 74th to secure second place in Group D for Mali.

Morocco scored a second-half goal to beat Niger 1-0 in the African Cup of Nations on Tuesday in an uninspiring match between two teams already eliminated from Group C. Younes Belhanda fired into the roof of the net from Marouane Chamakh's pass in the 79th minute to seal the win for Morocco and avoid the ignominy of finishing last in the group.

Eric Gerets' first experience of the African Cup of Nations didn't go how he thought it would. Gerets' talented Morocco team arrived as favorite to qualify from Group C only to lose to North African rival Tunisia and then concede a goal deep in stoppage time in a 3-2 defeat by underdog Gabon and exit the tournament in humiliating fashion.

Bruno-Zita Mbanangoye scored from a stoppage-time free kick in Gabon's 3-2 win over Morocco on Friday to put the co-hosts into the African Cup of Nations quarterfinals and send the Group C favorite crashing out of the tournament. Mbanangoye's curling right-footed effort decided a hugely dramatic game in which Gabon had hit back from 2-1 down with two goals in a minute before conceding a...

Issam Jemaa scored a 90th-minute winner to send former champion Tunisia to the brink of qualifying for the African Cup of Nations quarterfinals with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over tournament debutant Niger. The substitute stepped inside two defenders and hammered a left-footed shot into the net to finally shake off Niger's committed challenge in the Group C game at Stade de l'Amitie.