Four of Africa's five World Cup-bound teams replicated their results in last weekend's friendly fixtures on Tuesday as their mixed preparations for this summer's showpiece in Russia continue.

Tunisia and Morocco built on their victories last week with triumphs over Costa Rica and Uzbekistan respectively, while Senegal were again held - drawing 0-0 with Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Egypt would have been desperate to bounce back from their late 2-1 defeat by Portugal with a victory, but were beaten 1-0 by...

When Armand Traore was cast off by Nottingham Forest in February, he surely couldn't have imagined that less than two months later, he's be preparing for promotion with Cardiff City and a spot at the World Cup with Senegal.

Yet after returning to the Teranga Lions fold during the ongoing international break, the left-back's bizarre season looks set to take another unlikely twist.

After 18 months of service for Forest, Traore was one of several casualties of the club's decision to replace Mark Warburton...

Senegal are down to the bare bones in defence ahead of their friendly with Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday after captain Cheikhou Kouyate withdrew from the squad due to illness.

The Lions of Teranga meet the Eastern Europeans in an international friendly in Le Havre, France at 20:00 CAT on Tuesday, with the match live on Kwesé Free Sports .

The fixture offers the West Africans the opportunity to bounce back from their underwhelming friendly draw against Uzbekistan on Friday, as the Lions managed...

Morocco and Tunisia defeated Serbia and Iran respectively in international friendlies on Friday evening, as the North African duo picked up morale-boosting wins on the road to Russia.

However, Senegal were unimpressive as they were held 1-1 by Uzbekistan in Casablanca, with Moussa Konate equalising after the Teranga Lions had fallen behind.

In Turin, Morocco demonstrated their class and served a reminder of why they might be one of the tournament's dark horses with a 2-1 victory over Serbia.

The...