By Amaechi Agbo

Ivory Coast on the wee hours on Monday defeated Ecuador 1-0 to register Africa’s first victory at the ongoing 2026 World Cup in USA, Mexico and Canada

Manchester United forward Ahmad Diallo scored the only Goal in the 90th minute to register Africa’s first triumph. Ivory Coast are second in Group E while Germany is first

However in the other match, Tunisia were hammered 5-1 by ruthless Sweden. Tunisia became the second team to Lose a match by 5+ goals after Germany had whitewashed debutants Curacao 7-1 on Sunday night.

Yasin Ayari scored a brace including an absolute stunner for Sweden against Tunisia.

Born in Sweden to a Tunisian father and Moroccan mother, Ayari raised his hands in apology after finding the net, showing respect for his father’s homeland despite representing Sweden on the international stage.

Liverpool striker Alexander Isak and the Arsenal’s striker Victor Gyokeres both scored in the demolition.

The defeat places Tunisia on the bottom of the Group F table with 4 goals debt.

Interestingly, Tunisia will still face Netherlands and Japan in the same group.

In the meantime, two other African countries will be in action later today when Egypt files out against Belgium in what promises to be an explosive encounter and one of the World Cup favourites, Spain will take on Cape Verde.

The Spain V Cape Verde match is likened to the Goliath V David story in the Bible.

Latest World Cup Results

Sunday
Haiti 0-1 Scotland
Australia 2-0 Turkey
Germany 7-1 Curacao
Netherlands 2-2 Japan

Monday Morning

Ivory Coast 1-0 Ecuador
Sweden 5-1 Tunisia

Fixtures Remaining

Spain V Cape Verde 5pm
Belgium V Egypt 8pm