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With Bafana, Nigeria, Egypt through, what's still at stake for groups at AFCON?

Ahead of the last two days of the first round, we run through the outstanding groups and examine the permutations, looking at what each side needs to progress and potentially top their groups.

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'I hope to beat Nigeria, I'm sorry!' - Uganda's Ikpeazu on facing his dad's country

Uganda striker Uche Ikpeazu expects Tuesday's Africa Cup of Nations Group C finale against Nigeria to be a match that will tug at both sides of his heritage, but has apologised in advance to his dad should Nigeria lose.

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Will Chelle rest key players like Osimhen, Ndidi?

A win against Uganda will result in only the fourth time in their Africa Cup of Nations history that Nigeria advance with a perfect group stage record. But will coach Eric Chelle make wholesale changes to rest players?

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