Salah stars as Egypt reach World Cup

Mohamed Salah scored twice as Egypt reached the World Cup with a 3-0 win over Djibouti – the third African side to book their place.

Egypt will play in a fourth World Cup, while the Cape Verde Islands and Ghana both took a step closer to joining them.

Liverpopol forward Salah scored twice after Ibrahim Adel opened the scoring as Egypt topped Group A, ahead of Burkina Faso who won 1-0 away over Sierra Leone.

Tiny Cape Verde will have to wait five more days, however, before getting a last chance to secure a first-ever World Cup spot after they drew 3-3 away in a thrilling Group D encounter in Libya.

Ghana, who reached the quarter-finals in 2010, maintained their three-point advantage over Madagascar in Group I as they beat the Central African Republic 5-0 in Meknes while the Malagasy won 2-1 over the Comoros Islands amid a torrential downpour in Abidjan.

Ghana only need a point from their last group fixture home to Comoros in Accra on Sunday.

Who has qualified for the World Cup?

UNITED STATES: Taking part as hosts

MEXICO: Taking part as hosts

CANADA: Taking part as hosts

JAPAN

NEW ZEALAND

IRAN

ARGENTINA

UZBEKISTAN

SOUTH KOREA

JORDAN

AUSTRALIA

BRAZIL

ECUADOR

URUGUAY

COLOMBIA

PARAGUAY

MOROCCO

TUNISIA

EGYPT