A roundup of World Cup qualifying games in Africa on Saturday:GROUP BMahrez was given permission by . That group is looking into a match he played against Thiago Monteiro at a hard-court event in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Aug. He beat 2010 Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych in the second round, then needed less than 1{ hours to eliminate Troicki in the third. The brief news conference went on but Osaka, who admitted she had been ’emotionally unstable’, teared up after the third question. Wilmots was brought in as coach after Ivory Coast, the defending champion, crashed out of the African Cup of Nations in Gabon in the first round at the beginning of the year. Video analyst, physios have stayed the same more or less. In one nifty move, he rolled the ball between the legs of an opponent. But even after Zambia’s Fashion Sakala was sent off for a second yellow card in the 56th, Algeria couldn’t score again despite a man advantage for over 30 minutes. African champion Cameroon and Ghana are also way off the pace in their groups. Spain beat Italy 3-0 to close in on World Cup spot.