Soccer-Ghana sent packing by minnows as Morocco, Senegal top groups

Soccer Football - Africa Cup of Nations - Group C - Gabon v Morocco - Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaounde, Cameroon - January 18, 2022 Morocco's Sofiane Boufal celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

(Reuters) - Four-time champions Ghana were eliminated from the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday in a stunning upset, while Morocco and Senegal won their respective groups but without backing up their status as pre-tournament favourites.

Just two days after Equatorial Guinea shook up the tournament by beating defending champions Algeria, equally tiny Comoros humiliated Ghana with a 3-2 win in their Group C clash in Garoua in one of the competition’s biggest surprises so far.