AFCON Reaches Round of 16, Some Big Teams Eliminated

African football fans have been left on the edge of their seats as the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations reaches the round of 16 after a string of surprise results, among them being Algeria’s Desert Warriors and Ghana’s Black Stars facing elimination from the tournament in the group stages. Despite a poor group stage performance, host Ivory Coast advanced to the next round as part of the third best teams — developments that led to the firing of Jean Louis Gasset, the West African team's coach. For more updates, Reuters’ David Doyle filed this report.