{"id":17329,"date":"2025-08-23T12:04:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T12:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=17329"},"modified":"2025-08-23T12:04:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T12:04:19","slug":"madagascar-knock-out-kenya-to-reach-chan-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=17329","title":{"rendered":"Madagascar knock out Kenya to reach CHAN semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Madagascar beat Kenya on penalties on Friday to reach the African Nations Championships (CHAN) semi-finals and end the host nation&#8217;s remarkable run.<\/p>\n<p>The match ended 1-1 after extra time but the dominant islanders held their nerve to win a dramatic shootout 4-3.<\/p>\n<p>After a goalless first half, Alphonce Omija had given Kenya a deserved lead three minutes into the second half. The hosts would have added a second only for Ryan Ogam&#8217;s strike to be ruled offside.<\/p>\n<p>Madagascar fought back to level scores in the 69th minute when Gilles Razafimaro stepped up from the spot after midfielder Lalaina Rafanomezantsoa was brought crashing down in the box.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides tried for a breakthrough but neither could find the winner.<\/p>\n<p>Toky Rakotondraibe converted the decisive penalty in the shootout for Madagascar after Omija had missed for the Kenyans.<\/p>\n<p>In Dar es Salaam, two-time champions Morocco pipped Tanzania 1-0 in the second quarter-final to complete a heartbreaking night for the tournament co-hosts.<\/p>\n<p>Oussama Lamlioui scored the all-important goal in the 65th minute to take his tally to four goals and make him the tournament top scorer.<\/p>\n<p>Tanzania pushed for an equaliser but Morocco held their nerve to reach the semi-final and keep alive hope of capturing the title for a third time.<\/p>\n<p>The second pair of quarter-finals will be played on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Co-hosts Uganda face defending champions Senegal in Kampala while Sudan face Algeria at the Amaan stadium in Zanzibar.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madagascar beat Kenya on penalties on Friday to reach the African Nations Championships (CHAN) semi-finals and end the host nation&#8217;s remarkable run. The match ended 1-1 after extra time but the dominant islanders held their nerve to win a dramatic shootout 4-3. After a goalless first half, Alphonce Omija had given Kenya a deserved lead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}