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Cape Verde 1-0 Ethiopia: Cape Verde overcome COVID-19 infections to win at Cup of Nations

January 9, 2022 Cape Verde's Garry Rodrigues in action with Ethiopia's Ramadan Yessouf REUTERS

Striker Julio Tavares headed home the winner as Cape Verde Islands shrugged off their COVID-19 woes to beat 10-man Ethiopia 1-0 on the opening day of the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday.

Tavares forced home diving header after a superb cutback pass from Garry Rodrigues on the stroke of halftime at the Olembe Stadium in Yaounde as the Cape Verdians joined hosts Cameroon on top of the Group A standings.

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