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Sven-Göran Eriksson: African team to win World Cup sooner or later

Africa currently has five countries – Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt - fighting for the 2018 World Cup in Russia

Sven-Goran Eriksson has tipped an African nation to win the World Cup in the near future.

The former England manager believes that the African continent has the talent required to effectively challenge the top nations in Europe for the diadem.

Africa currently has five countries – Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt - fighting for the 2018 World Cup in Russia though they have not registered positive results in their respective Groups.

Nigeria lost 2-0 to Croatia, Egypt went down 1-0 to Uruguay, Morocco suffered similar defeat against Iran while Tunisia were due to face England in their opener on Monday and Senegal take on Poland on Tuesday.