The Syli Nationale beat Uganda 2-0 to qualify for the Nations Cup finals, in a tie played in Morocco because of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea.
The soggy conditions did not dampen the enthusiasm of the two sets of fans packed into a sold-out Leigh Sports Village, nor spoil the intensity of a tie played at breakneck speed.
Their manager accused Arsenal of lacking patience, of failing to realise this was a tie played over 180 minutes, of chasing an equaliser with such wild indiscipline they ended up conceding another, potentially pivotal, goal.
And then into the adjacent Renmin Park, where I sat in a bandstand with a dozen locals as an old man in a white waistcoat and a red tie played a haunting song on a zheng, a type of zither.
For Wired, Gideon Lewritesaboutrithe about the cultural dominance of cats on the Internet: A cat wearing a short tie plays music on a cat-shaped keyboard ("Pancake Meowsic Video," 185,459 views).
Out jumps a shovel, followed by the grave-digger himself, a bedraggled, angry-looking, mud-smeared fellow in a bolo tie, played by the terrific Irish actor Stephen Rea.
A Champions League tie played in England is one of 680 matches across the world investigators say was fixed.
Brighton may have lost a pulsating cup tie played in a thunderous atmosphere but, as a club, every contribution they made on and off the pitch did them great credit.
This was a classic cup tie played at a high tempo and it was great to watch.
BBC Scotland has learned the amount owed to United is believed to about £30,000 and relates to a Scottish Cup tie played at Hampden.
