Cameroon ease to comfortable win

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Cameroon started life under Paul Le Guen with a win over Austria
Cameroon coach Paul Le Guen started his new job with a comfortable victory over Austria on Wednesday night.
The Indomitable Lions beat their hosts 2-0, thanks to two first half goals from Pierre Webo.
Le Guen dropped captain Rigobert Song to the bench for the game.
Song has been a fixture in the team for the past decade.
Striker Samuel Eto'o took the skipper's armband, although it has not been confirmed that he will retain the role.
Ghana had an emphatic victory over Zambia in London.
Both teams were without several key players because of visa problems, and Zambia only arrived in the UK on the morning of the match.
Goals from Sulley Mutari and Junior Agogo helped the Black Stars to a 4-1 win.
2010 World Cup hosts South Africa had coach Joel Santana back in charge after a bout of illness.
But his return did not inspire Bafana Bafana, who went down 3-1 at home to Serbia.

Bafana coach Joel Santana was back in the dugout after illness
It was 0-0 at half-time but Serbia took the lead in the 57th minute through Manchester United's Zoran Tosic.
Danko Lazovic added a second after 69 minutes and then Tosic, a second-half substitute, scored again to make sure of the win with just over 10 minutes to go.
South Africa's consolation goal was scored by Katlego Mphela in stoppage time at the end of the game.
In other matches, Tunisia drew 0-0 with Ivory Coast and Mozambique beat Swaziland 1-0.

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