Four-goal Adebayor changes his mind and punishes Swaziland

Arsenal star Emmanuel Adebayor ended a one-month national team boycott by scoring four goals as Togo sank Swaziland 6-0 Saturday in a 2010 World Cup-African Nations Cup qualifier.

The striker told London newspapers he would shun the key Group 11 clash in neutral Accra to protest poor organisation of a team which defied the odds by reaching the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

But Swazi hopes of not having to contend with the gangling goal poacher were dashed as he had a last-minute change of heart and struck once before half-time and three times in the second half.

Salifou Moustapha and Olufade Akekami also scored for the 'Sparrowhawks' as they spectacularly avenged a 2-1 loss in the tiny southern Africa mountain kingdom last June.

The result confirmed Zambia as winners of a mini-league reduced to three nations when Eritrea withdrew before it kicked off, but six-point Togo are likely to make the final round as one of the best eight runners-up.

Togo were forced to play in Ghana as they are serving a three-match ban imposed by world governing body FIFA because two Mali footballers were violently assaulted in Lome after a 2008 Nations Cup qualifier.

While the Togolese seem set to survive, 2002 World Cup quarter-finalists Senegal are definitely out after visiting Gambia snatched a dramatic 1-1 draw in a Group 6 thriller.

Kader Mangane gave the 'Teranga Lions' a 75th-minute lead only for Tijan Jaiteh to equalise four minutes from full-time and keep Gambia in second place, one point behind group winners Algeria.

Suspect travellers Algeria forced a 0-0 draw in Liberia to finish with 10 points while Gambia (plus three) edged Senegal (plus two) on goal difference after both garnered nine.

However, the Gambian 'Scorpions' take only five points into the runners-up 'lottery' as results against the bottom team do not count and are not guaranteed to be among those who will go into the third-round draw.

Ghana outclassed Lesotho 3-0 in Sekondi thanks to goals from Sulley Muntari, Junior Agogo and Matthew Amoah to top Group 5 on goal difference from Gabon and Libya after the trio finished with 12 points each.

But the 'Black Stars' joy was diluted by a crowd stampede when supporters forced open the main gate to a 20,000-seat stadium that was already greatly overcrowded.

A stadium official claimed about 15 people had been injured, but denied reports that there had been two deaths at a venue renovated for the African Nations Cup last January.

Gabon finished runners-up after Burno Mbanangoye scored seven minutes from full-time to defeat Libya 1-0 in Libreville and the 'Azingo Nationale' should make the cut.

There was an inevitable conclusion to Group 7 with Boubacar Sanogo scoring twice and Salomon Kalou once as Ivory Coast outclassed Madagascar 3-0 in Abidjan to finish on top.

But Mozambique were surprise runners-up with an early goal from Eugenio 'Genito' Bila giving the Mambas (Snakes) a 1-0 win in Botswana and revenge for a home loss to the same opposition.

Nigeria finished with the only 100 percent record, brushing aside Sierra Leone 4-1 in Abuja courtesy of goals from Christian Obodo, Obinna Nsofor, Osze Odemwingie and Chidi Odiah.

The result allowed South Africa to finish second with a 1-0 win over Equatorial Guinea in Malabo courtesy of a seventh-minute Siphiwe Tshabalala strike, but Bafana Bafana (The Boys) cannot reach the third round.