PARIS: Tunisia striker Taha Yassine Khenissi continued his successful return to the team after a doping ban by scoring the only goal as the World Cup-bound north Africans beat the Comoros Islands 1-0 in Croissy-sur-Seine, France on Thursday. Khenissi, 30, missed the Africa Cup of Nations finals in January
PARIS: Tunisia striker Taha Yassine Khenissi continued his successful return to the team after a doping ban by scoring the only goal as the World Cup-bound north Africans beat the Comoros Islands 1-0 in Croissy-sur-Seine, France on Thursday.
Khenissi, 30, missed the Africa Cup of Nations finals in January because of a one-year ban, later commuted to six months, but strengthened his chances of a trip to Qatar in November as he headed home 10 minutes into the second half.Tunisia play Brazil in Paris on Tuesday in their second World Cup warm-up game.
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