France, March 19 -- Cameroon opened the door for Libya, Cape Verde or Angola to take control of their 2026 World Cup qualifying group following a shock 0-0 draw in Eswatini on Wednesday night.

The Group D pacesetters, boasting seasoned campaigners such as Vincent Aboubakar and Bryan Mbuemo in the forward line, went into the game against the pool makeweights as favourites to dispatch them to a fifth consecutive defeat.

But the hosts soaked up the pressure to blunt an attack that had notched up nine goals in its previous four matches.

The result at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit provided Eswatini with their first point of the campaign and left Cameroon on 9 points.

Cape Verde will go top on Thursday afternoon with victory over Maurit...