Soccer-Gambia and Mali draw after two late VAR penalties

Soccer Football - Africa Cup of Nations - Group F - Gambia v Mali - Limbe Omnisport Stadium, Limbe, Cameroon - January 16, 2022 Mali's Ibrahima Kone in action with Gambia's Saidy Janko and Omar Colley REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

(Reuters) - Two late penalties awarded after intervention by the Video Assistant Referee saw debutants Gambia hold Mali to a 1-1 draw at the Africa Cup of Nations in Limbe on Sunday as the teams stayed joint top of the Group F standings.

Both have four points from two matches with the group’s other sides, Mauritania and Tunisia, meeting later in Limbe in search of their first points.