Senegal gets Africa on the board

Moscow

Senegal became the first African team to win at this year's World Cup, defeating Poland 2-1 Tuesday on a first-half own-goal and a controversial second-half score by Mbaye Niang.

Senegal, back in the World Cup for the first time since 2002, went ahead in the 37th when Thiago Cionek's attempted block of Idrissa Gueye's shot wrong-footed goalie Wojciech Szczesny.

Niang, who returned to the field from treatment, later beat Szczesny to double the lead in the 60th.

Grzegorz Krychowiak, whose backpass led to Senegal's second goal, headed in a free kick in the 86th to end Poland's streak of five straight scoreless World Cup openers.

Japan 2, Colombia 1: Yuya Osako had a surprise for those who thought the absence of Shinji Okazaki left Japan little hope of competing with Colombia. Oasko's gritty determination to set up one goal and his 73rd-minute header from Keisuke Honda's corner kick lifted Japan to a surprising victory over the Colombians. Osako won a bouncing ball to begin an early sequence that led to a penalty, put Colombia a man down and gave Japan a 1-0 lead when Shinji Kagawa converted from the spot. Colombia had to play all but the opening minutes with 10 men after Carlos Sanchez received a red card for blocking Kagawa's shot on goal with his extended right arm.

Russia 3, Egypt 1: Russia scored three goals in a 15-minute span early in the second half, moving the host nation to the brink of the knockout stage. Mohamed Salah won and converted a penalty for a consolation goal on his return from injury but Egypt's first World Cup in 28 years could be over in barely five days following a second straight loss. Ahmed Fathi poked the ball into his own net — for the fifth own-goal of the tournament — to put Russia ahead in the 47th. Then Denis Cheryshev and Artyom Dzyuba scored in quick succession to leave Russia on course for a victory.

Neymar: Neymar limped out of Brazil's training session at the World Cup because of pain in his right ankle. The Brazilian soccer confederation said the injury was not serious, adding Neymar left as a precaution and would be back in training on Wednesday. The federation said Neymar has been in pain since the team's 1-1 draw against Switzerland on Friday, when he was consistently fouled.

Close call: An engine of a Russian plane carrying the Saudi Arabia team to the World Cup caught fire during landing. The Airbus landed safely and did not require any emergency procedures.