An Ivory Coast team lacking superstar Yaya Toure launches this weekend what they hope will be a 10-match climb back to the pinnacle of African football. The Cup of Nations title-holders have a Group I date with fellow-west Africans Sierra Leone in a fixture switched from Freetown to Nigerian commercial capital Lagos because of the Ebola epidemic. Ivory Coast had a matchday 1 bye last June in a three-team mini-league completed by Sudan.
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Toure-less Ivory Coast launch title defence
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