African Nations Cup holders Egypt are now three-from-three after their final group game after seeing off Benin 2-0 to make the last eight.
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A much-changed Ghana side made their way through to the last eight of the Africa Cup of Nations, with a 1-0 victory over Burkina Faso side on Tuesday.
Two quick-fire goals and a third five minutes from time were enough to see off Malawi, however, both teams still failed to make the final eight with Angola and Algeria’s 0-0 draw in the other Group A game enough to see that pair through.
A nil-nil stalemate on Monday was all that was needed for African Cup of Nations hosts Angola and England’s World Cup 2010 opponents Algeria to make it through to the quarter-finals.
After the previous three matches in the 2010 African Nations Cup bored your correspondent to tears, it was good to see a five goal thriller that has really mixed up Group D.
Little Gabon secured a point against Tunisia to give them top spot in Group D of the African Nations Cup and ensure that either Cameroon or Tunisia will not make it through to the knock out stages.
Egypt became the only team to gain a 100% winning start to the 2010 African Nations Cup, defeating Mozambique 2-0 and securing a place in the last eight of the tournament.
A single goal from the penalty spot by Yakubu was enough to secure all three points for Nigeria in the group stages of the 2010 African Nations Cup and move them up to second in Group C.
Tournament favourites Ivory Coast showed the form that had previously eluded them in Group B to beat heavyweight group rivals Ghana 3-1 in the group stages of the African Nations Cup – and they had to do it with 10 men.
A third goal in two games for Amado Flavio sealed a 2-0 win for Angola to leave them top of Group A in the 2010 African Cup of Nations.