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Aboubakar scores as Cameroon beat Egypt to lift 5th Afcon trophy

Egypt failed to make a history for their record-extending eighth Africa Cup of Nations title as they suffered a 2-1 defeat against Cameroon the final on Sunday.

Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny opened the scoring in the first period of the fiery encounter for Egypt, but the goal turned a consolation as Cameroon make a second-half comeback to claim their first title since 2002.

Egypt’s Abdallah…

Egypt: Our team are used to poor Port-Gentil pitch

Egypt assistant coach Osama Nabih said moments of grumbling about the poor state of the Port-Gentil pitch is over as they have now faced reality of playing their quarter-final clash with North African Arab neighbours Morocco on the substandard turf.

The four teams in Group D were faced with the challenge of the terrible state of the playing surface in Port-Gentil, as Ghana coach described the…

El Said punishes Uganda to end their AFCON return

While Senegal after thrashing Zimbabwe 2-0 in the second group C match on Friday became the first team to qualify to the knock-out stage, Uganda, on the other hand, are the first team to be eliminated from the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations after losing 1-0 to Egypt.

Abdallah El Said 89th minute goal was all Egypt could muster to secure a strong position to qualify to the round of eight at the Stade…