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The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, which will go down as the year the underdog bit back, concludes on Sunday with Burkina Faso facing Nigeria.
Nigeria are sweating over the fitness of two of their best players, Emmanuel Emenike and Victor Moses, ahead of Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final.
He probably wasn’t aware of it, but substitute Dove Wome’s goal in the third minute of injury time in Togo’s win over Algeria could prove priceless.
Zambia goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene, a noted penalty saving and taking specialist, scored from the spot to salvage a 1-1 draw against Nigeria.
Chelsea winger Victor Moses, who has missed Nigeria’s opening game, is expected to enter the Africa Cup of Nations fray against Zambia.
Super sub Alain Traore bagged the equaliser deep in injury time to earn Burkina Faso a 1-1 draw against 10-man Nigeria.
Côte d’Ivoire are out to finally do justice to their reputation when they take on Zambia in a compelling Africa Cup of Nations final.
A contender for the goal of the competition from Arsenal forward Gervinho against Mali on Wednesday put Côte d’Ivoire into the Afcon final.
And then there were four — Mali and Ghana have completed the semifinal line-up at the Africa Cup of Nations, after tense wins over Gabon and Tunisia.
Tunisia has taken the Maghreb derby honours, a 2-1 defeat of Morocco putting them alongside Gabon at the top of Group C in the Africa Cup of Nations.
The opening shots of the 2010/11 Champions League campaign are fired this week, with tricky assignment lying in wait for holders Inter Milan.
England take on Slovenia on Wednesday knowing they must raise their game or face crashing out of the World Cup at the group stages.
Sven Goran Eriksson heralded the newfound discipline shown by his Côte d’Ivoire side in their goalless draw with Portugal on Tuesday.
Didier Drogba appears to be winning his race against time to be fit to play in Tuesday’s Soccer World Cup opener against Portugal.
Defending champions Egypt have steamrollered their way into Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final where they must now overcome a youthful Ghana.
Egypt turned up for the Afcon with only one intention, to defend their status as African champions and they seem well on their way to doing just that.
Ghana face neighbours Nigeria in a charged west African derby on Thursday with the prize a ticket to the Africa Cup of Nations final.
Algeria and Ghana are one step away from the Africa Cup of Nations final after stunning favourites Côte d’Ivoire and hosts Angola respectively on Sunday.
Zambia derailed highrollers Gabon 2-1 here on Thursday to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals for the first time in 14 years.
Egypt maintained their faultless Afcon title defence and Nigeria became the latest team to progress to the quarterfinals in Angola on Wednesday.
