Kent Mensah, AfricaNews editor in Accra, Ghana Photo: Eurosport
African Cup of Nations defending champions Egypt retained the trophy for the third time in a row in a 1-0 win over Ghana at the Estadio 11 Novembro in Luanda, Angola on Sunday. A late goal from substitute Mohamed Nagy Gedo made the northern Africans seven-time champions.

The young-sided Black Stars held the Pharaohs throughout the game and exhibited a lot of discipline contrary to their previous matches to the admiration of their fans. There were few chances as the Ghanaians played a lot of defensive strategy to frustrate the Hassan Shehata charges.
It was a game full of history for the Pharaohs team haul as Ahmed Hassan and Essam El-Hadary picked up record fourth winners' medals, coach Hassan Shehata and skipper Hassan became the first to win three in a row and Gedo became the first tournament top-scorer to solely feature from the bench.
The result retained Egypt’s unbeaten record to an incredible 19 matches.
Although Ghanaian fans are disappointed they said it was a gallant defeat for their depleted side.