Egypt's match-winner Abdallah El-Said said that humidity and the poor condition of the pitch had a negative impact on their performance following their hard-fought 1-0 victory over Group D outsiders Uganda in the African Nations Cup on Saturday. A lackluster Egypt had to wait till the last minute of regular time to win the game through substitute El-Said, boosting their chances of a quarter-final berth after the game initially seemed heading to a goalless draw. "Humidity and the poor

With only one set of group games left in the Africa Cup of Nations, only two of the last 16 have already been decided. Ghana and Senegal, the only two sides to have won both their games, are in the quarter-finals, while six other teams will join them over the next four days. And in a remarkable open tournament, only one side have so far been eliminated. So how can everyone else make it through? Sportsmail takes you through the permutations.

Ghana legend Stephen Appiah believes Ghana can triumph over Ivory Coast in an explosive clash with the possibility of the two sides meeting in the quarter-final of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. The Black Stars eased into the the quarter-final on Saturday when beating Mali 1-0 while the Elephants have struggled to glitter so far in the tournament. The Elephants made heavy work of DR Congo to snatch a 2-2 draw on Friday, leaving the central African top of Group C. Having drawn their first

Ghana showed that they are among the real top guns in African football when they reached their sixth consecutive quarter-final at the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday night. The Black Stars laboured to beat Mali 1-0 to steer in Port Gentil in their second Group D clash to steer the West Africans to thelast eight of the tournament being held in Gabon A solitaryAsamoah Gyan goal was enough for Ghana to see off Mali 1-0 and book their place in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals on Saturday.

A group of hackers claim to have shut down the website of the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament in protest at organisers holding it in the "dictatorship" of Gabon. The New World Hackers group, said to be based in Russia, said they have "taken down" the official website of top African soccer body the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Officials could not immediately confirm if their website had been hacked. CAF spokesman Junior Binyam said he could not say if there