Mohamed Zidan

Pharaohs have earned their triple crown

Egypt are African champions for the third successive time, beating a young Ghana team 1-0 with a late goal from a striker plucked from obscurity to finish as the leading scorer at the continental finals.

Mohamed Gedo found out about his inclusion in the Egyptian squad for the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola while idling through the football news on the internet following his international debut in December.

But five goals later, the 25-year-old is Africa's top striker and has a medal round his neck that Ghana's current generation of players can still only dream of.

It is 28 years since the Black Stars last won the trophy, and they had much the better of this final in Luanda before being opened up in surgical fashion by Gedo and fellow marksman Mohamed Zidan.