Egypt won the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations yesterday, beating Ghana 1-0 in the final with the above 85th minute goal form Mohamed Nagy, a.k.a Gedo, a.k.a the world's greatest super sub. Why is the 25 year old Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary player the world's greatest super sub? Here's why:

Gedo didn't start any of Egypt's six games at Angola 2010, and yet somehow finished the tournament as top scorer with five goals.

The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations kicks off this Sunday, January 10th in Angola. You can find the full match schedule here.

Below you'll find the squads for all 16 qualified nations, divided by group. A quick glance down the list reveals a lot of familiar names and a lot of European clubs.

There were two major surprises in the African Cup quarterfinals today.In the first one, the home side of Angola were surprisingly eliminated by Ghana, who without their star Michael Essien managed a somewhat fortunate and hard-fought 1-0 victory on a goal by Stade Rennais' Asamoah Gyan. Ghana is set to play the winner of Zambia-Nigeria, and a match against their West African rivals Nigeria would

Last Friday Leones de Caracas won the Venezuelan baseball championship and there was a huge party in the city. But for a football fanatic by myself, I was more interested in the coming African Cup of Nations Final between Ghana and Egypt. However, I don't know Caracas well enough, and 11 in the morning local time on a Sunday in Caracas, nowhere is apparently showing a match in a faraway continent

I have been in Angola and I found it a wonderful country with wonderful people. Still, it has a sad history, poverty and violence, and although the country was awarded to host the 2010 African Cup of Nations the violence have alreayd overshadowed the entire tournament.Upon passing the border from the DR Congo to the Angolan enclave of Cabinda, the bus carrying Togo's national side was attacked by

Everyone knows about Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba and Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o. The superstars of African football. Most will know about Mali's Fredi Kanoute and Seydou Keita too. You don't need WorldCupBlog to tell you about them. So we thought we'd compile a list of 10 players to watch at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, featuring talented youngsters and other players with slightly lower profiles than those listed above.

I cannot hide my subjective preference for Ghana, having lived there for many years, and seeing their progress to become one of the top African footballing nations, whom I have before said are the most likely candidate for an African finalist. However, after watching Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana last night in the African Cup of Nations, I must regrettably back off on this assertion, as Côte d'Ivoire were

We're reaching the finale of the group stages at the 2010 Africa(n) Cup of Nations. Between now and January 21st, the top two from each group will be decided. Eight teams will go through to the quarters, and the other eight seven will go home.

Below you'll find all four groups as they stand before the final round of games, complete with a (mostly accurate) explanation of who needs what to happen in their final games.

Now that's what I call a tournament mascot. I don't need modern interpretations of peace, harmony and good will like the dreadful trio that South Korea and Japan gave us in 2002. Dreadful mascots and a dreadful tournament. I want giant animals or characters that can play football or playing football.

Speaking as a neutral fan, the final round of group games at of the 2010 African Cup of Nations have been a little disappointing so far. Angola and Algeria played out that goalless draw to go through from Group A, Ghana eked out a 1-0 win over Burkina Faso to join Cote D'Ivoire as qualifiers from Group B, and last night Egypt and Nigeria each recorded expected victories to qualify from Group C.

To be perfectly honest, I haven't enjoyed the Africa Cup of Nations as much as I expected to so far. The Togo bus shooting was a bad start for all kinds of reasons, and then Group D aside the group stages failed to produce much of a climax. But that's over now, and we're ready for some proper knockout football in the quarterfinals.

I'm not going to insult your intelligence by explaining what a big game this Cameroon vs Egypt Africa(n) Cup of Nations quarterfinal is. Replay of the 2008 final (which holders Egypt won 1-0), Samuel Eto'o, etcetera, etcetera. Instead let's focus on the form of two teams who will be planning on winning not just this game, but the whole thing.

I was unable to watch Ghana-Nigeria in the semifinal of the African Nations Cup, but sitting in my office in Caracas I followed the match online. And I was delighted about Ghana's victory, wishing I was back in Ghana! As an old Ghanaian friend used to say, I was "happy like a Christmas Chicken!"The 1-0 victory on a goal by Asamoah Gyan (who after also scoring the winner against Angola is turning

The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations is over. Though I usually love the tournament, I won't be remembering this edition fondly. For several reasons.

First and foremost, Angola 2010 will mostly be remembered for the attack on the Togo team bus, in which three people died and many more thought they were going to die.