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Nigeria defeat Burkina Faso to win Africa Cup

By AFP
Cup of Nations Nigeria's Sunday Mba celebrates after scoring on February 10, 2013 at Soccer City stadium.  By Issouf Sanogo AFP
FEB 10, 2013 LISTEN
Nigeria's Sunday Mba celebrates after scoring on February 10, 2013 at Soccer City stadium. By Issouf Sanogo (AFP)

SOWETO, South Africa (AFP) - Nigeria ended a 19-year Africa Cup of Nations title drought Sunday with a 1-0 final victory over Burkina Faso at Soccer City thanks to a late first-half goal from Sunday Mba.

It was a result that also took winning coach Stephen Keshi into the record books as he equalled the feat of late Egyptian Mahmoud El Gohary by winning gold medals as a player and a coach.

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