Sudan snatches quarterfinal berth with 2-1 win

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (AP)—Sudan celebrated its biggest football achievement in more than 40 years on Monday when it clinched a place in the African Cup of Nations quarterfinals with a 2-1 win against Burkina Faso.

Mudather Tayeb scored both of Sudan’s goals at Estadio de Bata to squeeze through on goal difference and provide the first high point since winning the African Cup on home soil in 1970.

Sudan finished second in Group B behind cup favorite Ivory Coast, which had already qualified before its mostly second-string team beat Angola 2-0 in Malabo with goals from Emmanuel Eboue and Wilfried Bony.

Angola had only needed a draw to progress.

Ivory Coast will now play co-host Equatorial Guinea and Sudan will face Zambia