OKE: Good to see you again. Now, the African Cup of Nations is over. Football fans, I'm so sorry. But the celebrating is still going on for one team. Joining us with details is "WORLD SPORTS" Baddoo Terry.</s>TERRY BADDOO, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Thank you so much. It was an enjoyable tournament. The football wasn't of the greatest standard, but it's all about entertainment. As football lovers across the continent and indeed the world would note, Egypt did exactly what they've always said they would do, by winning the African Cup of Nations on home turf, to become the most successful country in tournament history.</s>OKE: OK. We have Angola, Togo and Ghana all going forward to the World Cup. They qualified, but they did really badly in the African Cup of Nations. How is that possible?</s>BADDOO: Of course, only the Ivory Coast and Tunisia actually went through all of the qualifiers. The fact of the matter is that you have to perform on the big stage. They didn't rise to the occasion, possibly because of the hangover from qualifying for the World Cup. That's just the situation in the</s>OKE: And I suppose the really embarrassing thing -- I was in South Africa last week -- the national team, Bofana Bofana, played three games, lost three games, no goals. They're the hosts for 2010.</s>BADDOO: Yes, I mean, they are in a transitional period. They had an injury manager,</s>OKE: Terry, I can't believe we've run out of time. We were just talking pretty (ph). Good to have you on INSIDE AFRICA. Take care.</s>BADDOO: Thank you.</s>OKE: And that's all for this week's show. Thank you for joining us. Hope you can tune in again next week. Up next in world news, the latest on the condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Please stay with us. END TO ORDER VIDEOTAPES AND TRANSCRIPTS OF CNN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE THE SECURE ONLINE ORDER FROM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Egypt Wins African Cup of Nations