Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure landed his third successive African Footballer of the Year award on Thursday to cap a memorable week.
Depleted Ghana beat Burkina Faso 1-0 on Tuesday to advance to the African Nations Cup quarter-finals.
The Cameroon striker won the award for the third year running, edging out Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba by two points.
The Senegal striker became only the third player in more than three decades to win the award in successive years.
Manchester City's Yaya Toure will be favourite to collect a record fourth successive African Footballer of the Year crown.
Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was named African Footballer of the Year on Thursday, narrowly edging out Yaya Toure at the Confederation of African Football award ceremony.
The United States got a dream start to their World Cup campaign when Clint Dempsey scored the fifth fastest goal in tournament history but they needed an 86th minute winner from John Brooks to secure a dramatic 2-1 win over Ghana on Monday.
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