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Miya delivers Uganda’s Afcon goal after 14,197 days

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Uganda's forward Farouk Miya jumps over Mali's defender Mahamadou N'Diaye (bottom) during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations

14,197. Those are the number of days Uganda waited for an Africa Cup of Nations goal. What a long wait!

Since Philip Omondi scored for The Cranes in 1978 during their match against Nigeria’s Super Eagles, they have never celebrated any other.

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