Egypt’s Mohamed Salah was voted Africa’s best player for a second successive year on Tuesday, itching his name among the continent’s all-time greats.
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A Confederation of African Football team is currently conducting its first inspection mission of Egyptian facilities for the African Cup of Nations finals that kicks off on June 21 and ends on July 19.
The dates for the 2019 African Nations Cup finals in Egypt have been moved back by a week, the Confederation of African Football said on Monday.
The Supersand Eagles thus emerged vice-champions of the African continent, after qualifying for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup finals in Paraguay in the process of qualifying for the final.
Egypt and South Africa have submitted bids to replace Cameroon as host of next year’s African Cup of Nations, pitting north versus south in the rush to find a new venue for Africa’s top soccer tournament.
Mohamed Salah scored a last-minute winner as Egypt beat Tunisia 3-2 in Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match.
Former Egypt forward Mohamed Aboutrika, one of the country’s most famous sportsmen, has been sentenced to a year in jail on charges of tax evasion, local media reported on Tuesday.
Nigeria’s D’Tigers have been dethroned as champions of the FIBA 3×3 Africa Cup in Lome, Togo on Sunday.
Al Ahly have won an unprecedented eight Champions League titles and have long been regarded as the continent’s best team, while Esperance have triumphed twice and been runners-up four times, including in 2012 when Al Ahly won 3-2 on aggregate.
No group has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Nigeria’s Super Sand Eagles have been drawn alongside defending champions Senegal, debutants Tanzania and returning Libya in this year’s African Cup of Nations for beach soccer slated for Egypt later in the year.
The striker went down holding his leg as the Group J match drew to a close in Cairo, resumed after receiving treatment, and was almost immediately withdrawn
According to state media, another 19 defendants in the same case were sentenced to life imprisonment, which is equal to 25 years in prison under Egyptian law.
Melania was due to meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt’s First Lady, Entissar al-Sisi, and tour the Pyramids as well as the Great Sphinx, her spokesperson said.
Nigeria’s second oldest secondary school, founded by an individual — Ibadan Boys’ High School — clocks 80, and the old boys are on a mission to make their school great again.
US First Lady, Melania Trump, will visit Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt next month on her first solo trip abroad.
Africa’s biggest exports in table tennis – Aruna Quadri of Nigeria and Omar Assar of Egypt – will be reigniting their standing rivalry as they battle each other in the European Table Tennis Union Champions League on September 27 in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Salah has not scored in his last three Liverpool outings and some observers have suggested he looks short of full fitness and sharpness.
Sergio Ramos has revealed he and his family received death threats after he injured Liverpool’s Mo Salah in the Champions League final.
Liverpool and Egypt forward, Mohamed Salah, has revived a dispute with his country’s football association and accused them of ignoring his complaints over image rights.