The Egyptian Football Association has submitted a bid to replace Cameroon as next year’s African Nations Cup host.
Egypt’s pitch, announced on Thursday to meet Friday’s deadline, came after Morocco said this week it wouldn’t put itself forward as a candidate.
Morocco had been considered the front-runner after being a candidate to host the 2026 World Cup, only to lose out in that race to a joint United States-Mexico-Canada bid.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has given countries until…
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Mohamed Salah struck a fine 90th-minute winner as Egypt defeated rivals Tunisia 3-2 in Friday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria.
Naim Sliti opened the scoring in the 14th minute for the visitors, but his opener was cancelled out when Trezeguet levelled the match for the hosts just after the half-hour mark.
Baher El Mohamady fired Egypt ahead on 60 minutes, but Sliti thought he’d rescued a point for the Carthage Eagles with his second in the 72nd minute.
However,…
In the aftermath of Al-Ahly’s controversial CAF Champions League final first-leg victory over Esperance on Friday, the Confederation of African Football published a tweet that could have been seen as a cautionary word to the two competitors.
“Revive the fairplay spirit,” the tweet began. “Compete with respect, win with honour.”
At first read, the post came across as something of a rebuke to the two continental giants following an ill-tempered final in which refereeing decisions and poor sportsmanship…
In the aftermath of Al-Ahly’s controversial CAF Champions League final first-leg victory over Esperance on Friday, the Confederation of African Football published a tweet that could have been seen as a cautionary word to the two competitors.
“Revive the fairplay spirit,” the tweet began. “Compete with respect, win with honour.”
At first read, the post came across as something of a rebuke to the two continental giants following an ill-tempered final in which refereeing decisions and poor sportsmanship…
The Egyptian Football Association will support Al-Ahly’s complaints to the Confederation of African Football after the Red Devils were hit with sanctions after their CAF Champions League final first leg victory over Esperance on Friday.
African football’s governing body revealed on Monday that they have suspended forward Walid Azaro for unsporting behaviour following his antics in last week’s 3-1 victory, meaning he will miss Friday’s second leg in Rades.
Ahly revealed that they have submitted an…
Al Ahly have claimed the advantage after the first leg of the 2018 African Champions League final with a controversial 3-1 victory over Tunisian side Esperance at the Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria on Friday.
Algerian referee Mehdi Abid Char…
Wigan’s Sam Morsy talks about playing at the World Cup with Egypt and his hopes of one day playing in the Premier League.
North African giants Egypt and Tunisia have qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after defeating Eswatini and Niger respectively on Tuesday.
Goals either side of half time from Ahmed Hegazy and Marwan Mohsen were enough for Egypt, who we…
Madagascar qualified for their first ever Africa Cup of Nations after beating Equatorial Guinea 1-0 at home on Tuesday and were later joined by Egypt, Senegal and Tunisia in the 24-team field for next year’s expanded finals.
With two nations qualifying from 11 of the 12 four-team groups, Madagascar were always going to have a good chance to make the breakthrough, at their 17th attempt, after starting their Group A campaign with an away win in Sudan last year.
Yet successive 1-0 wins home and away…
The FC panel examine what’s at the heart of Mohamed Salah’s scoring struggles for Liverpool, during a stretch where he’s scored just once in his last seven games.
Pundits are saying Mohamed Salah is struggling to start the season but the stats compared to last year paint a different picture.
The Egyptian Football Association have denied claims Liverpool tried to ensure that Mohamed Salah missed at least one of Egypt’s fixtures over the international period.
Salah picked up a suspected groin injury late on in Egypt’s 4-1 win over Swaziland in Cairo on Friday night, but reports said Liverpool had advised the EFA to manage the forward’s game-time for “fear of stress.”
“These allegations are incorrect,” EFA spokesperson Osama Ismael told ESPN FC. “Each player joins the team with a…