Africa’s biggest football stars will headline the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) last-16 matches starting Saturday. Morocco, Egypt, and Nigeria lead the knockout stage. Fans eagerly await clashes featuring Hakimi, Salah, and Osimhen. Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, recently named African Player of the Year, will lead his team against Tanzania. Egypt captain Mohamed Salah will face […]
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Liverpool’s Salah, Firmino ruled out of Barcelona game
Liverpool will be without forwards Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino when they face Barcelona in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final as they look to overturn a 3-0 deficit, manager Juergen Klopp said on Monday. Egypt international Salah was carried off the pitch with a head injury in Saturday’s 3-2 Premier League win […]
Salah screamer gives Liverpool vital win against Chelsea
A spectacular strike from Mohamed Salah helped Liverpool maintain their two point lead over Manchester City in the Premier League title race with a crucial 2-0 win over Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday. City won 3-1 at Crystal Palace earlier on Sunday meaning Liverpool have 85 points with four games to go and City are […]
Modric threatens to end Ronaldo-Messi era as world’s best
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s decade-long domination of football’s individual awards is under threat from Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder Luka Modric and Liverpool’s Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah when FIFA’s player of the year is announced on Monday. For the first time in 12 years Messi is not even nominated among the three finalists for […]
Champions League return offers Salah stage to dispel second-season struggles
Mohamed Salah outshone Neymar and Kylian Mbappe on the Champions League stage last season, but as Paris Saint-Germain’s star duo head to Anfield on Tuesday seeking to make amends, the Egyptian is struggling to match the heights of his debut campaign at Liverpool. Salah’s failure to hit top form dates back to his last Champions […]
All eyes on Salah as World Cup hosts take on Egypt
World Cup hosts Russia face an Egypt side buoyed by the likely return of star man Mohamed Salah on Tuesday knowing a win will all but guarantee a place in the last 16. Liverpool wizard Salah missed his team’s defeat to Uruguay on Friday as he struggles to recover from the shoulder injury sustained during […]