Flavio and Mohamed Aboutrika scored
second-half goals Sunday to lead African champions Al Ahly of Egypt
to a 2-0 win over amateur side Auckland City in the opening match of
the Club World Cup.
Moteab Emad fed Flavio with a pass in the 51st minute at Toyota
Stadium and the Angolan striker rifled an angled shot into the top
corner, past the outstretched arms of Auckland goalkeeper Ross
Nicholson to make it 1-0.
``We scored an early goal ...
Egypt defender Mohammed Abdelwahab died of a heart attack Thursday after collapsing on the field while practising with his club Al Ahly, the team said on its website.
The 23-year-old defender had helped Egypt win its fifth African Cup of Nations title earlier this year.
Abdelwahab was taken to the hospital after he collapsed, the official Egyptian news agency MENA reported.
``In a difficult and saddening news, the well-mannered player ...
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) _ Egypt won a record fifth African Cup title after defeating Ivory Coast 4-2 in a penalty shootout Friday.
Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba and Bakary Kone had their penalties saved, while Mohamed Aboutrika scored the winner for the host team, sending more than 74,000 fans in Cairo International Stadium into a frenzy.
The teams played extra time to try and break the deadlock after a goalless draw ...
By Derek Gatopoulos
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) _ Sultan sells strawberries on a Cairo street corner. His prices are negotiable but his football convictions are not.
``We will win,'' says the Egypt fan.
The host nation faces Didier Drogba and Ivory Coast in Friday's African Cup of Nations final, after 12 goals from five games.
Public interest here in the 16-nation tournament has surged from near-indifference to attention toward every detail ...
By Tarek Al-Issawi
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) _ Egypt kicked star striker Ahmed Mido off its team Wednesday, two days before playing Ivory Coast in the African Cup of Nations final, because of a public spat with coach Hassan Shehata.
``Mido has been suspended from representing the national team for six months, effective immediately,'' Sameer Zaher, head of the Egyptian Football Association, told The Associated Press.
The striker, who is on ...
