Egypt's national football team is confirmed to face Tunisia in a friendly at Cairo International Stadium on 8 January as part of the teams' preparations for the 2017 African Cup of Nations, Egypt Football Association (EFA) executive manager Tharwat Swelam has announced.

Roma's Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah was dropped in the final list for the African player of the year after the African football Confederation (CAF) announced on Thursday their three nominees for the prestigious award in 2016.

Egyptian club Ahly will have to do without midfielder Amr El-Solaya for almost a month due to injury.

Walid Soliman came off the bench in the second half to score twice and create a goal for in-form Nigerian forward Junior Ajayi as Ahly crushed promoted El-Nasr Taadeen 3-0 to move back to the top of the Egyptian Premier League on Sunday.

Ahly's summer-signing Junior Ajayi will be looking to continue his scoring run after netting three goals in three consecutive games when his side visit newly-promoted El-Nasr Taadin on Sunday.

AS Roma manager Luciano Spaletti has commended the performance of Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah after the team's 4-1 Europa League home victory over Czech's Vicktoria Plzen, despite the forward missing several score chances during the game.

Zamalek attacking midfielder Mohamed Ibrahim is likely to make his comeback from injury after being named in the squad for the Egyptian league fixture against Arab Contractors for the first time in more than four months.

Three late goals gave holders Ahly another convincing 3-0 victory over Talae El-Geish and moved them top of the Egyptian Premier League on Wednesday as they overtook surprise package Maqassa.

With a victory over Ghana and topping the 2018 World Cup qualifiers group, Egypt climbed ten positions to 36 in the FIFA global football rankings published on 24 November, after placing 46th last month.

A young Egyptian female wrestler died after jumping out of a moving car last week near Ismailia after being chided by her father, Egypt's interior ministry said on Wednesday.

Defending league champions Ahly will be keen to continue their winning run in an attempt to overtake leaders Maqassa at the top when the Reds host Talae El-Geish at Cairo's El-Salam Stadium on Wednesday.

Egypt and AS Roma winger Mohamed Salah has been named in the final shortlist for the African Player of the Year award, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) revealed on Tuesday.

Zamalek will be looking to give a convincing performance and achieve a win in the first match under new coach Mohamed Salah when they meet rivals Ismaily in the Egyptian Premier League on Tuesday.

The Ahly football club says they are ready to apply an online ticketing service through their website to "ease up match attendance procedures" amid security concerns.

Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini highlighted the threat posed by Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah after his team's late 2-1 win over Roma in the Serie A on Sunday.

Ahly coach Hossam El-Badry believes Nigerian forward Junior Ajayi is starting to gel into the team after putting the team on their way to a 2-0 win over El-Entag El-Harby in the Egyptian Premier League on Saturday.

Ahly returned to the league summit after cruising to an easy 2-0 Egyptian league victory over El-Entag El-Harby on Saturday.

A young female freestyle wrestling world champion has been killed in a road accident in Egypt, according to the Egyptian state news agency.

Moemen Soliman has resigned as Zamalek boss in the wake of chairman Mortada Mansour's scathing attack on the first-team's management following the 1-0 Egyptian league home victory over bottom side Tanta on Friday.

After beating Ghana 2-0 in the second round of the 2018 African World Cup qualifiers and topping Group E with 6 points, Egypt assistant coach Osama Nabih believes that the Pharaohs are only 20% on the way to winning the tournament's finals in Russia.

The Cairo Criminal Court on Thursday adjourned the trial of 16 fans of Ultras White Knights on charges of rioting to December 21, Youm7 reported.