Liverpool and Senegal forward Sadio Mane has returned to the Premier League club earlier than scheduled after tweaking his hamstring on international duty, the Senegal Football Federation has said. The 25-year-old made crucial contributions for Senegal as they sealed a berth in the 2018 World Cup finals with a 2-0 win over South Africa on Friday.

Cairo Stadium has been confirmed to host the Egyptian national team for upcoming friendly games ahead of the 2018 World Cup, as well as for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Niger in March. "All of the Pharaohs preoperational games ahead of the World Cup have been scheduled to be held in Cairo Stadium, while the Niger match is also confirmed to be held there," stadium president Ali Darwish revealed on Tuesday for an Egyptian radio station.

Egypt s Competitions Committee are deciding between three countries -- Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Jordan -- before selecting one to host the Egypt Super Cup game between Premier League champions Ahly and Egypt Cup runners-up Masry.

Liverpool and Senegal forward Sadio Mane has returned to the Premier League club earlier than scheduled after tweaking his hamstring on international duty, the Senegal Football Federation has said. The 25-year-old made crucial contributions for Senegal as they sealed a berth in the 2018 World Cup finals with a 2-0 win over South Africa on Friday.

Forgotten winger Mahmoud Shikabala netted a superb goal on his return to Egypt s fold after a three-year absence as the already-qualified side drew 1-1 away to Ghana in their final World Cup qualifier on Sunday. The Zamalek-bound man, who is on loan at Saudi Arabia s Al-Raed, made his first appearance since featuring in an African Nations Cup qualifier against Tunisia in September 2014, scoring his first competitive goal with Egypt following a neat move he started as they ended their campaign on top of Group E with 13 points.

Morocco manager Herve Renard said on Sunday he hopes his side would be paired with France at next year s World Cup, saying he does not fear any opponents. The Frenchman led Morocco to a World Cup place for the first time since 1998 after they secured an impressive 2-0 victory over Ivory Coast in Abidjan on Saturday.

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has said he could leave the club when his contract ends in 2019 to play for his boyhood team Independiente in Argentina. The Argentina international arrived at City in 2011 from La Liga side Atletico Madrid, having started his professional career with the Buenos Aires-based club at the age of 15.

With fireworks and flags, thousands of Egyptians celebrated in Tahrir Square in Cairo following the qualification of their national football team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia—the first time in 28 years—after a 2-1 victory over Congo. On Monday, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met the team in Al-Ittihadiya palace and congratulated them and all Egyptians for the qualification. Al-Sisi also decided to grant EGP 1.5 million for each player on the team.

It might be because he lives there or perhaps because he has friends in their team, but Barcelona s Argentine forward Lionel Messi has identified Spain as the one country he hopes to avoid in the group stages of the World Cup finals next year. "I wouldn t like to be drawn against Spain, who are one of the rivals we could get in the draw," Messi told Argentine broadcaster TyC on Wednesday. "For all that they stand for, for all that they have, I d rather avoid them."

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane will be fit to face the team s north London rivals Arsenal in the Premier League on Nov. 18, manager Mauricio Pochettino said on Wednesday. Kane suffered an injury and was eventually substituted after the interval in Spurs 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace last weekend.

Egypt s football icon Hossam Hassan has been invited by FIFA to attend the final draw for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the former Ahly and Zamalek star revealed on social media late on Monday. "Dear Mr. Hassan, it is my great pleasure to invite you to attend the final draw for the 2018 FIFA Wolrd Cup to be held on Friday, 1 December 2017, in the concert hall of Moscow s state Kremlin Place," reads an invitation letter signed by FIFA s president Gianni Infantino.

World Cup winner Andrea Pirlo brought down the curtain on his glittering football career on Monday, signing off with a message on Twitter hours after coming on as a late substitute for Major League Soccer side New York City in ther 2-0 win over Columbus Crew. The 38-year-old suggested last month he would retire at the end of the season and leaves the game with two Champions League titles, six Serie A crowns, the 2006 World Cup he won with Italy, as well as a host of other trophies and honours accumulated in more than 20 years.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is pleased with the Premier League side s improvement and form over the past two months but will not make any premature comparison with his former clubs. Guardiola won 14 titles in four seasons at Barcelona and seven in three years at Bayern Munich but the Spaniard s debut season in England did not yield a trophy as City finished third in the league last campaign and lost in the FA Cup semi-final.

More than two years after U.S. prosecutors unveiled a sweeping corruption case that rocked FIFA, soccer s world governing body, three former officials linked to the organization are due to face trial on graft charges on Monday in a New York court. Selection of jurors is scheduled to begin before U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen in Brooklyn. On trial Manuel Burga, former president of Peru s soccer federation; José Maria Marin, the former president of Brazil s soccer federation; and Juan Ángel Napout, formerly president of the South American soccer governing body CONMEBOL and of Paraguay s soccer federation.

Enppi continued their revival under coach Ihab Galal, playing out a 1-1 draw with leaders Ismaily in an exciting game. Galal s men are also unlucky not to have snatched all three points, having taken the lead and wasted some easy chances towards the end.

Alvaro Morata s second-half header secured Chelsea a 1-0 win over Manchester United in an entertaining Premier League clash on Sunday as Jose Mourinho s return to Stamford Bridge ended in defeat. Morata s brilliantly-taken header in the 55th minute was the difference on another frustrating trip to London for United, with six of their last seven away defeats coming in the capital.

Both Ahly and Wydad Casablanca s coaches are determined to win the second leg of the African Champions League final on Saturday in Morocco. "Ahly will fight away against Wydad. There is no option but to win the ninth African Champions League trophy," coach Hossam El-Badry told the club s official website on Thursday.

The company that manages Lionel Messi s image rights says the player has donated more than 70,000 euros ($81,000) to the medical charity Doctors Without Borders after winning a court case against a Spanish newspaper. The money was awarded to Messi for an article the La Razon newspaper published implying that the player was doping.

Ahly coach Hossam El-Badry has announced the squad for the second leg of the African Champions League final against Wydad Casablanca away in Morocco on Saturday. Despite being under rehabilitation after recovering from recent injuries, key midfielder Walid Soliman and defenders Rami Rabia and Mohamed Naguib were all called up for the big event.

Without a goal in the previous five games, Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku was quick to grab the ball when his team were awarded a penalty in the 78th minute of their Champions League game against Benfica. United were 1-0 up and had already missed one penalty, a soft effort from Anthony Martial saved by Benfica s 18-year-old keeper Mile Svilar.

Ahly have invited fans to attend Tuesday s training session to give the players a boost ahead of Saturday s much-anticipated second-leg of the African Champions League final against Wydad Casablanca away in Morocco. "I thank the board for their immediate approval of my request to allow the fans into training and for finishing all procedures quickly," Ahly coach Hossam El-Badry said on the club s official website.