Zamalek failed to get over their loss in the African Champions League final after being kept at bay by Smouha in a 0-0 draw in their second Egyptian Premier League game on Thursday.

World number one Mohamed El-Shorbagy will be aiming to do one better this year as he eyes his first World Championship title.

Zamalek, licking their wounds following their failure to win the coveted African Champions League, will be seeking solace in the Egyptian Premier League when they host in-form Smouha on Thursday.

Ahly dropped the first points of their league campaign after playing out a goalless Egyptian League draw with a resilient Petrojet side away from home at Suez's Army Stadium on Tuesday.

South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane said that his team deserved to win the CAF Champions League title after beating Egypt's Zamalek 3-1 on aggregate in the tournament's final.

Egypt champions Ahly will be looking to continue their winning run when they face rivals Petrojet in the Egyptian Premiere League on Tuesday.

Pharaohs coach Hector Cuper announced on Monday a ten-man list of foreign-based players for Egypt's upcoming clash against Ghana in the World Cup qualifiers that are set to be played in Alexandria on 13 November.

Egypt's sports minister Khaled Abdel-Aziz has announced that 75 thousand spectators will be allowed to attend the Egypt-Ghana World Cup qualifier on 13 November in Alexandria's Borg El-Arab Stadium.

Despite not being initially tipped to win the CAF Champions League title, Mamelodi Sundowns eventually proved they deserved the trophy, midfielder Keagan Dolly said after the South Africans became 2016 African champions with a 3-1 aggregate win over Zamalek.

Egypt's winger Mohamed Salah scored the opener and created another goal in Roma's 4-1 win over Palermo in Italy's Serie A on Sunday.

Needing three goals without reply to level the aggregate score, Egypt's Zamalek could only win 1-0 in Alexandria as South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns clinched the African Champions League title for the first time in their history on Sunday.

Last year, Egypt's Zamalek were on the verge of staging a remarkable comeback in the African Confederation Cup, only to falter at the end. They find themselves in a similar situation this year, with a much-awaited Champions League triumph looking implausible.

Egypt assistant coach Osama Nabih said that his team still have enough time to prepare for a crucial game against Ghana in the World Cup qualifiers in mid-November.

After they were drawn on Wednesday to Egypt, Mali and Uganda at next year's 2017 African Cup of Nations finals in Gabon, Ghana coach Avram Grant said on Friday he believes the next edition of the tournament will be very tight since we drawn in a very difficult group.

Defending champions Ahly made it five wins out of five after cruising to an easy 2-0 Egyptian league victory over minnows Aswan at Cairo's Petrosport Stadium on Thursday.

Mamelodi Sundowns have filed a complaint with CAF against Zamalek in protest over the training ground assigned for the visitors ahead of both side's Champions League final return-leg in Alexandria's Borg El-Arab Stadium on Sunday.

While Zamalek club called for heavy support in their match at Alexandria's Borg El-Arab on Sunday in the African Champions League final, heavy security measures were undertaken to decrease the risk of stadium violence.

Egypt climbed seven positions to 46 in the FIFA global football rankings published on 20 October, after placing 53rd last month.

Egypt were drawn among familiar faces at next year's African Cup of Nations finals in Gabon after Wednesday's draw in Libreville paired them with World Cup qualifying opponents Ghana and Uganda.

Egypt will find out who they will meet at next January's African Cup of Nations in Gabon when the tournament's draw takes place in Libreville on Wednesday.