Mohamed Salah is keen to make a decisive contribution in Saturday s Champions League final against Tottenham Hotspur and help lay to rest the demons of Liverpool s nightmare defeat by Real Madrid a year ago. Salah injured his shoulder in a coming together with Real defender Sergio Ramos during last year s final in Kiev and was forced to leave the field with half an hour played.

The Argentine coach Ramon Diaz hinted in a Facebook post on Monday night that he is parting ways with Egyptian club Pyrmaids FC five months after assuming the club s helm, in what read like a Farwell massage to both Pyramids and Egypt "I want to thank my friend @turkialalshikh for this opportunity at @pyramidsfc, to my technical body for the work done and especially to my players who made a huge effort to meet the goals, including the triumphs to Ahly and Zamalek," reads the post on Diaz s official facebook page.

Zamalek clinched their maiden Confederation Cup title after beating Morocco s RS Berkane 5-3 on penalties following a 1-1 aggregate draw in Alexandria on Sunday to end a 16-year wait for an African title. A penalty awarded following a VAR review was converted by set-pieces specialist Mahmoud Alaa in the second half to level the aggregate score, undoing a brave approach by Berkane. Chances were few and far between, with Zamalek struggling to carve out openings despite their territorial dominance.

Overturning a 1-0 deficit is not that daunting for a club of Zamalek s pedigree as they host Morocco s RS Berkane in Alexandria on Sunday with the aim of putting their hands on the African Confederation Cup trophy for the first time. The Cairo giants looked on the verge of escaping with a 0-0 draw in the final first-leg away from home, only to concede a stoppage-time goal from Fo Doh Laba that makes Berkane slight favourites to win the title.

Former Egyptian sports minister Khaled Abdel-Aziz has criticised Egypt national football team coach Javier Aguirre for dropping a number of stars from the Pharaohs preliminary squad for this summer s African Cup of Nations. The preliminary Egyptian squad missed more talented players as Ahly winger Ramadan Sobhi and Zamaek s Mahmoud Kahraba were the prominent absentees alongside Ahly playmaker Saleh Gomaa and Zamalek s Abdalla Gomaa.

An in-form Ahly side will edge closer to a fourth straight Egyptian Premier League title should they overcome one of the few obstacles standing in their way -- rivals Ismaily. Both sides meet on Wednesday in what has always been a heated duel, although tensions have notably eased over the past few years after Ismaily s form faded.

The preliminary Egyptian squad for this summer s African Cup of Nations was announced on Tuesday. Ahly s playmaker Walid Soliman, who announced his international retirement months ago, was the prominent name on the squad, alongside Pyramids FC s midfiealder Abdallah El-Said, who hasn t been on the national team since the appointment of Mexican tactician Javier Aguirre.

Zamalek were on the verge of escaping with another 0-0 away draw in the CAF Confederation Cup but Morocco s RS Berkane were still able to snatch a first-leg advantage in the final after striking deep in stoppage time. Having wasted several goal-scoring chances, especially in the first half, Fo Doh Laba finished off a neatly-worked breakaway four minutes into the additional time to spark wild celebrations at the Berkane Municipal Stadium.

Real Madrid will not find it easy to sign Liverpool s star winger Mohamed Salah in the summer transfer window, the Liverpool Echo newspaper reported on Friday. Recent French reports have said that the Pharaohs star is on the Spanish giants wish list as coach Zinedine Zidane wants to boost his attacking line with Salah, Chelsea s Eden Hazard and Franca s Karim Benzema.

Ahly s determination to kill off their opponents even when it looks like a game would head for a draw is playing an instrumental role in edging them closer to a fourth straight Egyptian Premier League crown. If the Red Devils defeat ninth-placed Enppi on Thursday, they will be just three wins short of another league triumph, having remarkably made up for a poor first half of the season after making a host of high-profile signings in January.

The organising committee of this summer s 2019 African Cup of Nations have officially reconsidered the price of tickets, reducing the lowest category in Egypt s matches from EGP 200 to EGP 150 in the competition s first round after widespread controversy broke out on the issue in Egypt in late April. "The organising committee decided to reduce the price of the lowest category ticket in Egypt s matches from EGP 200 to EGP 150 just in the African Cup first round to relive the burden on Egyptian football fans and also to increase the attending numbers in the stands to support the national team and enjoy the tournament on home soil," reads a statement by the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) issued early Wednesday.

Liverpool will come back stronger and fight for the Premier League title again next season, Egypt star Mohamed Salah said on Sunday. The Reds missed out on their first title in 29 years despite amassing 97 points and losing only once all season, with Manchester City piping them to the prestigious accolade by one point.

Pep Guardiola was eulogised on Monday for his relentless hunger for success that propelled Manchester City to a second consecutive Premier League title after a titanic battle with Liverpool. Guardiola claimed his eighth league title in 10 seasons as a coach in charge of Barcelona, Bayern Munich and City as the English champions followed up their record 100-point campaign last season with another stunning 98-point season thanks to a 4-1 victory at Brighton.

It will not be a cause of too much concern at Manchester City, as its players and fans and executives celebrate another Premier League title, another almost perfect season, another step on the road to its ambition of becoming the world s foremost club, but there is one curious exception to its dominance. Manchester City s players, as a rule, tend not to win individual awards. Over the last two years — two years in which Pep Guardiola s team has won the Premier League, two years in which it has recorded the highest points totals in English soccer history, the latest secured with a 4-1 win at Brighton on Sunday — England s professionals have chosen a player who won nothing as the player of the year: Liverpool s Mohamed Salah last year, and his teammate Virgil van Dijk this season.

Unlikely Champions League hopefuls Getafe will visit Barcelona in La Liga this weekend hoping to further compound the Catalan outfit s misery following their shock exit from Europe at the hands of Liverpool. The Madrid outfit would have been content with a mid-table finish this season but are guaranteed European football next season come what may following a campaign that has exceeded all expectations.

Liverpool produced one of the greatest comebacks in Champions League history to beat Barcelona 4-0 on Tuesday, overturning a three-goal first-leg deficit and advancing to the final with a 4-3 aggregate victory. Liverpool will play the winner of Wednesday s other semi-final between Ajax Amsterdam and Tottenham Hotspur with the Dutch side leading 1-0 from the first-leg in London.

Egypt s Zamalek will be hoping to have goalkeeper Mahmoud Gennesh available for the first leg of the Confederation Cup final after appealing against the red card shown to him in the semi-final second leg at Tunisia s Etoile Sahel. In a dramatic finale to the game in Sousse, Gennesh, who was earlier booked for what the referee deemed his time-wasting antics after he fell on the ground for several minutes, received his marching orders in stoppage time after appearing to handle the ball just outside the area as he chased it on the left.

Liverpool s Egyptian winger is confirmed to miss Tuesday s anticipated Champions league match against Barcelona due to injury according to coach Jurgen Klopp. “It s a concussion so it s a case of him not even being allowed to play,” Klopp said in the pre-match press conference on Monday.

Egypt s Zamalek qualified for the African Confederation Cup final for the first time after holding Etoile Sahel to a 0-0 draw in a dramatic affair in Sousse that saw the visitors play with a striker as a goalkeeper in a frantic finale. Zamalek s goalkeeper Mahmoud Gennesh, who was earlier booked for what the referee deemed his time-wasting tactics after he fell on the ground for several minutes, received his marching orders in stoppage time after handling the ball just outside the area as he chased it on the right.

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp believes his team can put their 3-0 Champions League defeat to Barcelona out of mind and focus on winning Saturday s crucial Premier League trip to Newcastle. Liverpool trail leaders Manchester City by a point heading into the final two games of the Premier League season and the German said there was no need for him to boost his players morale after the loss in Spain, in the semi-final, first leg.

Facing Barcelona and Argentinean star Lionel Messi in the UEFA Champions League semifinal is something special for Liverpools star winger Mohamed Salah. "It is something very, very huge to play against Barcelona in Champions League," the Egyptian international told Bleacher Report. Liverpool, who lost last years Champions League final to Real Madrid, will be hosted by Barca in the first leg of the prestigious tournament semis on Wednesday.