Egypt national team left Italy midday on Tuesday to head to Belgium ahead of their upcoming final friendly match in preparations for the anticipated World Cup, while the team s injured star Mohamed Salah is due to join his teammates in Cairo in the coming days ahead of travelling to Russia on 10 June. The Pharaohs will be hosted by Belgium in Brussels in their final warm-up match on Wednesday before flying to Russia to make their first World Cup appearance since 1990, when they were eliminated at the group stage.

Egypt national team coach Hector Cuper has announced the Pharaohs final squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia excluding Braga striker Ahmed "Kouka" Hassan, while Liverpool injured winger Mohamed Salah has been included. The Pharaohs 23-man squad will include only one striker Marawan Mohsen.

Egypt forward Mohamed Salah continued his treatment from a shoulder injury in Spain, giving a positive indication of his progress by posting a picture of him exercising in a gymnasium on Sunday. "Good feelings," he wrote on his social media pages, with his Facebook post drawing more than 340 thousand reactions and 17 thousand likes.

Egypt’s footballer Mohamed Salah could participate in Russia’s 2018 World Cup, Liverpool’s official website reported on Thursday. “Initial fears that Salah would not recover in time to represent his country in Russia were allayed by the EFA on Wednesday evening,” Liverpool added.

Egypt s star winger Mohamed Salah may not fully recover from his shoulder injury ahead of the World Cup opener against Uruguay on 15 June. "Salah s morale is high and he is determined to recover as soon as possible. Great efforts are being made to make Salah fit before the Uruguay game, but let s be reasonable, he will most likely miss it," Egyptian Football Association (EFA) chairman Hani Abo Rida told local media on Wednesday.

Egypt s injured international forward Mohamed Salah is due to continue his treatment programme for his shoulder injury on Tuesday in Spain, the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) announced on Monday. "The football association chairman Hani Abo Rida and the national team s doctor will travel to Spain on Wednesday to check on the condition of Mohamed Salah, who will arrive there a day earlier with Liverpool s medical staff to start a rehabilitation program," said a statement on the EFA s official Facebook page.

Egypt s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said on Sunday that he has called Liverpool s Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah to ask him about his health after his injury during yesterday s Champions League final against Real Madrid. "I communicated with Egypt s loyal son and my son Mohamed Salah to check on his health after his injury," Egypt s president said on his Twitter account.

Youth and Sports Minister Khaled Abdel Aziz said that the diagnosis for Mohamed Salah’s injury is “instability in the shoulder joint ligaments”, and that the estimated duration of his treatment is two weeks.

Egypt s national team coach Hector Cuper said he will try to make some changes in the team s playing style for the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia. "I agree that the team s style of playing doesn t meet the fans expectations, but that s what we needed in order to accomplish such an achievement as [qualifying for the World Cup], as well as positive results in the previous three years," Cuper said in the press conference ahead of the friendly game against Kuwait on Friday.

When Neymar left Barcelona for Paris St-Germain last August he knew the 2017/18 season would be stressful but even for a man who loves to make headlines this year has provided plenty of news, both good and bad. His brilliance has been offset by unsavory spats with team mates and rivals and PSG s canter to the league title was soured by the foot injury that kept him out of the season s key games in their Champions League last-16 elimination by Real Madrid.

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo topped the ESPN World Fame 100 list for a third straight year, pipping American basketball player Lebron James and long-term Argentine rival Lionel Messi. Real Madrid forward Ronaldo, a five-time Ballon d Or winner, was named the most popular athlete in the world on the basis of his social media following, endorsement deals and search score.

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp says his team can compensate for their lack of Champions League final experience by showing greater desire and work-rate than Real Madrid in Saturday s clash in Kiev. Real Madrid are looking to win their fourth Champions League final in five years while Liverpool are in their first final in the competition since 2007. "They are more experienced. That is a fact. If there is an experience market, they should sell it because then they would be even more rich than they are already," Klopp said.

Egypt s foreign ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid said the ministry has created an online page providing information for Egyptian fans looking to travel to Russia to support the Egyptian national football team in the 2018 World Cup.

Ahead of the start of Russia 2018 World Cup, Egypt have kept their place in FIFA s monthly global football rankings published on Thursday, remaining in 46th place. The 2018 World Cup will kick off on 14 June in Russia.

Zamalek fended off a spirited Smouha side, who played with ten men for more than 50 minutes, to salvage an otherwise poor season with an Egypt Cup triumph following a 5-4 shootout win after a 1-1 draw on Tuesday. Smouha grabbed an early opener through Hossam Hassan and looked close to causing an upset but Zamalek s Congolese forward Kabongo Kasongo headed home with four minutes remaining to spark wild celebrations in the stands of Alexandria s Borg El-Arab Stadium, forcing an extra time.

Record African Champions League winners Ahly extended their winless run to four matches after suffering a stunning 2-0 defeat at Uganda s Kampala City on Tuesday to continue their poor start to their group-stage campaign. The last year s runners-up were undone by two late goals from Ibrahim Juma and Timohty Awany (penalty) to fall to the bottom of Group A with only one point from their opening two matches, having been held to a 0-0 draw at home to Tunisia s Esperance in the previous round.

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane praised Liverpool s Mohamed Salah after the Egyptian clinched the Golden Boot, stopping Kane from reaching the award in what would have been his third consecutive season as the top Premier League scorer.

Egypt winger Mohamed Salah said on Sunday he is delighted after winning the Premier League s Golden boot award, promising Liverpool fans that he will maintain his impressive goal-scoring run next season. The 25-year-old crowned a superb season with a new scoring record as Liverpool hammered Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 in their final game of the Premier League season to finish fourth and qualify for next season s Champions League.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is confident playmaker Paul Pogba and forward Marcus Rashford will stay at the Premier League club next season. France international Pogba has been routinely criticised for his performances this season after scoring six goals and providing 10 assists in 25 league appearances for second-placed United. Media reports have linked the 25-year-old with a big-money move to France s Paris St. Germain, among other top European outfits, in the close season transfer window.

Smouha will face Cairo giants Zamalek in the Egypt Cup final for the second time in four years after beating Assiouty Sport 4-3 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in Alexandria on Tuesday. Alexandria-based club Smouha looked on course of eliminating Assiouty with a 1-0 win when substitute Ahmed Temsah put them ahead with less than 20 minutes remaining.

Zamalek s interim coach Khaled Galal will remain in his post next season, according to club chairman Mortada Mansour. "Galal will be in charge of the team next season after we dismissed the idea of recruiting Christian Gross," Mansour was quoted as saying by the club s official website after the team qualified for the Egypt Cup final on Monday.