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Mohamed Salah wins African Player of the Year

Accra - Al Maghirb Today

Mohamed Salah won African Player of the Year on Thursday, a reward for success on all fronts in 2017 for the Egypt forward after he inspired his country to a long-awaited World Cup place and had a phenomenal start to his career at Liverpool. Salah won ahead of Liverpool teammate Sadio Mane of Senegal and Borussia Dortmund and Gabon strikerRead more

Mohamed Salah favorite to complete awards hat-trick

ACCRA - Almaghrib Today

Egypt star Mohamed Salah hopes to add the African Player of the Year award in Ghana on Thursday to his rapidly expanding collection of individual honors. The Liverpool forward, scorer of 23 goals in all competitions midway through his first season at Anfield, has been voted BBC African Footballer of the Year and Arab Player of the Year. Salah, LiverpoolRead more

Salah named Arab football player of the year

Cairo - Al Maghrib Today

Liverpool and Egypt striker Mohamed Salah was named Arab Player of the Year for 2017 on Monday in a poll of around 100 sports journalists from several Arab countries. Salah, 25, has been an instant success at Liverpool since joining from AS Roma, scoring 17 goals in the Premier League already and 23 in all competitions. He also helped Egypt to qualify forRead more

Injured Coutinho, Salah miss Liverpool's Burnley clash

Burnley - Al Maghrib Today

Liverpool stars Philippe Coutinho and Mohamed Salah were missing from the starting line-up as the Reds travelled to Burnley for Monday's Premier League clash. Brazil forward Coutinho wasn't risked after picking up a thigh injury, while Egypt winger Salah has suffered a groin problem. Both injuries are believed to be minor and the in-form pair are expected to have aRead more

Salah shines as Liverpool down Leicester

Liverpool - Al Maghrib Today

Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool came from behind to maintain their push for a Champions League place with 2-1 victory over Leicester on Saturday. Jamie Vardy put Leicester ahead but Liverpool, who had new Â£75 million ($100 million) signing Vigil van Dijk watching from the Anfield stands, fought back after the interval to secure the points. Salah was againRead more

Salah named BBC African player of the year

London - Al Maghrib Today

Liverpool's Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah has been voted the winner of the BBC African Footballer of the Year Award 2017. It is the first time that Salah has been shortlisted for the award with Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp joining BBC presenter Mimi Fawaz at the club's Melwood training ground to present the coveted trophy as part of 'Focus on Africa' on BBCRead more

Egypt’s Cuper calls for calm after favorable World Cup draw

Moscow - Al Maghrib Today

Egyptians quietly celebrating a favorable World Cup draw have been delivered a warning by national team coach Héctor Cúper: Never underestimate an opponent and never discount home advantage. Egypt were drawn in Group A, alongside hosts Russia, Uruguay and Saudi Arabia in what is arguably the complete opposite of a dreaded “group of death.” They will begin their first WorldRead more

Liverpool pile pressure on West Ham, Leicester extend run

London - Al Maghrib Today

Rampant Liverpool turned up the heat on beleaguered West Ham boss Slaven Bilic with a 4-1 win on Saturday as former champions Leicester City extended their unbeaten run with a draw at Stoke. Elsewhere, struggling West Brom's winless run stretched to nine league matches in a 1-0 loss against 10-man Huddersfield, cranking up the pressure on manager Tony Pulis, whileRead more

Egypt’s former football official calls Cuper

Cairo - Al Maghrib Today

Former President of Egyptian Football Federation (EFF) Gamal Allam said that the increasing criticism against Coach of Egypt’s national team comes in the framework of the anger of defensive way he adopts during the latest matches. He stressed that the fans aspire to good football during its participation in the coming World Cup scheduled to be held in Russian duringRead more

Salah goals take Egypt to 2018 World Cup

Cairo - Al Maghrib Today

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah converted a stoppage-time penalty to give Egypt a dramatic 2-1 win over Congo Brazzaville Sunday and a place at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Salah put Egypt ahead during the second half in Alexandria only for Arnold Bouka Moutou to equalise two minutes from the end of regular time. Victory gave Egypt an uncatchable four-pointRead more