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Lisa Thomaidis helped turn Canada's national women's basketball team from an upstart into a medal contender.
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Lisa Thomaidis helped turn Canada's national women's basketball team from an upstart into a medal contender.
A new name will be engraved on the CAF Confederation Cup trophy this season as the Moroccan monopoly of the competition comes to an end.
CAIRO : Egypt's ENPPI said its Burkina Faso winger Eric Traore had made contact with the club at last, having gone missing since walking out of the stadium during a match against Aswan on April 18 after refusing to come on as a late substitute.
CAIRO : Egyptian club ENPPI said Burkina Faso winger Eric Traore has gone missing since walking out of the stadium during a match against Aswan on April 18 after refusing to come on as a late substitute.
CAIRO : Egyptian Premier League club Al-Masry dismissed coach Hossam Hassan and his football director twin, Ibrahim, on Saturday, alleging they insulted the club's board in front of the players during halftime at a match last week.
Mohamed Salah's landmark goal sealed Liverpool's 1-0 win against Brentford to keep their Premier League top four hopes alive on Saturday. The Egypt forward's first half finish made him the first player in Liverpool history to net in nine successive games at Anfield, with his strike taking him to 100 career goals at the stadium. He also moved level with Steven Gerrard's Liverpool tally of 186 goals, sitting in joint fifth place in the club's all-time scoring list. For the third season in a row, Salah has reached 30 goals in all competitions.
LIVERPOOL, England : Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp hailed Mohamed Salah after the Egyptian striker's winner against Brentford on Saturday set a number of milestones and kept the Reds in the hunt for Champions League football next season.
A Mohamed Salah goal saw Liverpool beat Brentford 1-0 to make it six wins in a row and keep their hopes of Champions League qualification alive. Anfield was close to unanimous in booing the national anthem before kick-off on the day of the Coronation, but the home fans were soon showing their adulation the man nicknamed the Egyptian King as Salah opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Ad Salah bundled the ball over the line after being teed up by Virgil van Dijk when Brentford could not clear their lines — the goal was Salah's 100th at Anfield.