Salah, Mane, Mendy: The most valuable African XI in world football
Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane are firmly in the Ballon d’Or hunt.
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Al-Ahly and ES Setif set for an all-Arab semi-final in the African Champions League
Egypt’s Al-Ahly and Algeria’s ES Setif are set for an all-Arab semi-final in the African Champions League after negotiating difficult second legs in the quarterfinals on Friday night.
Saleh Al-Shehri’s injury a bigger blow for Saudi Arabia than for Al-Hilal
You don’t often see a striker scoring a goal then holding aloft the shirt of a rival for a starting spot but that is what Abdullah Al-Hamdan did on April 11. The 22-year-old netted a fine opener in Al-Hilal’s 3-0 win over Al-Rayyan in the second game of Group A in the Asian Champions League. He then paid a visible tribute to Saleh Al-Shehri. It was a routine repeated by Mohammed Kanno after he scored later in the game.
Eddie Howe expects no drop in standards as Newcastle march towards Premier League safety
NEWCASTLE: Eddie Howe is keen to make sure standards do not drop, despite the fact Newcastle United have all but mathematically secured their Premier League status.
Verstappen ends pole wait at wet and chaotic Imola
IMOLA, Italy: Formula One world champion Max Verstappen took his first pole position of the season on Friday in a wet and crash-interrupted Emilia Romagna Grand Prix qualifying for Saturday’s sprint race at Imola. Ferrari’s championship leader Charles Leclerc, thwarted by a late stoppage, will line up alongside the Red Bull driver on the front row for a 100km race that decides who starts first in Sunday’s main event. Verstappen goes into the Formula One record books as the pole setter for the weekend, regardless of where he starts on Sunday.
Mohamed Salah happy to chase history with Liverpool as contract negotiations wait
DUBAI: For fans of Egypt and Liverpool it is hard to know which sight was better on Tuesday. Was it Mohamed Salah scoring two fine goals in a memorable 4-0 dismantling of Manchester United in front of 50,000 delighted fans at Anfield — a win that put the hosts back on top of the English Premier League — or how happy he looked after the game as he stood next to Thiago Alcantara, another impressive performer on the night? “You wait until the next one,” said a smiling Salah to the Spanish midfielder as they were interviewed on television, referring to Sunday’s Merseyside Derby against Everton. “You’ve never played a derby here, so you wait for the next one.
Football legend George Weah tells Liverpool’s Salah and Mane ‘not to obsess over Ballon d’Or’
DUBAI: Liverpool’s top strikers, Egyptian Mohamed Salah and Senegalese Sadio Mane, have received presidential advice not to obsess over winning the Ballon d’Or. “They (Salah and Mane) shouldn’t obsess over the Ballon d’Or, rather they should focus on their performances and try to improve more,” Liberia’s retired football legend and current president George Weah told Canal+.
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