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| Argentina's players could be
forgiven for wondering why Egyptian fans were jeering their own
goalkeeper during the 2-0 friendly defeat by the two-time World
Cup winners in Cairo on Wednesday.
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| Egypt goalkeeper Essam Al Hadari
returned to training with Cairo club Al Ahli on Tuesday after an
unsuccessful attempt to break his contract and sign for Swiss
club FC Sion.
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| Thousands of Egyptians took to the
streets of Cairo dancing, singing and waving flags on Sunday
after the national football team won the African Nations Cup for
a record sixth time.
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| Etoile Sahel of Tunisia upset Al
Ahli with a 3-1 away win to earn their first African Champions
League title in Cairo on Friday.
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| African Champions League final first leg
match to be played on Saturday:
Etoile Sportive du Sahel (Tunisia) v Al Ahly Cairo (Egypt)
(1710 GMT)
(Compiled by Infostrada Sports)
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| Egypt laboured to a 1-0 win
over Botswana in Cairo on Saturday to secure the last available
berth at next year's African Nations Cup finals.
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| Midfielder Mohamed Barakat has
withdrawn from Egypt's squad for their African Nations Cup
qualifier against Burundi in Cairo at the weekend.
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| Holders Al Ahli reached a third
successive African Champions League final but needed an own goal
to overcome Libyan opponents Al Ittihad 1-0 in their semi-final,
second leg tie in Cairo on Sunday.
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| African Champions League semi-final,
second leg result in Cairo on Sunday
Al Ahli (Egypt) 1 Al Ittihad (Libya) 0
Al Ahli win 1-0 on aggregate
Scorer: Hesham Shaban 20 own goal
Red card: Pierre Coulibaly (Al Ittihad) 87
Halftime: 0-0
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| Holders Al Ahli weathered a
second half storm to grab two late goals to beat ASEC Abidjan of
Ivory Coast in their African Champions League Group B match in
Cairo on Sunday.
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