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Egypt legendary goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary has been included in the 2020 Guiness Book of Records for being the oldest player to participate in the World Cup finals. Since the end of Hassan Shehata’s era with the Egyptian national team in 2011, El-Hadary has been in and out of the squad. Nonetheless he started recuperating his form over the years and became once again ...

Last night, Wilfried Zaha won a Best of Africa Award for Philanthropic Endeavour in the Best of Africa Awards 2019. Zaha joined fellow Premier League star N’Golo Kante and Croydon-born rapper Stormzy at the Rosewood Hotel to celebrate the key figures who support socio-economic and ethical development across Africa. Winner of the award for Philanthropic Endeavour within the Leadership category, Zaha ...

A BBC Africa Eye undercover investigation at the University of Ghana has exposed a lecturer from the College of Education, Dr Paul Kwame Butakor, pleading to a ‘female’ student to become her side guy. He said repeatedly, “Let me be your side boy, side guy…men have side chicks…I will not give you trouble…seriously I will not give you trouble…I will ...

Have you ever met someone new and immediately felt like you could talk to them for hours? That happened the first time I met Aliko Dangote. A couple years ago, he and I ended up going to the same event in New York. A mutual friend suggested that I meet him because he knew we were both super interested in ...

BBC journalist Hanna Yusuf, whose recent work included an investigation into working conditions at Costa Coffee stores, has died aged 27. The BBC’s Fran Unsworth, director of news, said Hanna was a “talented young journalist who was widely admired” and her death was “terrible news”. Her family said they were “deeply saddened and heartbroken” and hoped her legacy “would serve ...

The bodyguard of Saudi King Salman has been killed by one of his friends after a “personal dispute”, authorities say. Gen Abdel Aziz al-Fagham was visiting a friend when he had a row with Mamdouh bin Meshaal Al Ali on Saturday night. A police statement said Ali left the house in Jeddah to return with a gun with which he ...

Two votes for Mohamed Salah in the Best Fifa men’s player award were not counted because signatures were in capital letters, says Fifa. The Egyptian Football Association said acting Egypt coach Shawky Gharib and captain Ahmed Elmohamady voted for Liverpool forward Salah. FIFA said, “The signatures on the voting forms were in capital letters and thus seemed not valid.” The ...

The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has written to Fifa for an explanation of its missing votes for the Best Fifa Men’s Player award. The EFA says that both Pharaohs’ coach Shawky Gharib and captain Ahmed Elmohamady placed votes for Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah that were not counted. Neither are included on the voting breakdown on Fifa’s website. Since the awards ceremony ...

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed Ghana’s democracy as Africa’s “true and first” in the wake of coup claims in the country. In a post on his tweeter handle, Mr. Buhari said Nigeria will always stretch hands to Ghana in times of need. The comment comes as three people are before the court for allegedly “plotting to attack Ghana’s presidency ...

Algeria’s Djamel Belmadi got 10 votes from African national team captains, in his bid to win the 2019 FIFA Best Men’s Coach Award. The awards are based on performances from July 16, 2018, to July 19, 2019, and were voted for by fans, national coaches of FIFA Member Associations, their team captains as well as a select group of football ...