Meteb starts rehab as Ahli suffer Rabeia blow

Ahli striker Emad Meteb will require 3 days of treatment to be able to get back complete fitness as a result of his marriage, while little one Rami Rabiea has suffered a serious back problem, the Reds said.

Best scorer Meteb has been on a 10-day vacation and has just went back to Cairo on Monday as Ahli resume their league campaign on December 22.

Mido out of Contactors game, Omotoyossi in

Mido is actually affirmed away of Zamalek’s coming league game in opposition to Arab Contractors on Wednesday, and Razak Omotoyossi made the squad for the away game.

Striker Mido is fighting with a groin injury maintained in training, despite he has been pushing for a start in the absence of Amr Zaki.

Egypt miss first attempt to reach Olympics

Egypt missed the chance of automatic qualification for the 2012 Olympics after losing 3-2 to Morocco in the CAF U-23 Championship semi-finals.

The young Pharaohs are, however, left with two more chances of making the London finals a they face Senegal in the third-place playoff.

Egypt aim to get through tight U-23 CAN group

Two semi-final places are up for grabs in the very tight Group B, with Ivory Coast, Egypt, South Africa and Gabon all keeping their chances of qualifying alive.

With three points from two games, Egypt take on a win-less South Africa, who can still qualify if they beat Hany Ramzy’s team in Marrakesh.